Change of Venue

Quite exciting news yesterday -- my exhibition will be moved from the Centre Gallery at Wolfson Campus, Miami Dade College to the newly renovated Freedom Tower. As my architect hubby says, it's the best building in Miami, built in 1925 as the headquarters and printing facility for the Miami News. Recently acquired by Miami Dade College, the facility has been transformed into a beautiful space for art exhibitions and installations.

My new exhibition space will be quite a bit smaller than the Centre Gallery but is definitely a better location. The exhibition will open in late November -- date to be confirmed -- concurrent with a large exhibition of Salvador Dali. All very exciting and more to follow...

Time-Lapse Test

I've been playing around with doing time-lapse movies of my studio process. Kind of fun!

Beginning work on installation

I beginning working on an installation piece for the exhibition that will include MANY hanging book structures. I am creating the pages in Photoshop and then printing out. Sort of fun to work in this media for a change. Having fun!

Also read this quotation this morning from Sir Isaac Newton that I find quite amazing:

The changing of bodies into light, and light into bodies, is very comfortable to the course of nature, which seems delighted with transmutations.

~ Sir Isaac Newton

Can't Believe it's September!

Hard to believe that the summer is gone and I have just two months until my exhibition. And now is the time that I need to finalize all of the copy for the catalogue and my statement --EEEK. It is hard for me to write about my work and I was hoping that doing this blog would help. I suppose it has to some extent. But overall I'm happy with what I've produced so far but I plan to continue, allowing me some wiggle room for editing during installation.

I spent most of Labor Day in my studio, happily painting, listening to podcasts of Eckart Tolle and being in the NOW!



But the day started with an early morning trip to the beach with Baci, spoiled-beyond-reason yellow lab.

Green Door Part II

I think I've finished this piece -- the first in a series of petal or portal-shaped pieces. I added some silver paint to add another dimension. I like the shape, and it references some of the flag books that I've created for the show.

Green Door

This is a new petal-shaped piece that I'm still working on...

Seed Bed

This is a piece I've been working on and I finished today (I think). Not sure if I love it... a bit labored. It is a triptych, each individual piece is 16 x 20" and the total piece measures 20 x 50".