“As this midwestern heat wave of a summer transpires, I am taking some time away from the heat and indoors, to think about my personal interests. I’ve experienced a lifetime curiosity with methods of divination used throughout time and across cultures. Consulting dreams, medicine people, I Ching, Tarot, and stars and constellations have given direction and assistance as ‘guides’ for people for eons. Around the world humans have always been fascinated to know what their future might hold, or which direction on a new path is best and most beneficial. I spend a lot of my gestation / creative musing with Tarot and Astrology, and somehow it fascinates me. Admittedly, I am grateful I feel safe and have the luxury of even indulging in musing when there is so much strife and suffering in the world.”
My Stone Mandala Of The Directions
I have come to believe in prayer, ceremonies, and teaching stories from myths and cultures around the world can help our ailing world. These wisdom teachings guide us, teach through stories and symbols, and identify archetypal stages we a go through in our lives. they can point to new doorways and possibilities.
Artists for Climate Awareness proudly presents “Distant Thunder,” an impactful juried exhibition showcasing climate-inspired art from talented artists across Indiana and beyond. Join us from April 3 to April 28, 2025, at the Arts Alliance Center, located inside Bloomington’s College Mall, to explore how artistic expression can illuminate urgent climate and environmental issues. Admission to the exhibition is free, and it will be open during regular Mall hours (11:00 AM to 9:00 PM), Wednesday through Monday (closed Tuesdays).
As part of the Earth Month celebrations, this exhibition encourages community engagement and reflection on environmental responsibility and sustainability through compelling visual narratives.
Don’t miss the special opening reception on April 6, 2025, featuring “Ceremony for Our Land,” an immersive music and poetry performance led by Grace McKenzie and Daixuan Ai from IU Jacobs School of Music. This unique event emphasizes mindfulness through live music, creating a meaningful space for stillness and reflection. Reception and art viewing begin at 3:00 PM, with performances scheduled at 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Refreshments will be provided.
I am excited to be full engaged in learning how to make inks and pigments from Nature. This past September / October I was full on gathering berries and nuts and crushing my first rocks for pigments.
I have some artist friends who have been doing this, and decided to take the first step. Now i have a refrigerator FULL if inks from walnuts, acorns, sumac, poke, wild grape, marigolds, avocado and more.
I’ll be showing you some of my experiments and the images I’m creating.
Here are a couple short videos I posted on Facebook this week on my process.
Summer 2022 is almost here. I’ve just returned from a family vacation to St. Augustine, Florida. Enjoyed sunrises, waves and tourism. In my personal world, I return home and re-connect to garden and yard. This year, I started vegetables and flowers from seed, and now am ready for planting the seeds in the garden.
My studio is ready for me, but I am not engaged right now in painting.
