What's left at the end I and II

I just started a new series of collages today, while I struggle with getting a grip on painting. These are small but I love the intimate spaces they evoke...

One Day

One day (2009), Acrylic paint and printed photo paper, 14x11 in.

3 little pieces

Fences and cities

Fences 2 (acrylic, pencil, pen on mat board)



Red city (acrylic on canvas board)



Fences 1 (mixed media on mat board)

Studio shot, September 27

Cityscape

Acrylic wash, photos, pencil and tape on plywood

Textiles by Elana Herzog

Elana Herzog makes things I want to make...the phantom presence, there yet not there, speaks so loudly... (Thanks to 2 or 3 things I know for the introduction).

Sky over Rabat

Sky over Rabat

Next: Kirsten Stolle

Kirsten Stolle is my favorite find this week. I'd love to see these in person. (Thanks to Design for Mankind).

Inspiration weekend

I've been exploring some new styles and techniques lately and am so inspired by Becca Shewmake. (Thanks to Scoutie Girl)

Collection in a pear shaped dish

Delicate and deep

The work of Brieana Ruais is so interesting, delicate and deep. (Thanks to Heart Handmade)

I am loving these prints

I am so inspired by these prints by Ana Ventura...I can't wait to make something this weekend. (Thanks to Bloesem)

Favorites from Artomatic: Larissa Presniakov

Favorites from Artomatic: Christian Tribastone

Artomatic 2009

Opening night at Artomatic was great but we hardly got away from our own walls...So much more to see but here are some early favorites by artist Mei Mei Chang

My take on Walden (after 2 or 3 things I know)

I wanted to live deep and suck all the marrow of life

to live so sturdily and Spartan-like
as to put to rout all that was not life,

to cut a broad swath and shave close


to drive life into a corner,
and reduce it to its lowest terms.


photo 1
photo 2
photos 3 + 4

From last summer

I haven't decided what to call this yet...

Palestine to Jordan

I just spent a week in the West Bank but I didn't even take any pictures since I was filming to make a fundraising reel for So Far Away So Close instead.

Here are some artsy shots of a great community development project benefiting a poor neighborhood on the hillside right in Amman, Jordan.

The blue sky one can see here and in Palestine strikes me as the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Maybe it is the contrast between the utter freshness of the color against the sand-colored buildings and threat of desert that lies beneath.

First solo show: Dahlak

(Photo courtesy of NCinDC)

I will be showing my work at a local Eritrean restaurant Dahlak for all of February. Opening night is this Wednesday, February 4, and I have 18 collages to hang at some point between now (Sunday) and then. Everything is framed, packed and ready for the call that the space is free. I'm so excited to be exhibiting in the neighborhood!