Making waves, the rise and fall of art
I’m one of those people who speak with their hands. That makes it tricky to work on a lift, while explaining my art installation at the same time. But thinking […]
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Visualizing gargantuan glacial floods
Numinous is the most recent in a series of art installations inspired by the Northwest’s catastrophic geologic history. It’s a spectacular story that includes megaflooding flooding of Glacial Lake Missoula […]
Hot glue art installation in progress
Lucky me — my assistant and gallery attendant — Holly Hawton is a CWU senior majoring in art. Her genuine delight with the artwork’s wall shadows lifted my spirits. She […]
EMPTY GALLERY, QUEASY GUT
I snapped pix this morning while walking across campus to the Spurgeon Art Gallery from the conference center where I’m staying. The stillness on campus is deceiving—the calm before the […]
THE OTHER DICK AND JANE
Ellensburg, WA is midway between Moscow, ID and Seattle, WA. It’s always our favorite stop on trips to the Big City. I arrived here this afternoon to begin installing an […]
STUDIO CAT COMPANIONS
Just three weeks from now I leave for Central Washington University to install my hot glue installation Numinous at Spurgeon Art Gallery. I’m stressed. So much left to do. But […]
WHY I LOVE HOT GLUE, PART 2
As I say, hot glue is magical. For lots of reasons. Including the fact that such an ordinary material can take on the shimmer of spun glass. I call it […]
Why I love hot glue, Part 1
In the midst of preparing for an upcoming installation—as I am now—I often need to remind myself (again) why I’m so enamored of hot glue as a sculptural media. Might […]
SWELLING BELLIES OF GOURDS
Too much hot gluing. Ugh! Need a break. Couldn’t resist a little studio play. I bought these gourds at Farmers Market. To scrub off the dirt was a delightful diversion. I’m not […]
TEXTURIZING THE DAY WITH STILLNESS
Kamiak Butte is a favorite summer getaway of mine on the Palouse, just 15 minutes from Moscow, ID. It’s a rocky island overlooking the wheat fields of the Palouse and […]
TALES FROM MY KITCHEN SINK
Here’s what I am doing this summer. Standing long hours at the kitchen sink. Drizzling miles of monofilament with hot glue. I need just over 2,000 strands for my upcoming […]
EROSION’S LYRICAL LINEARITY
Cracks in sidewalks — ongoing theme. Strange, lyrical. Topographic maps of erosion, time. They never fail to catch my eye wherever I happen to be. I captured this batch with […]
JUST IN THE KNICK OF TIME
I’m savoring the memory of last night’s Artwalk reception. Great food, great turnout. But what I’ll always remember was my triumph over troubles. Two days ago, when I arrived back […]
ART UNFURLS, COMES TO LIFE
This installation had a difficult birth. As artist/midwife, I’m worn out but soooooooo exhilarated! And so very grateful to the gods for the window of clear skies. I was able […]
ART INSTALLATION FLYING HIGH
My rigging hardware is a DIY mix of dowels, steel wire, rings, swivels and gaskets. Trying do this on the cheap has been a challenge. Most pressing was the need […]
SEWING MACHINE AS POWER TOOL FOR SCULPTOR
Truly astonishing. That I am using a sewing machine to create outdoor sculpture. I essentially flunked Home Economics — back in the day. Until now, I’ve only used my ancient […]
LINE DANCING WIGGLES ITS WAY INTO LIFE
Line Dancing — fully fleshed. I’m pleased. Now, back to work on Wind Cloud Sky …
Line as body, body as landscape
Birth. Passion. Fire. I browsed the web for the etymology of red. The Portuguese word is vermelho, which comes from the Latin “vermiculus,” meaning “little worm.” My, how my little worm […]
First came bones, now the tissue
I never imagined an old theme of mine — body as landscape — would appear in my art again. But surely, here it is, as though it needed to have […]
Art studio among straw bales
Makeshift, but functional. Perfect, really. This is my open-air studio in the Red Barn, where I am able to do my contrapting out of the wind and still breath fresh […]
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