Garden Party

Today the wind was howling, but the sun was glorious and we had a lovely day for the garden party. Everyone brought great food and it was just a fun day of friendship and art and garden talk. Here are some pics.

SICL Spring luncheon

This is the first time I've gone to the luncheon. It was very nice. The hospitality chair did a great job putting it together, and everyone had a good time. Here's the pic.

New paintings

Here are two recent paintings. The one of the bird I did before Asilomar. The other collage/painting was the exercise in using random pieces of text on black paper in Ann Baldwin's class. When I got home I painted it and added the tree, thanks to the idea from Marcia. It's my "thinking green" themed work in honor of Earth Day and John Muir's birthday.

Artist friends

This is Marcia P. who is a wonderful artist I know on the coast. I got a personal guided tour of her galleria (her whole house). She lives with art and is a consummate artist. She has more talent in her little finger.......... well, I'm envious. She like my art too. She recently finished her first altered book. Here she is showing me a collaged box which had been a class challenge.

Art and Soul

Here are some pics from Art and Soul at Asilomar. One is class with Albie Smith who taught the techniques to construct the bound books. Another is the photo with Ann Baldwin in our collage class.
The two decorated fish dishes are by Nancy (the blue fish) and Sally (the fish sandwich). What fun pieces. These gals are the best!

Sunday in Concord

Group will meet at Sue's house where I will teach the little box houses I taught in Sacramento in Feb. For those who want the pattern and directions, go back to my Feb posts.

Small Collage

Here is a quick little collage.