Studio
Well, here is a recent scene of artwork at the front door, ready to be shipped out, with supervision by our "Director of Homeland Security" -- my constant studio companion -- who somehow has never been featured in this blog! Millie is a nearly-8-year-old standard poodle with amazing athletic and ball-handling abilities, as well as good company!
This is a 12 x 12" portion of a collage that I have been working on in response to a poem by Hilary DePolo. It is for a "Past Lives" show of art, and the poetry that inspired it, at the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, opening in October. I was able to get away for a few days to Keystone, Colorado recently and I took my collage in progress with me. Here is a photo of my temporary studio near the picture windows of our room at the lodge, looking out on a mostly rainy day. 
What the photo doesn't show is the four tote-bags of magazines and papers I took along, plus a 36 x 18" panel and the smaller square panel. (The bellman got a kick out of it, and a nice tip to boot!) I have now finished both pieces, which will be attached to each other for the show. It was a nice change of pace to work from a room with a big view! Since we had rainy weather, it was perfect light and a hugely productive time. Thanks to my friend JP for the timely invitation to travel!
I am finally reworking my website. Some of it will go up today, with more galleries to follow over the next week or so. What a project... It requires a lot of introspection and considerable patience! It has been valuable to reflect on my work, in the process of re-constructing the site, and where it has taken me over the last eight years. (This collage, coincidentally entitled "Introspection," is 10 x 8" and was done in 2000.)