Mosaics Garden at Broadripple Spring Gallery Tour

Be sure to hit the Annual Broadripple Spring Gallery Tour on Friday, May 7..... 5pm to 9pm.
"An evening that celebrates the arts in Indianapolis' most creative community".
Over 17 galleries will take part + enjoy the one of a kind neighborhood restaurants, pubs and bars.

Urban Optiks, a Fusion of Art and Eyes ( find really cool and edgy eye wear there! ) will be featuring some of my works! I am really thrilled to be invited for the tour. The gallery is owned by Dr. Rob Diegel... a very creative, artsy guy, disguised as an optometrist.

Here's pamphlet and map of the tour: http://www.discoverbroadripplevillage.com/ImageUploads

Arts Go!

Well..... I just got back from the Gallery on the Square in Danville, Indiana. It was my first trip there and WOW! what a wonderful little gallery. There is a great mix of art and styles in a quaint small town square setting. Danville surprised me! it's a really cute little town with beautiful homes and landscapes.
I'm excited to be invited as their guest artist for May and also will be taking part in the 5th Annual ARTS GO! on April 24th and 25th. ARTS GO! is a Hendricks County art gallery/studio tour with over 20 sites and 65 artists represented. see:
www.hendrickscountyarts.org

My First Post!

So.. here I go with my first blog post, jumping right in to the new decade! I'm going to try to show what I'm up to in the studio.... new stuff all the time. I am so fortunate to be able to do what I love to do. I've been creating mosaics for over ten years ( albeit the beginning stuff was pretty bad ! ).. and still am excited about every new project. There are no boundaries in contemporary mixed media mosaics, no rules ! That's the joy of it. Sure, there are technical rules to make a sound, well constructed mosaic design.... but no rules in the creative process. Mixed media tessarae choices are endless. The mixture of colors and textures and design is pure eye candy.

My newest series of mosaics started last winter when a friend who owns a bar gave me a box of empty Patron Tequila bottles. I decided to make a thank you present for him by making a mosaic-ed Patron bottle in sea blue and gold with a crystal whale ( he's big whale fan ). That was my first bottle... and I was then off and running with bottle ideas! I like making them so they are art pieces and yet still can be actually used as decanters.