Saturday, January 31, 2009

"Phantom of the Opera" and American Girl



My daughter, Kimberly, and I had an incredible mini vacation last weekend in Pasadena. My sister, Kim Hillis, drove us straight to American Girl in Los Angeles, as this is one of Kimberly's favorite places. We looked at dolls and got the Kit Kittredge and Chrissa DVDs and had lunch at the restaurant there.
Our last night in Pasadena, we attended "Phantom of the Opera" at the Pantages Theatre. It was a wonderful production and Kimberly has been singing the songs ever since!
I got a great creative surge from this trip. Upon returning to Aptos, I painted two multi-figure oil paintings in one night which I will post soon (they're still wet in the studio).

Thursday, January 8, 2009

"Going Green" Art Exhibit at Harmonics, Inc

Eight of my collage pieces were juried into the "Going Green" exhibit at Harmonics, Inc in Sunnyvale, California by art consultant, Carol Dabb of Los Altos. The show runs for three months and features art that has either a green ecology theme or is made with green materials. My collages are made with found materials, corrugated cardboard, paper, threads, tree bark, papyrus, and burlap.