Hiking

Near Santa Fe


A curious creature

Davem in front of us

So cute

This, I thought, reminded me strangely of my hair



On our way back to Albuquerque. I thought a bit late of taking a pic of this beautiful sunset.

Small Progress

I took 2 seconds to take this pic, standing on my stool very precariously, sorry, it is all lopsided:)
I am learning to make masks with contact paper to hide what I do not want printed: great technique.

The Opposite

Meaning working with a white figure blocked out with black gesso...Putting the brush dipped in black paint on a beautifully painted white background can be...scary!

A bit of stamping here, some collaged papers there...What a mess! I will be working on both at the same time...kind of.

In the Studio

I finished the background collage yesterday. Some of the outline has been lost here and there for now. The paper is curling a bit at the top, no worry, it is perfectly square.

Watching the New York City Marathon

Right now...how exciting...
Paula wants to win.....again!


For awhile we thought that a French woman, Christelle Daunay, was going to do it but it was not meant to be....this time and not for Paula either who faded away with injury.
Derartu Tulu from Ethiopia wins it. Awesome.
I am so proud of Christelle!.....next year?

Studio Work

More collage with my papers, some areas will be reworked (another layer of paper collaged over or painted over).

Yesterday I worked for a looooooooonnnnnnnnnnng time making this piece of "complicated" paper (15" x 10 3/4" or 38,1 cms x 27,3cms) : small pieces of my stack of 23 previously shown papers, either torn or cut that are glued over a piece of deli paper. I will be able to cut shapes out of this paper to collage onto my figure...still no color.
Sorry, pics are not great, can't spend the time:)
The color will come later....I think!

It's that Time

Meanwhile in the Studio

Some of the papers, utilitarian, in other words, to be used...savagely:), cut or torn.

Working on a large piece of 300lb watercolor paper (14 1/4"x 22 1/2"). I rolled black gesso on it and now I am collaging pieces of the papers I made , a la Bagby! Learning a lot! Stamped here and there too.

Zion...Finally

At the bottom of the canyon meanders the Virgin River.
Zion national Park is so magnificent that there is little to say except that the immensity of these rocky walls dwarfs us little creatures and that the pictures cannot even begin to render this.

Snow Canyon

Named after early Utah leaders, not after the snow which is actually rarely seen here.

The sand here is so fine that our shoes leave incredibly crisp details and the path is protected enough from the gentle winds that they remain there for a long time. We only met one couple on this walk and the shoe imprints were plentiful, signs of many visitors.









Just outside St.George, a beautiful place with a mixture of red sandstone cliffs, white ones and black lava rocks.