the opening

was great! the few photos i took don't even begin to do it justice. the gallery space is wonderful. the work was great. but the best thing for me was visiting with the people there!

it's always great to talk to Sue Galliano, and Sidney Wilder, the driving forces behind the Grand Isle art exhibit; they've done a fantastic job putting together a first class exhibit and focusing attention on the plight of our disappearing coastline.

and i finally got to meet Cynthia Scott in person! we've been connected through the Surface Design Association for many years and have corresponded but had never actually met. once we did, it was easy to see the connection.. that's me with the striped shoes.

i was just sorry i hadn't put my black and white striped earrings on! i love the vessels she had on display. anyone from the gulf coast will recognize the raw material used to create this piece:

i hope to be able to get to the Carrol Gallery for the current exhibit to see more of her work.

here is a shot i took of the Very Large window that looks out onto the city. as crowded as it was i can't believe i didn't get any people in there. to get an idea of the scale, i had to stand on tippie toes to reach the top of the partition on the left.

and on the side you cannot see in this photo is my tryptich, the longest year.

all in all it's a really worthwile exhibit. if you're in the area between now and the end of november i urge you to stop in and see it in person.

one more

can't sleep. must be time to blog....received a package of wonderful postcards for the UNCERTAIN TERRITORY: LOSING LOUISIANA exhibit that opens in New Orleans on Thursday October 4, at Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. It's an invitational exhibit and should be a really powerful group of work. Heck even the postcard is powerful; it's huge and graphic:

and this is the text underneath:

"addresses the serious landscape issues facing Louisiana. However, this issue is not limited to our immediate environment, but bleeds across state boundaries and beyond. It is globally connected. There's no question that culture comes from the land. Sadly, much of our natural world is infected, deformed and quietly disapperaing because of lack of leadership or understanding about it. When all else fails, perhaps an aesthetic approach to communicating coastal wetlands loss is necessary, This exhibition is meant to do just that." Jacqueline Bishop

If any of you are in the area please stop by! I'd love to see you. If you need more info, drop me a line..

coming up for air

i wasn't going to do this. post about my personal life. but i've had questions and concerns, which i actually appreciate...it's nice to know you miss me when i don't post.

the not so good news..
my almost 33 year old marriage is in the process of ending. it came out of the blue, and was a shock. looking back i can see there were signs. it's been a hard month of a wild roller coaster ride of emotions. i know ultimately it's a good thing, but it brings waves upon waves of change.
however, as the old saying goes: "change is good.." while i certainly don't always like the process, i can't deny that in the end. that's a pretty accurate statement...

so...life moves on...
differently..
not much art making has happened.
but things are brewing in my head again...

and 'i've realized with startling clarity just how autobiographical my hurricane pieces have been. many of those headlines well make their way into some more personal pieces...


and for the much better news...

I received a copy of British Patchwork and Quilting Magazine from my friend Marlene Cohen
last week. In it is a wonderful article she wrote about the Open Hear/Helping Hands exhibit that Laura Cater-Woods curated.




not only were three of my pieces photographed, but also the work of 2 new friends i met in Florida: Sharon Ahmed, and Rebecca Reasons-Edwards. It was so exciting to turn the page and see their work as well. what a small world we live in!















one of the pieces of mine that is in the article is I Read the News Today O Boy, which is also at Markings, the PAQA exhibit.