The mountains calm us and bring us back to our centers…..Thankgoodness for these moments!
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
John Muir
A recent workshop with a wonderful art teacher at our local community center led to anexploration of working with beeswax and collage. Jane brought a melting pot from her crayon batik class so there were wonderful colors to add to the works which were basically being done with my tiny crockpot full of melted white beeswax .
On the piece above I added mesh netting and microbeads to top of the collage- I loved working in different textures. When I get stuck on a piece I challenge myself to move forward by looking for different ways to add texture.
I moved on to an angle/goddess pattern I have been carrying around with me for quite a few years waiting for her moment. I had difficulty with the faces and plan on trying again on them (the beauty of wax is that I can melt and lift and change- yeah!) So any comments on direction would be great – one the face went to dark and the other I just dont like the blankness….thoughts?
I worked on two canvas that I had printed in a geli monoprint session – the orange backgrounds, the gold background is a mesh type odd scrap from a very generous friend – thanks Patty! The pink is added wax from the crayon melting pots. The musical gal is still calling to me for more work.
In both the angels I used items that were treasures from a paper swap I did this past year that brought me a package of bits and bobs from South African Artist: Barbara Philip. She is honored in these pieces through the feathers and flowers…thank you Barbara hope you are well!
One last piece that pairs nicely with the angle above is just a collage that evolved simultanously as I worked on the girls…enjoy and suggestions are welcome!
Earth Day 2013
It was a beautiful spring day in Virginia and I was treated with a walk in a friends backyard…ironically it was earth day . She had a beautiful labyrinth installed about a year or so ago and another friend helped to landscape it. We met up to see the spring blooms and I got a chance to walk the labyrinth and record the journey. It is such a wonderful refuge to walk this simple path and be wrapped in this beautiful setting. Thanks Lori!
Waiting to greet me at the end of my walk little Libby smiling in the sunshine!
Celebrate Earth Day – Every Day!
Near Manasas, VA off route 29, is a beautiful little park – Bull Run Regional Park that gave us an afternoon of gorgeous.
It felt like the fairies and pixies were lurking in the shadows.
A friend had wowed me with her photos of this phenomenon the past two years – thanks Patty - I knew I had to see it!
Here is our walk through the woods…
(to see the photos larger – click on the center of the image)
…this weekend brought our temperatures more in line with spring and a beautiful blue sky.
I went a few friends to the National Arboretum to see a friend do a Ikebana demonstration – the beautiful art of Japaneese floral arranging. 
GStunninng Beauty with and inner peace.
We wandered a bit in the Chinese Garden on the way out…
The promise that more is on the way - 
Another Glass Mosaic Class captured my attention these past few weeks…
And the painting begins….
committing with grout …
nestled in amongst the branches a finished piece…
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