Of all the Ninja Turtles…uh, I mean Renaissance masters, It’s Leonardo da Vinci that calls to me, not Raphael, and yet, lately I have come to fall madly and passionately in love with Raphael’s drawings. I’ve come to love them so much that I’ve been sneaking (so called) spare moments to copy them in graphite and conte pencil in order…
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Once of the challenges I have discovered is that being a polymath is fine if you’re a man and an Old World Master, but it’s an uphill ride for an American woman in the 21st century. With all of us bombarded with so much information 24/7, American culture is, now more than ever, a pigeon-holing society. Often when people see…
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The etched screen for the bespoke, 69 meter, super yacht was the initial commission I received from the interior design company. It is comprised of 104, 218mm x 105mm copper panels, etched, patinated, and pigmented on both sides. With exactly 30mm between each panel, they are designed to hang rigidly in a curved formation with twined S hooks in between….
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Giving Voice is a multimedia ebook and print book about the connections we form. We’re frequently told that life and success are about relationships. What always strikes me is the astoundingly ephemeral and fragile interconnectedness that makes such relationships possible. It is from these contemplations that the project, Giving Voice, was formed. It is a collection of mixed media gilded paintings, to…
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Panels #1 & 2 on the left side of the Turtle Screen are utterly riveting (groan, yes, bad joke!)…meanwhile De planishes panel #3 of the right side, and Uduak meticulously wraps the twined S hooks for the other #superyacht commission. What you thought the turtles were enough work for the 3 of us?!? Just wait…