summer/fall collages 2024

In preparation for the annual Alamosa Artwalk on September 14, I was inspired to clean up my art studio and as a result I produced four new collages. I hope to create a few more for the Holiday Makers Market in Del Norte this December. Stay tuned!

Colony

Courage

From Dark to Light

The Blue Arrow

 

radiation collages

I'm calling these eight small (5" x 5") collages my radiation collages because I've created them while staying in a hotel room in Colorado Springs while I undergo radiation treatments for breast cancer. 

February collages

Back in action...

A Feeling

Song of India

 

West Coast highlights

My vacation to California, Oregon and Washington in late October and early November was filled with deepened connections and reconnections with dear friends and family. Below are the highlights. I didn't get photos of everyone...missing are John & Barbara (brother & sister-in-law), Elena (friend from high school and beyond) and Rick (first husband). Here's what I did capture:

Japan Town, San Francisco - with Victoria as my tour guide.

Victoria at the entrance to the Japanese restaurant where we dined in Pacifica, CA.

View from the Highlands Inn, Carmel, CA, where I breakfasted with Elena.

View from Pacific Grove, CA beach.

Brother, Chris, with little Arnold.

Me, enjoying the P.G. ocean air.

Jamie and me at Baja Cantina in Carmel Valley, CA.

Sisters-in-law.

Sister and brother.

Joseph at home in Walla Walla, WA (before his haircut).

Pigs!

Joseph and Aunt Nancy.

Joseph and Janet preparing to carve Halloween pumpkins.

Janet's creation!

"The Howling" by Joseph.

Halloween smiles from me, Joseph and Janet.

Joseph with the lighted pumpkins.

Heather and me playing "Parks."

Heather and me, at my Portland, OR, Vrbo cottage.

penguins!

 

Twenty-one colorful penguins created in a ceramics class 

taught by Lili Silva at the Alamosa Rec Center this summer!

paintings!

Two paintings from a Next Fifty class 

taught by Coni Grant at ASU this summer.

 

new work

 

Dancing Star

Dancing Star, revised

Contained

Poetry for Peggy

Unlocked

More Summer Collages

Celebrated

Feline Espionage

Trek

Very Nice

Why Now?

Letters from Japan

Study in Red & Yellow

Spinning a Tale

Anniversary collage

On June 10, 2020, Alex and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary! The traditional material for the 13th anniversary is lace. I can do that one! Here's the collage I gifted Alex:

Lace 13 -- close up

Lace 13 -- framed