No encounters with wild boar this time around, though companions sighted bobcat, flew with condors and were ransacked by a raccoon who decided to finish off the pumpkin and pecan pies. On my way to Napa Valley I pulled over to sketch some sheep grazing by the side of the road. I think my drawings …
I’m on a roll working from travel photos. I used four images to create Dala Art: Portrait of Marseille – UtiliDala No. 1 I used the four photos below for reference. Dala Art – UtiliDala drawn first with micron pen followed by watercolor using limited palette of Phthalo Blue, Alizarin Crimson and Aureolin.
There are memories I would like to erase. At the top of the list is the moment I realized I’d been duped and risked losing my house if I didn’t stop a publisher in Hong Kong from going to print within the next thirty minutes. As a result of that experience, I don’t dare step on …
August 27, 2014 – The Scent of autumn fills the air. I find it exhilarating. Summer flew by, one fabulous trip after another … new friends, new opportunities, new landscapes and new challenges. I embrace the ups and downs of the artist’s life willingly. After all, as one of my students labeled me, I am …
August 2, 2014 – The inclination to alter the shapes and forms of my surroundings caught a different plane and landed somewhere other than Provence. I felt no urges to create either polyhedra nor zendalas during my glorious three weeks in Provence. It was only after one of the other artists viewed my website and …
July 31, 2014 – Perched high on a wall, I overlooked the houses of Bonnieux. They hugged the narrow road that wound its way around the slopes of the village. I searched for a visual understanding of “motif”…. arrangement of shapes in a format. I felt my inner drawing board fragment and shatter. I wanted …