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From Saudade to Pronoia, A Work of HeArt: A Creative Work of Connection and Healing What have you endured during this pandemic that you’d like to release and let go of to make room for something new? What have you longed for, allowed your soul to crave, knowing you can’t have it yet but are …
I love this time of year, I said, in super serious sincerity. Jeans. Boots. Chunky sweaters. (HAHAHAHAHAhahahaha just kidding. It hasn’t been lower than 75 and it’s going to be 93 on Friday.) Hot drinks make more sense (because I drink them even in the sweltering heat of summer). Less people at the beach, which …
I’ve been making some watercolor & ink art. You can get greeting cards, prints, tote-bags and throw pillows here. Some of the original works are still available, too. If you want one of those, email me.
You all know of Eden‘s drawings project, yes? Well, much to my delight, and I don’t just throw that word around lightly, I got one of my very own thanks to my husband’s planning and sneakery. Of all the things Eden could have put in my drawing, she chose The Bear, which is one of …
I neglected to date these self portraits, one which includes such awkward hand placement, but I remember them being during the late 90s. Sometimes it hurts to go back and look at old work. I’d like to argue with my 8th grade art teacher – sometimes there is such a thing as bad art. As …
I cried the day I broke this green glass bowl from Grandma Jean. I tried to fix it with some glass glue, but as you can see, it is kind of a globby mess. Most likely it will come apart and become part of a painting. Its smaller counterpart survived my butterfingers (photos soon) and …
Nuvia Crisol Guerra is passionate, well-spoken, well-informed and charismatic. It’s easy to see why she was chosen to be the guest-curator of such an important show focusing on the Latina experience: Domestic Disobedience, Redefining the Feminine Space. It all started with an essay by Amalia Mesa-Bains, entitled Domesticana: The Sensibility of Chicana Rasquache. Nuvia said …
(Posted at San Diego Union Tribune) Yesterday I posted about Alexander Jarman, who is curating a show at the Southwestern College Art Gallery called More Real Than Life: An Exhibition of Contemporary Collage. Today I’m focusing on Perry Vasquez, the gallery director, and artist in his own right. Perry was nice enough to let me …
Alexander Jarman shows me his studio. He wears a tie and a sweater. His manner is quiet and professional and perhaps a bit reserved. At least until you get him talking about something he cares about: Art. Then, his face lights up and he becomes someone you’d like to pull a chair up closer to, …
I painted this for Devon’s 23rd birthday.
Yay! More stuff for the group painting! Want to send in something? Read this. From Imelda: From Colleen: Thanks, ladies! It means so much that you sent a contribution to my little project.