happy friday!  

today by day you will find me in my studio

all day preparing for  a showing of my 

work in august.  click on the tab at the top

of this page at gallery in the garden 4

to check out a preview of 

what will be shown.  by night i change hats 

to attend the opening of CA101 gallery

display where about 100 of my painted 

teabags will be on display.  

so i leave you now with this short post.

tell me about your weekend plans!

posting with other creatives at

paint party friday so thoughtfully

hosted by eva and kristen.  

please visit  and be delighted.

since i take photos wherever i go, before i write a post

i scan the photo library on my phone to remind myself

where i have been and what i have been doing.  

it's a willey-nilly style of organization.  i like it.

how do you decide on your next post?

this week i attended the rubber-stamp convention

in carson with my art pal, lorraine.  we also too

a junk journal class with teesha moore.

here is a peek of the journal.   i continue to add more and more

until it is crammed full of stuff i love and words i want to say.

today is friday and i am linking this post with paint party friday

a weekly community of artists.  click the link to see what others are

creating. 

this week i am up to arranging teabags ladies.

why?  i need to create 3 large frames 

for an upcoming installation.  my idea 

was to have small groupings. the curator

had other ideas.    am liking them together.

what do you think?  

if you are in southern california, redondo beach

to be specific.  i would love to see you there!

posting along with weekly hostesses eva and kristen

at paint party friday

this week i am up to arranging teabags ladies.

why?  i need to create 3 large frames 

for an upcoming installation.  my idea 

was to have small groupings. the curator

had other ideas.    am liking them together.

what do you think?  

if you are in southern california, redondo beach

to be specific.  i would love to see you there!

posting along with weekly hostesses eva and kristen

at paint party friday

my week in photos ...
and a few words

sunrise over palos verdes, no filter.  

the color i think comes
from the windshield
but i like the effect.

the sun

have you ever seen

anything

in your life

more wonderful

than the way the sun,

every evening,

 released and easy, 

floats toward the horizon

and into the clouds or the hills,

or the rumpled sea,

and is gone~

and how it slides again

out of the blackness,

every morning,

on the other side of the world,

like a red flower

streaming upward on its heavenly oils,

say, on a morning in early summer,

at its perfect imperial distance~

and have you ever felt for anything

such wild love~

do you think there is anywhere, in any language,

a word billowing enough 

for the pleasure

that fills you,

as the sun

reaches out,

as it warms you

as you stand there

empty-handed~

or have you too

turned from this world~

or have you too

gone crazy

for power,

for things?

mary oliver

teabag paintings, reference from henri matisse

all collage teabag, reference journal sketch

teabag, pencil sketching

large commissioned piece

tomatomania tomato-titas growing 

and sunset over the pacific, catalina in the background

it is friday of a long holiday weekend.  thank you

for taking the time to visit.  your comments mean a lot to 

me.   have a fun one for all who celebrate and be safe.

posting with friends at paint party friday.