I was just informed that my two paintings (below) will be part of the initial "Art at the Airport"  exhibition at the Akron Canton Airport from April through July, 2012.  This new exhibition program will feature six local artists, (three from Summit County and three from Stark County) every 4 months.   I'm very pleased to be part of the exhibit.

I am fortunate to be able to return to the Tannery Row Artist Colony periodically and rent temporary working space while in the Atlanta area visiting family and friends.  I was formerly a resident artist at this unique historical facilitly when I lived in Georgia. 

TRAC is a "gem" of a place which houses 18 working artsits (all with an open door policy)and a gallery where there is always something special on view.

Visiting an Art Museum is always  uplifting and energizing for me.    I come away renewed, reflective, and inspired to push a few of my creative boundaries. 


 









The High Museum in Atlanta is a gem in my book as is its current show, "Picasso to Warhol", featuring 14 notorius boundary pushers.   

The weather is getting cold here which inevitably directs my inner compass toward the south and I start looking forward to reunions my southern friends and family members.

During the coldest portion of the Ohio winters, I unashamedly hightail it to Georgia.  I regularly rent a temporary working space at the Tannery Row Artist Colony where I used to have a studio. This past winter I was approached by a fellow resident of the colony, Sabrina, about painting a large mural  on the outside wall of a warehouse in Chinandega, Nicaragua.  Sabrina and her husband head up an organization which does a variety of wonderful things to Nicaraguan people.

Armed with a variety of innoculations we headed to Nicaragua for our ten day adventure.  My four artist companions, Judy, Sabrina, Judy, Soonie (all Tannery Row Artists) and I planned and pounded out a mural  approximately 60' x 13').  Our subject matter reflected the good works being done by our commissioning organization to make life safer, healthier and happier for Nicaraguan people displaced by natural disasters.  

We drank gallons of water (it was VERY hot and humid) and lunched on peanut butter sandwiches.  Breakfasts and dinners always included tasty beans and rice and wonderully sweet fruits.  We commiserated about our increasing physical ailments, stiff necks, bug bites, sun burns, joint problems, dizziness, bad knees, etc. and we laughed, sang songs, climbed up and down ladders and scaffolding, danced, and painted on and on when we felt like we couldn’t lift another brush.  

Our experience was unforgettable and life changing. We pushed ourselves to our limits; we tearfully observed people surviving in unimaginable circumstances; we laughed and communicated with local folks using our limited language skills; we got lost in our work, and we formed a poignant professional and personal bond with one another.