rock on

better noticed here then resting among thousands.

rock, paper, scissors & glass

her media choices are ever changing, her style changes as does the seasons. My mother finds an art form & takes it every direction she cares to, until she stumbles onto another. Her studio table, today, is covered in glass- bright, colorful & sharp. All waiting to be assembled. On her shelves, sit her origami…

the mask

this was sculpted by my great grandfather, Louis Rosenthal.

college sits on the shelf

i grew up surrounded by books about Bob Dylan or Kabbalah or physics or Sir Isaac Newton or chess plays by Bobby Fisher. What about Dad’s Hasselblad or the Talmud? I grew up in Vermont, snowed in with three channels. I read almost every book on my mother’s fiction shelves (I read ‘fear of flying’…

No Christmas & Chanukah mixing this year…instead

it will be Thanksgiving & Chanukah with a splash of football. So how does one decorate? Instead of blue & white Chanukah candles, it will be red, orange, yellow & brown candles.  I suppose I should be grateful I found some.

golden eye

Ivy laying in the art studio today. I barely caught her.

with a soft mossy center

i find this flower so striking in so many ways. I wish I could grow them at my house, but they are a well kept secret for florists only…yes?

locusts & grasshoppers are the same thing

but because locust has Biblical history that is scary, we call them grasshoppers. fun fact, you’re welcome. Low light, focus fell so fast, but damn, they jump & I wanted to photograph him before he ate the crops.

tin foil art project

make aliens out of molded tin foil, wrap up in tape, prime & paint your beast. it took two hours for me to make him. tons of fun & cheap & easy!!!!