It's Been Ages!

Apologies for being absent from these pages for so long.  My only excuse is that I've been busy - healing and making new work.

I was thrilled to be juried into a new art gallery in downtown Chapel Hill, called FRANK (except in the logo, the "A" is red and upside down, cool).  My first check came today, and four major pieces sold in the first month, so I'm happy.  

I have a featured artist show this month at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, so I was working toward that show as well.  In addition to jewelry, I included two of my new encaustic collages.  Encaustic involves applying beeswax (mixed with damar resin) to a wooden or paper surface and melting the wax with a torch or heat gun.  I've fallen in love with encaustic, because I can make multiple layers of wax and embed color and images into each layer.  It has so many possibilities I've yet to explore.  You can see some of my collages and my two new encaustic pieces on Fine Art America, Website is www.fineartamerica.com.

Now, about France and my workshop there:  The June workshop is a no-go, because there just weren't enough registrants.  The European economy may have had something to do with it.  But, I am scheduled to teach at Chateau Dumas in September, from the 11th - 18th.  So if you want to learn how to work with precious metal clay (PMC) in a truly unique and gorgeous setting with three French meals a day included, then this is the course for you.  OUI!

Along with the knee rehab and my jewelry and collage work, I took a brief trip to Boston the weekend of April 23rd to attend the memorial service of my dear friend Susan Tifft, who died of cancer on April 1st.  She managed to live two years beyond expectation out of sheer grit and willpower.  Her memorial service, at Harvard's Memorial Chapel, was beautiful and an opportunity for those of us who loved her to mourn together.

So, as you can see, I've been busy with all that life can throw my way, most of it great.  I'm in a happy place with my creative work and fired up with new ideas waiting to find form and expression.  I will not let so much time elapse again between postings.