So yeah, it hardly snows in Southern Oregon.

Donkey (Ceramic Pinata) is not pleased.

Not too much composting goin' on in that bin.

Sure does look pretty.

Moon Bunnies in Order

Hi Mom! Here are all of the paintings in order.

Starts with a regular bunny reading the "Moon Bunny" Book on a windy day.

Then each page will have the story in the moon like below.

First the Moon Bunnies are waking up from their long nap, approx. 28 days.

Of course just like you and me they are hungry when they wake, here they are eating their favorite foods; Thistle, Fennel and Basil flowers.

Eating gives them lots of energy so flying is their first order of business. They also like to glide and soar.


Here they are swinging another favorite thing that Moon Bunnies like to do.

Usually vigorous swinging will lead to joyful dancing, Moon Bunnies are know for their spirit and grace while dancing.

There is always time for the Moon Bunny song to be sung. Here they are singing with great zeal even though they are mostly off key.

Because they sing so hard and loud, they end up with sore throats, drinking buttercup juice will normally help sooth their voices.

Sometimes they get them selves in precarious situations, like the time they decided go tip-toeing across the pond and the rocks turned out to be turtles.

Leaping for joy is another favorite activity of Moon Bunnies.

They barely notice when the day starts to break, except they start yawning.

Just in time they reach the ground, here they are sleeping sound until the next full moon.

So, there we are. I have some work to do on the story, but it sure was fun to paint these.

Felt Kids

This was the first, but he needed a friend...

This is the bear's friend... Donkey Ant

Then came the Monkey-Mermaid (Sea Monkey) and his pal Brine Shrimp.

Introducing "John Deer"

Made for my Sister-in-Law Rita's Bday.

Street Painting Design

This is what I will be using for my "street Painting" design next weekend. The square will be 8 feet by 8 feet. Should be an interesting challenge.

Squirrel Pants

All of my favorite jeans seem to have stains... this is my newly created squirrel jeans. I am used to Red Squirrels being from the bay area of California... did you know the squirrels in Oregon are grey?

New House

This is our basement living space. Contrary to what my brother may believe, we do not live in the forests of the movie Deliverance.

New paintings created for my sister-in-law's guest house, garden room. I probably should have painted lettuce for the snails... yum!

Search

What's with the search dog on MicroSoft?
I have a new computer at work and I feel like I need to say "Good Boy" everytime he retrieves a file for me.

I was attacked!

The weather has been perfect for motorcycle riding, I just can't get enough. Well today I was riding home and I was stung. I thought a bee hit my neck and stung me, but an instant later the bee (which turned out to be a yellow-jacket) flew in my jacket and down my shirt. Of course I got stung again. So, I pulled out of traffic, put the bike in neautral, put the kick stand down, and unbuttoned and unzipped my jacket. The yellow-jacket flew out, not before it bit me again. I rode home and bactined the heck out of my chest. Two bites and two stings. I had to keep my cool while the damn thing kept biting and stinging me. Bring it on!

bunny vase

This vase is handbuilt with a clay called Grogzilla. How totally cool is that? It has these pieces of feldspar that when fired to cone ten just jump out of the surface of the clay body. I used some locally made underglazes for the bunny, which to my surprise came out quite bright even in a very heavy reduction firing. The greenish glaze is called green shell which was applied and then wiped off. I just entered this into a juried show called feats of clay. http://www.lincolnarts.org/featsofclay.htm It's being juried by the editor of Ceramics Monthly. It's a long shot that I'll make it into the show. I also entered three of the 10 perfume bottles "scents of the sea".

My Birthday Present

For my birthday on the 28th I asked for a Thermos and a Motorcyle. The reason I wanted a thermos was so I could tote my coffee to work with me when I ride my Vespa and the reason I wanted a motorcycle is... well, they're fun!!
So in the morning my husband had two gifts for me and I opened the first one and it was a thermos. Then when I got home from work I opened my second present and it was a bigger thermos. Then later on that night he took me to the motorcycle store! He wanted to get me an Kawasaki KLX250, but they are not sold in California. I had been eyeing the little ninja ex250's so we cheked Craig's list and found the perfect bike!

Kimmy and Libby

Here I am on my Scooter named Libby.

Earth Meets Water- Showcase

We were so excited about the boat, it's just a prop, but oh so cool!


The reception was fun and we sold stuff! In fact, Mary and Gene thought it a great idea to serve all of the snacks on some of our ceramic platters. The funny thing was, someone wanted to buy one of my personal plates that had a crack in it. They just loved it so much and bought it with crumbs and a crack and all. It was one of my favorites too, I always assumed it would be mine, it was kind of sad to sell, but the couple just loved it.

Ceramics from Showcase

Earth Meets Water

This weekend is our big showcase we have been preparing for since March. Myself and 5 other ceramic artists have made new work in the theme of water. Most of my stuff will directly reference water, like frogs, and pirates and sea-monkeys and ant mermaids and sea-dragons. We even were able to find a boat for our display. I threw together these post cards for our mailers... I like the campy pirate ship one the best. I will be sure to post pictures of the show here next week. The reception is on Sunday the 5th.

Fine Art Reception

One of the rare occasions that I am not wearing a baseball cap and pigtails... I did it for the art.

Brag, brag, brag, brag!!!!!

Last night I found out that I won gold/1st place for the 3-D catagory at a local fine-art show. The juror was Robert Poplack, Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Notre Dame college in Belmont, Ca. He is also the curator of the Weigart Gallery.

Scroll down to see examples of the winning pieces. I entered a set of 5 each of my perfume bottles "Scents of the Sea" I have a total of 10 bottles, but I entered the following:
Clam
Barnacle
Urchin
Sea Snail
Tube Worm

How exciting!!!!!

Art in the Park

My both from (8/12) Art in the Park, at Historical Ardenwood.
No, I am not shy.