Enlightened tea cup

i am such a sucker for weird lighting fixtures! i just spied this on Haute Nature, one of my favorite blogs.

read more at: http://www.domestic-construction.com/for_the_home/ted_lights.shtml

Venus at the hospital

If you were following my Venus saga (I was not sure if this art piece was going to get into the Alta Bates Hospital Gallery due to a nudity restriction), I just wanted to follow up (I’m sure you were waiting to know!) that she was welcomed into the gallery fine. I’ve included some photos [...]

It is my fault, and the scissors come through again!

Why is it that when I am at the end of my rope trying to find something and I start blaming my mate for putting it away where I can’t find it, that suddenly I find the item and it is exactly where I put it?
I got my computer back on Thursday! Hurray! My brother [...]

Sounds like art for Lisa and Mauro

Two artists of our Enso community, Lisa Petrides and Mauro FF, will have their music related sculpture featured in an art show in Berkeley. Lisa incorporates an actual viola into her multi-media work which includes acrylic paint, metal, and images.

Mauro’s piece makes use of the innards of a piano to create a graceful and tactile [...]

She will be seen!

My Venus sculpture will be featured in the Intertidal Art Show at Alta Bates Hospital! Hurrah! I was concerned that she may not meet the criteria because of a nudity restriction. I thought it may be iffy and so I am glad she will be displayed.
She really was created in the spirit of celebration and [...]

No egg frying in these babies

I really like this very appropriate sculpture made out of a surprising use of materials. This lovely hanging blossom like sculpture is made from dozens of cooking pans, at the Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio, Texas.

Ocean inspired art creates healing environment at Alta Bates Hospital, reception 5/10

I’ve created five new sculpture pieces which will be displayed at a show called
“Intertidal”
Included in the show are:
Photographs by Jamie McHugh
Photo art by Tara Gill
Collages by Susan Adame
Sculpture by Judy Shintani
May 10 - July 10, 2008
Always open
Artists’ reception Sat. May 10, 5-7 pm
Community Art Gallery
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
2450 Ashby Ave, Berkeley
This show offered some [...]

New toolbox

Found sea shells from my local beach in HMB, have become my latest material in my artwork. I love the smoothness of the random shapes that have been formed by tumbling in the waves. As I collect them I have been placing these treasures in an old Japanese box. The matte shades of white look [...]

Spirit Matters in Inverness

Spirit Matters is one of my most favorite stores. It is in the beautiful town of Inverness, near Pt Reyes, Ca. The eclectic boutique selling “oddities and deities.” The use of found materials in the store and garden and the selection of books and incense and cool little things make it a wonderland to explore. Many different [...]

“Eyes Wide Open” Art Installation - human cost of Iraqi War, May 1-4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee’s widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War, features a pair of boots honoring each California military casualty, a labyrinth of civilian shoes to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict, and a display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war. Come to [...]