9/11 we will never forget

I am in Dale Copelands book "portrait of the artist"

Where my collages went the last 2 years of the exchange

Dear Joy,
The collection from last year's collage exhibition/exchange (Ice 12) has finally gone to its new home.
To the new Musee du ArtColle in Plemet, France.
I got this email from Pierre Jean Varet:

Voici en photo le futur lieu du musée artcolle, mais c'est très dur avec les politiques de la mairie - car en attendant c'est chez moi.
une exposition du musée artcolle aura lieu dans ce batiment ( beau , très beau !! ) au mois d'aôut, j'y exposerai des oeuvres de vous, et de vos amis.

I'm not fluent in French so have to put his emails through one of the online translation sites, but I believe he'll be mounting an exhibition of your works this August. The new building looks great ... stone, the old mayor's building of Plemet. Nice.
Cheers
dale
PS the collection from this year, Ice13, has gone to The Learning Connexion in Wellington, New Zealand. And next year it will go to Aotea Utanganui, the Museum of South Taranaki, in Patea, New Zealand.

My little zen garden

Happy Mothers day mama's

I miss my mommy so much. These are pics from the last family outing of her life. She loved going out,babies,her grandkids,a good manhattan,helping women in the work world rise above,and her husband...for life.

Government employees

Gee its so hard to feel bad about our gum smacking,cell phone talking government employees who don't deliver our mail,that may have jobs in peril. They send it back as non deliverable. I feel bad now for all the mail art buddies I accused of not sending me a return piece. please forgive me I don't work for the govt! This has been the 5 years I have lived here.

very affordable art...go see exhibition rooms

http://virtual.tart.co.nz/default.htm click on and see all the wonderful affordable art to swap and to buy.

He was a "shell of himself" (a torn paper collage)

Did you ever have an experience where someone you thought you knew so well changed so drastically one day. I did this collage when someone I knew so closely became "a shell of himself". I am only hoping he returns to the person I once knew.

My little baby PeterPan turned six already

Where does the time go? Pete is as regal as ever as a pekepoo. He reminds us daily he is from the emperors era (kinda) and is smart like a poodle. He looks like the mother was pregnant by any dog that got in the yard. But he is ours right? PETE IS SIX YEARS OLD tadah. He is with his big brother cat Marley in the pics my all time favorite cat and his.

Enjoying the quiet indoor days of winter

January makes me feel settled in, not having to go anywhere on weekends. Happy all the holiday hustle bustle is over...time to create. I am working on my international collage exchange series and a journal book for me. I am really into this round of collages! I have no desire to be around people right now so the cold air helps that problem. I am trying to lighten up on my colors too. Love to read alot this time of year too...loving Pat Conroys books. My favorite writers can make me feel I am right where to book takes place...the smells and sounds...ahh. I especially like how he writes about the bays and ocean, since I can't be there. How can anyone live where there is no tides table in their daily paper?

my fabulous wall of art by Lisa Bebi

The best present of the year came from Lisa Bebi. I can't stop looking at this wall of art of my family. The wall had been waiting for just the right pieces of art. We just repainted to a better shade of gold, more modern then the last. Not liking to hang things too fast til they call out for a particular space this wonderful box of art of my family came in the mail! Thank you so much Lisa!!!
Today my book that Dale Copeland did for us of "Portrait of the artist" came and my self portrait collage looked so nice in it...thanks so much Dale for all you do for collage artists!

The wonderful Dale Copeland has our art online

Please tell me what you think of my piece in the artist portrait exhibit online! Thanks! (click right above to go to the site)

A DAY AT THE HIRSHHORN

Back aches feet ache but what a fun day in DC...Trying to get in a museum weekly, but it has been 2 weeks now. Takes alot to think about and recovering from walking.zzzzzzzz

Sometimes its the little things

Lately all I have energy for is small projects. I loved Teesha Moore's videos on how she does her booklets. With weeding out magazines(hoarder of mags) and needing to try something new I did some of her style. I can't stop sitting out on the sunporch and enjoying these fabulous fall days of long shadows and changing skies. Knowing that I will miss these days of open windows and shade trees too soon...I have been doing lap projects...having alot of fond memories and enjoying the simple things of life.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET

Help my husband is retiring soon!!!!!

Things I adore about him...
1. He can watch the same movies 10 times but we can never agree on a new movie.
2.Mowing is meditational for him.
3.He watches movies SO LOUD but he can't hear me yelling for him.
4.He adores the dog but the dog growls at me.
5.Now you see him now you don't...he is all over the place when he is home.
6.He hates going out.
7.He thinks my movies or shows are too loud.
8.His snoring can't stand my snoring.
9.He loves food shopping...he is surrounded by the things he loves.
10.He can fall asleep when we (rarely) go out together...like I am that interesting to him.

Somerset Studio Gallery summer 2010

An artist buddy in San Diego who I met online,Lisa Bebi, is in this issue of Somerset Studio Gallery,summer 2010. She does these fabulous paintovers of photo's, magazine pics,etc. I have admired her from her first article in these magazines and told her so. This issue is another set of my family she did in her wonderful style of paintovers. Though she teaches her techniques everywhere she has a style not to be duplicated...we all try. I so appreciate her using my family as often as she has. God knows I own the mother load of old photos.

I just know my parents love her and would be amazed they are in magazines and on peoples walls. The article she wrote about them was so touching to my heart. LOVE YA LISA, I am sure they do also!

back to some original forms of LOVE

I've become a gardener and I never had a green thumb. It all started with some Irises that grew in my yard,from the previous owners of this house. I fell in love and read up on them. I dug up the old bulb in the fall and seperated and replanded these extras I got off the overgrown original bulb. They LIVED and flouished to my suprise. Now I am in love with Irises.

I also pulled out unfinished projects recently one of which is a quilt. "the OJ Simpson trial quilt" it was always called...when I started it the original OJ murder trial was on. Then my niece reminded me the second time he was on trial I worked on it more. You can't see the stitches but there are hand/glove stitched imprints in the centers of the color squares. I could elaborate more but I wonder if he is due for another trial ? because I am ready to finish up on it. I think I may add another outside border,even though this was to be a wall hanging,way back. I have always loved quilting.

Another unfinished thing is a large painting that needed colors changed for me to like it. No pics yet on it.

One of the pieces for the ICE exchange

I really enjoyed doing my "Talking Heads" series this year for the International Collage Exchange. I often get stumped with backgrounds,being a minimalist. I used some saved papers from my collection and magazine art that resembled faces. I then added cut out words from old books that I normally turn into poems. The hands were to give a sort of expression to the words. I must say bizzare is my favorite way to express in collage. Pretty is not my thing. Hope you enjoy all 13 of them in the exchange folks,I sure do enjoy my return envelope of yours yearly.

Caught my collages on the wall at Climate Gallery

So I can now add Climate Gallery in NY to my list of shows I have been in. I love seeing people looking at your own art in shows. I didn't add a price for the "rejection factor" lol. I am sure Dale Copeland will soon display our Internationl collage exchange on her site. I did a fun bizzare series called "Talking Heads".