San Francisco Center for the Book

I'm documenting my creative time… I think it will be especially helpful to look back and see what I've created with my time, especially when I don't feel like I'm quite where I want to be.

Last night I was up late letterpress printing wedding thank you cards and envelopes at San Francisco for the Book. SFCB is such a great resource, one reason why I'm so glad to live in the Bay Area. Melissa was there and very helpful in answering my questions. Thanks Melissa! You can view and purchase Melissa's work at lizardpress.etsy.com.

Alameda on Camera

Tom came out to Alameda with me and I shot a fair amount of photos on Alameda Point Friday night and early Saturday morning. It was a lot of fun. It was great to be with Tom. He has great ideas. Plus, I wouldn't have gone half the places I went had I not been with him, especially in the dark.

It was really curious to me that after I looked at my photos last night, I started to see a pattern or a theme within the photos, lots of stairs, locks, hallways, peeling paint, color, chairs, feet… It's interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out of me within the month that I have to submit my work to Frank Bette.

I bought a slide printer and I'm going to take a stab at image transfer from Polaroid film.

Bare Your Soul

Last Wednesday night I submitted work to a show put on by Rhythmix Cultural Works. I don't have a lot of expectations but it felt really good to have them in the mail. Plus, this is new place for me to submit work so that feels pretty exciting.

One of the works that I submitted to the show is a book entitled "Bare Your Soul" which invites the viewer to anonymously share themselves by answering questions in the book. I like the idea of art being interactive, collaborative created by multiple people.

This year, my challenge is to exhibit at as many places as I can, to create a fuller body of work that includes collage, books, photography and printing and to further develop an online presence and etsy store. Last Thursday night I attended and joined the group Alameda Women Artists. Very inspiring to me and lots of great work and energy.

More later… I'll be sharing my Alameda on Camera experience and some photos.

Studies in Blue and Red at FBCA

Wow! My first post. It took me awhile but I did figure out my header. I’ve been wanting to put together a blog for a while now and I finally got the push from a great article by Kelly Rae Roberts in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. Thank you Kelly Rae!

These two collage/paintings above are on display at Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda in their current show "Vision & Revision" which is on until March 1, 2008. Tom introduced me to the FCBA and I'm very grateful to have the opportunity to exhibit at this great local gallery.

I’m in my first juried show! It also happens to be at FCBA: Alameda on Camera 2008 I'll post more of my experience as this event and my art gets underway. The exhibit is April 4-26, 2008. Thanks for reading.