On a quieter note...

The first collages, from March, in far left grouping, left to right, top to bottom.

View upon entering, to left of door at Spark Gallery.

The long wall of collages...

The final few collages and the end wall with my artist statement and guestbook.

 Views of the "Overlooked Artifacts" exhibition at Spark Gallery on a quiet afternoon... There were 75 original collages, framed with UV glass and archival matting, each 12 x 9" in size and hung chronologically in a grid. This represented each day's mail from March, April, and May of 2013.

It's always great to have company in the gallery, but sometimes I look forward to a lull when I can take it all in, size it up, and think about where my work may be taking me next.

Recycling Reversal: Art of rubbish event

I'm looking forward to showing my collages and demonstrating some of my working techniques at "The Art of Rubbish," a celebration of found-object/item artwork, on Saturday, September 21st, from 10 am - 3 pm at the Aurora Central Library at 14949 E. Alameda Drive, Aurora, Colorado.Other "Rubbish" artists are Brenda Stumpf and Lily Erb.Meet the artists and work on your own art projects... more details in this Westword blog article: "Create art out of found objects at Recycling Reversal: The Art of Rubbish on Saturday."Stop by and see us... maybe make something out of "almost nothing!" 

Stages along the way: collage commission 3, details

 Here's the collage in progress as I begin to lay in the root structure and detail the meadow and tree bases with layers of paper.I'm using rice paper for the root structures for its transparency so the colors from below show through somewhat. I'm working with magazine color areas for the plant details... and the patterns from inside of security envelopes for the aspen bark striations!Ran across a wonderful quote while I was in the midst of this work... funny how that happens..."Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves... But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom."—William James, psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910)Lovely thoughts.  

High altitude art

I had a lovely drive up to Breckenridge, Colorado last week to drop off work for another show with the To Expand group, this time at Teal Gallery. The roads were dry and the mountain vistas were spectacularly snowy. I love how the shadows move, change and define the planes under the all white surfaces of the snow.Finally I was able to go over to Beaver Run and see my collage project, in person. (Thanks to the snowboard gal who took a moment away from the slopes to snap my photo!) It is installed in a two story portion of the lobby so I enjoyed the views from above and below but wasn't wildly successful in getting a better photo of it in situ... It really could use some additional lighting. Still, I'm thrilled to have it there!The day was so warm, and the area so protected at the bottom of the ski runs, that I settled in at a sunny picnic table to eat my sack lunch outside and people-watch... a nice little field trip.The artists' reception at Teal Gallery is this Saturday, January 19th from 5-8 pm. If you are in the vicinity, please come by and say hi! The show will runs through February 7th, 211 N. Main Street, M-F, 10-5 and Saturdays 10:30 - 6.