Category: Picassiette

Happy February!

2/1/2022

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, a variety of glass, copper beads, smalti, and mirror on a hand built, cement based substrate.

A few of my original source photos & inspiration

One of the things I love most about this piece is it's dimensionality & incorporation of mirror, which casts wonderful light and color around its environs throughout the day and changing seasons. You can see that a bit in this photo from a gallery show.

And finally, I leave you today with this small but important detail...

The butterfly and a couple of moths, a simple reminder that spring is just around the corner.

& LOVE, always LOVE!

Love Buddha is a favorite from my personal collection.

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Our Beloved Mascot, Poldo!

10/11/2019

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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. He quickly become a constant companion to all.

Sometimes Poldo didn't want to go home, and had to be carried out of the building at the end of the day!

He even followed us around town, joining us for drinks!

Thus, the inspiration behind my latest portrait . . .

The large chunky pieces in the background, are sea polished tiles, collected on an unforgettably glorious day with my mosaic companions, on this, Sardinia beach. Each one connected to the other by a golden glass thread.

The heart, is a play on the symposium logo, seen in the center of this sign.

Our Beloved Mascot, Poldo

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Mosaic Self Portrait

1/24/2018

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My inspiration, beginning stages & time-lapse video of the creation of "Daydream", a self portrait.

This was my 1st ever scratchboard portrait. I really enjoyed doing it and liked the visual outcome, so decided to also create a mosaic from the same image.

This is the watercolor and ink sketch I did on my substrate, in preparation for starting work on the mosaic.

"Daydream"
8" x 8" - stained glass, crockery, Mexican smalti & unglazed porcelain.

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Happy February!

Our Beloved Mascot, Poldo!

Mosaic Self Portrait

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