Video Clip

Here is a clip of Little Betty Jane in "Hula Dancing." I shot the images for this animation while up in the Vermont this June. Since then, I have been working on editing. This is just a short clip.

Surprise discovery

I found this piece in the little box where I keep my gold leaf. It was wrapped up in tracing paper. I packed it in this box for safe keeping. I made it in Vermont. She needed to be in a the box because she had 3 dimensional features - her nose and her breasts. So, she was not with the other flat collages. I totally forgot all about her. You can see that LBJ is a fertility goddess and she can fit into a slot in the classically inspired tea cup design.

Something new

I am trying something new. I folded this piece of paper so that it was a good size to draw on at the Met. There are 9 sections. I drew images from the ceramic vessels and figurines in the vitrines toward the entrance of the mezzanine level of work in vitrines. I love them.


I used my favorite water soluble graphite pencils. Back at the studio, I opened the page up and added what I though was needed to pull it together. I may still add more. Not sure.

In the studio

I am putting various different work together in a kind of installation. I have been making mixed media collages along with my painted paper collages for a while now. This way of looking at the work seems interesting to me. I started doing this in Vermont. The image on top is one wall in my studio. The two under that are detail shots. I am not sure how things relate to each other yet.

Working at the Vermont Studio Center

This is some unedited animation. I will work on finishing it at home.

Working at the Vermont Studio Center

Here are a couple of pieces done at the Vermont Studio Center. I completed the top piece " Little Betty Jane and the Dragon. And below it is a gouache of some beautiful clematis. I also drew and painted lupines, daisies, buttercups, and bird's foot trefoil. All of these are native and or wildflowers. I plan to make painted paper collages of them as part of the Homage to Mrs. Delany series when I get to NYC.

OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND

Richard and I have been working hard in the studio. We have lots of new work to show. Come and visit us this weekend. Saturday and Sunday from 11-6. And, there is a party on Saturday night from 6-9 pm.

You can find directions on the NARS Foundation website. But, basically you take the D,M, R, N train to 36th St. in Brooklyn. Then walk from 4th Ave to 3rd Ave (cross 3rd - go under the BQE). Our studio is on the 35th Street side. Go in the door with the number 88 over it. Climb up to the third floor. If you need an elevator or get lost and need help, call my cell: 646-522-5790.

Hope to see you there!