Intestinal Flue

Acrylic and silicone on canvas, 26" x 30"

New Paintings

During my Master's program in at Maryland Institute College of Art, I was also an Americorps member. As part of the program, Students are placed in various Community Organizations ( I was at the JCC of Baltimore) and serve those organizations through Americorps while taking classes pertaining to Community Arts. Anyway, as part of Americorps, once your year of service is done, you receive and Educational stipend that you can use to take classes at any accredited University. I am finally cashing those bad boys in and taking a painting class at Front Range Community College. During my time at MICA and NCSU College of Design, I never got a chance to take a painting class. I was always wait listed and never got around to it. Anyway, I am loving the process of painting. It is so different from weaving and sculpture, so immediate. I feel a bit like I am cheating on my chosen art form of Fiber, but reading Joanne Mattera's Artblog has made me realize that perhaps I have been cornering myself by referring to myself as a Fiber-artist. Defining yourself as an" Artist" only frees your mind to any possibility and avenue. It is an interesting journey. Here is a photo of a painting I did for class, a Self-Portrait. Acrylic on canvas with silver leaf. Let me know what you think!

WORLD BANK

Here is another new studio piece, WORLD BANK. It was created using rolled up maps and a Piggy Bank. Kind of looks like a porcupine?

SHOE SHE TRAY

Here is a picture of some of my new work. They are called "Shoe-she Trays". I hope to do about 6-10 of these guys. They are made using shoelaces and found trays.

My work on the cover of a book!

This is so cool. Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft fame has included my piece, "Twist Off" on the cover of his new book 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse This book looks really great with an emphasis on common items used in way uncommon ways! I am ordering my copy right now.

Strung Along

New work from the studio.....This piece was created using found beads. Each piece measures about 20"x40" and was woven using cotton fabric and cotton warp string. This work is for sale.

SUPER FLY

This piece, titled "Super Fly" will be included in Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art's "Masks at MOCA" show. It is created using zippers to decorate a bisque fired mask provided by FCMOCA. This show helps raise funds for FCMOCA's operating budget and out reach. The show will be April 2 -May 7th 2010. The show will feature a live and silent Auction. The live Auction/Gala will be held on May 1st, 2010.