showing my work again!

OK so i hustled my but off submitting my work all over and i'm beginning to see some results. three of my pictures from the "weekend away" series will be shown at the SF convention and visitor's bureau for 6 months! also last month i had three altered barbie pieces in a show about heroes at Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda. I so love this place! there's nothing like it in Berkeley or San Francisco. this month there show is called "Across the Great Divide" and i have a brand new piece, "window on the beach" which is an incredible found object / mixed media piece that started with a 5 ft tall window! i forgot to take pictures of it before i took it down there so i'll be sure to get a shot of it in place at FBCA.

I am also showing several pieces at a cafe in the Mission district starting the end of the month. i keep changing my mind about which ones. So i will call on my studio helper and muse, and all around genius Sarah (my daughter) now that she's 18 i'm not so shy about mentioning her name. She went with me to meet the cafe owner at the cafe so she knows what the inside looks like. she's great cuz she can really help when i 'm pushing my limits but she never takes over or makes me feel silly for seeking her advice.

I've made several new prints and i've started using a new place to mat them. i had a really hard time with Cheap Pete's this last time and it seemed all the worse because i had to drive into to the city to use them. so today i dropped off several pieces at the Framer's Workshop here in Berkeley. I'm really hoping they come out nice so i can mat a few more.

but the most exciting thing is that i almost have my work table cleared off so i can work on some encaustics. i bought some beeswax and new colors yesterday. long ago i found a bedpost at curbside. it's beautiful wood and will make a great base for my next project of encaustic and silk.