Mesa Verde AiR

Big news! I will be the Artist in Residence at Mesa Verde National Park the first two weeks in May. I'm so excited for this wonderful opportunity to spend some real time in this environment steeped in culture and history. Mesa Verde is not only a US national park, it is a World Heritage Site.

I'm extremely interested in the connections that people, or a people, form with specific places. So being able to explore a place such as Mesa Verde, home to the ancestral Pueblo people, holds a lot of promise for me. I have a lot of learning and research to do before the residency, and am looking forward to my time there.

Let me say how much I love our national parks. Not only do they preserve and protect areas of great natural beauty and cultural significance, but the national parks service makes these wonderful places accessible to all. That is such an important mission. But there is another thing they do for us as a nation that I have never seen mentioned: the parks are outstanding ambassadors for the USA. Every time I have been to a national park, I meet people that are visiting from other countries. I'm so pleased and proud that these visitors know us as a people who value our special places enough to set them aside for preservation. Thanks, NPS....long may you serve.

The image for this post is from the Mesa Verde Museum Association. I haven't been there yet to take my own picture. https://www.mesaverde.org

Happy New Year

2019 was a little exhausting, and I am glad 2020 is here! Last year I had two solo exhibitions and participated for the first time in the White Rock Lake Artists' Studio Tour. Those three events really kept me busy, and I had to stay on task even though there were so many bright and shiny distractions. In addition, I participated in several other juried exhibitions.

So it was a very good year, but I didn't have much time for play or experimentation. Both of those things are important in my art practice, and I have missed them.

Already there are two or three group shows in the works for 2020, and I am the organizer of the first one, coming up in March. I'll be returning to Big Bend soon to sketch and gather material for the series of old adobe homes I started last year. Other local urbanscape ideas are percolating as well.

Even so, I'm looking forward to a little slower pace and especially to having more time for play. I hope you have some playtime, too.

White Rock Lake Artists' Studio Tour

I'm very pleased to be included in this year's White Rock Studio Tour, a first for me! If you are in the Dallas Area, come over to White Rock Lake and visit us. A lot of artists live in this part of Dallas and there are 38 studios on the tour this year.

The even is October 12 & 13, from 10-5 each day.

click here for info and map

I'm number 23 on the map and will have heaps of artwork on display, plus I'll have several things in progress. You are invited to stop by and visit!