Whew!  Is it almost 2013?  December has flown by.  I thought I would share a few of the highlights from the past month with you. The month began with the birth of my nephew, Brenner.  Isn’t he a cutie?  Now I have someone to model all of the baby clothes I’ve been making! Around the [...]

Hey there!  I wanted to let you know about an opportunity this week at the Ivy Tech Columbus campus.  This Thursday, September 13, the ReStart Symposium is taking place from 9-5, which is all about “women leading passionate creative lives and how they do it.”  There will be several workshops featuring local artists as well [...]

Another linocut reduction from my Cambodia series, entitled “Dependence”. Upcoming news: I will have a booth again this year at the Broad Ripple Art Fair!  You will find me in the new “Emerging Artist” area.  The fair is May 19-20 and you can buy your tickets now at a discounted rate.  Check out more info [...]

The opening reception for the 74th Annual Student Show at the Indianapolis Art Center is this Friday evening (Feb. 24) from 6-8PM. This is a juried show for anyone who has taken a class at the Art Center in the past two years, and it always has a good turn out and some great work [...]

If you’ll be in the Indianapolis area this Friday, stop by Crimson Tate :: Modern Quilter (845 Mass Ave.) for our Holiday Bazaar!  It’s First Friday and we’ll have all sorts of handmade goodies for sale all day (11AM-9PM).  I will also have my prints on display and for sale.  It will be a great [...]

New work to share!  As some of you know, I decided to create a series based on my experiences in Cambodia this past July.  This is the first print from the series, entitled “The Rice Fields”.  This print is near and dear to my heart because it immediately draws me back to the days we [...]

Three weeks later, the mural is finished!  Augustina put the final touches on the mural Saturday, and I stopped by today to get some final pictures. I had such a great experience being a part of this project.  I learned how to paint a mural, made a friend, and became a part of a project [...]

We are getting closer to completion!  Here are a few new updates: Black background is completed and I’m almost done filling in the blue lines… Augustina is almost done with the flower and will begin drawing the moth on the wall tomorrow (the last item in the mural)… Here’s a look from the other side [...]

We are making progress on the mural!  Augustina has completed two of the three faces included in the mural (three generations of women from the same family).  I am working on the map of lines that represent the canal area (slightly abstracted) behind the first face, as well as filling in the black background.  We [...]

This week I’ve been volunteering with a great project: 46 for XLVI, which was created to promote arts and culture in the city in preparation for the Superbowl (sponsored by the Indianapolis Arts Council and the City of Indianapolis).  They have commissioned artists, both local and nationwide, to create 46 murals around the city.  I [...]