by jill | Feb 20, 2014 | Blog
I’ve just finished mosaicing lucky horseshoes for the Yee Haw: Western Wonders! show at Inspirations Gallery. Anyone who owns one will have good luck. Ride on by to see them. In the meantime try and match up each piece with its name. Hold Your Horses, Too Hot to...
by jill | Jan 30, 2014 | Blog
I became an art collector because I fell in love. One summer twenty-five years ago I was studying at NAU in Flagstaff, Arizona. While walking on a wooden sidewalk, I wandered into a shop filled with Indian artifacts, turquoise jewelry and a few paintings. On the wall...
by jill | Dec 31, 2013 | Blog
Using little frames as bases I made these mosaic bird pieces for the Things With Wings show at Inspirations Gallery. I looked up totem themes in Animal Speaks by Ted Andrews to help with text and title ideas and learned a lot. Penguins actually don’t use their...
by jill | Nov 29, 2013 | Blog
Short stuff, small package, hellooo down there! Oh, the names I’ve been called. People might think I don’t like being short but I’ve always loved it. At 4’11 & 1/2” I probably feel closer to the earth and more centered than the...
by jill | Nov 16, 2013 | Blog
Last Saturday fourteen women joined me in my studio for a collage workshop with master artist Jane LaFazio! First she had us adhere assorted small squares on paper with matte medium. Then we drew or traced flora or fauna shapes on top with black sharpies. The last...
by jill | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog
October 20th participants each brought a silver tray to my studio at the J & J Ranch. They embellished them with found objects and then grouted with tiny seed beads. Look at the results. They truly are magnificent!
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