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Happy February!
I often turn to my extensive Asian travels for inspiration. This work, "Love Buddha", was derived from photos I shot with my old Nikon FG while traveling in Laos and Cambodia in the late 1990's. Love Buddha - 21.5" x 13" x 3" - Handmade pottery, ceramic, dinnerware,...
Master of Horse – Installed at The Ruins!
Rachel wasted no time in getting my portrait of John Moskal, Master of Horse on the wall of The Ruins. It's the first mosaic to be installed in this room, now dubbed The Stable. Follow the project to see how this important aspect of the mining story develops with...
Behind the Scenes ~ Master of Horse for The Ruins Project
Earlier this year I was invited to create a portrait for an ongoing, international collaborative mosaic installation at The Ruins Project in Western Pennsylvania. The project, located on the Great Allegheney Passage, at an abandoned coal mine site, celebrates the...
Behind the Scenes – Endless Abstract, Pt 2
My meditative mosaic continues to grow.Here is where I last left off... (see previous post) A few details thru the magnifying glass! As I run out of material, which is quickly happening with most of the materials I started with, the search for additional materials...
Endless Abstract – Part I
What I’m working on now has become a meditative process. Moving intuitively from the center outwards, I set up one simple rule, to form a border, in grey scale, around each piece. Beyond that, I’m enjoying making choices piece by piece. With minimal cutting, the chunks remain, for the most part, in their organic form, juxtaposed with the very regular straight lines of the manufactured border tiles.
Garden Installation Visit
At long last, one year after my mosaics were installed, I've finally had a chance to visit the garden & see them in situ. It was a very hot summer day, but I wanted to take the opportunity for a short visit. The garden at this time of year was overgrown, yet...
Our Beloved Mascot, Poldo!
I caught my first glimpse of Poldo, at the top of the hill, in the small town of Ploaghe, where I enjoyed my morning cappuccino each day. Soon, he began showing up to the ex-convent where we, the artists of the 3rd Contemporary Mosaic Art Symposium, Ploaghe worked....
New Portrait – Reverse Engineered Substrate
For my latest portrait, I used a method I learned last year at the Mosaic School in Spilembergo Italy. My reference was an original drawing, I did earlier this year for Julia Kay's Portrait Party, in graphite, water soluble ink pencils, and a touch of white acrylic...
Double Commission – Behind the Scenes
For the past several months I've been working on a commission for the garden of a private residence. In February I gave a talk to a local art group about my experience attending The 3rd Contemporary Mosaic Art Symposium in Sardinia Italy (subject for another post -...