Had a great visit to Tacoma to visit my niece, her husband, and their five month old twins...what a wonder they are! And the babies too! 

Cats and babies and friendly faces everywhere...makes it easy to want to visit them again! 

Here's Nessa and I at Baby Yoga class...we're doing "The Nap To     
The Sun"...a nice break from tile making and painting...

Upcoming First Friday Art Walk is the opening for my show "Random Order" at the Art Annex on Willamette St, just south of the Hult Center... 5:30 to 7:30, see a compendium of my latest bright things: tile mosaic mirrors and wall panels, paintings inspired by last year's county fair, art sticks, new greeting cards, new books of my photos & art, bracelets, all filled with the happiness of upcoming summer! 'Incognito' will play our ecclectic blend of music with a past: Jorge Navarro, Mark West and Lynn Peterson. Please come celebrate! (Already have two red dots! Hooray!) Show runs June 1st to the 30th.

Installed the mosaics for the donor wall at the new Relief Nursery in Springfield, off 42nd and Main....It looks terrific, if I do say so, and I am delighted with how it 'grew' as an art project...there will be an opening in September for the public.

The building is just beautiful and I hope many children and their  parents will benefit from this program, going on to live inspired new lives.

Went last week to install show at the beautiful capitol building in Salem.. perfect day though Gov wasn't in...(did see him and his posse outside but he was on cell and I didn't interrupt)...A pow wow on the capitol steps, beautiful regalia and dancing, food...lots going on. Hanging show took a few hours, nice to finally see my work there. I've included pics here of some of my art work. Go visit, 9-5 Mon thru Friday till June 19th.

"All At Once" one person show, lobby of Governor's Office, state capitol building, Salem, Oregon
May 9 through June 19th, 2013  Open Monday through Friday 9-5
Show includes big paintings of Oregon and recent tile works

"Random Order" show of my recent work, The Art Annex, Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon
Month of June, 2013, reception on the First Friday Art Walk, June 7th.  Gallery Hours Tues-Sat 12 to 5

My tile work for the Donor Wall at new Relief Nursery, Springfield, Oregon is ready to install...will have more details about this

Painting, pursuing something, finding it sometimes..recent painting as it progresses...three feet tall, five feet wide, working from photo taken at last years county fair... will be in my show "Random Order" at Art Annex in  month of June! Named "The Animal Fair, Everybody Rides"

Yesterday I picked up more exotic tomato plants at Saturday Market. Last year's fun was growing an assortment of stripped and otherwise oddly colored tomatoes.. slowest ones were the Berkeley Tie Die (probably stoned), took 85 days to produce. Late cold spring was a slow start. I covered things every night in October to get them to ripen... Japanese Chocolate Truffle tasted, yep, like tomatoes, lovely dark maroon. I canned tomato peach salsas and sugarless ketchup of various colors...yummmm

Last Saturday afternoon at U of O Duck Store art department downstairs I did a "Drop In Studio", demo of acrylic painting...a landscape, which, despite my 'talking' all the time I was working, is a happy start...opportunity to share what I know, encourage people keep going, hear what they've learned too...nice group or fifteen or more.....

This is a great project of which I am very proud! Creating a mural for donor wall at the new Relief Nursery in Springfield...will have a huge sunflower growing out of a group of homes, donor's names on the leaves of the flower, a bluebird winging by...this will be hung by early June.

This may be the biggest honor I've had as an artist. Chosen to be one of six artists this year to display their work at the Governor's Office in our state capitol building , Salem, Oregon. Show hangs May 9th through June 19th, Mon-Fri 9-5

It's in the big building with the golden pioneer on top! Lobby to Gov's office is upstairs directly opposite the entry doors.

This is a big deal!...won't be a reception as it's a busy place with the Senate in session, people in and out but I'd be glad to drive up to make a day of it. Cool eh?