Greetings from the temperate rain forest of Sitka Sound. We live at the edge of the Pacific Ocean and on the edge of an island named Baranof. Our view to the west is a stunning volcano which is snow-capped in the winter named Mt. Edgecumbe. One cannot help but be influenced by the landscape here, the rugged mountains, the forests and the surging sea. My artwork is immersed in this imagery from the kelp baskets, pendants and pins I make from locally-gathered macrosystis and bull kelp to raku sculpture and paintings of marine mammals.

Welcome to Lake Chapala, Mexico.

Welcome to Lake Chapala, Mexico.
This where I now live. We are a community on the north side of Mexico's largest lake at 5000 ft. above sea level. The weather runs about 70 degrees year round except for the months of May and June which are hot. Our rainy season starts then which I, as a Sitkan, relish. (never thought I'd say that after living theTongass National Rain Forest for 12 years.) Everything grows here--just take a cutting, stick it into the ground and in a month, you have a new plant! The local people are friendly, the arts community is thriving; I never run out of image ideas for my own art.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011



This pot needs a name. It will be in the Ajijic Society for the Arts show end of March. To stoneware, I've added the inflorescences of palm (the branches that hold the little nuts). I use them a lot in my basketry.

It has a name: Winner!!! Frst Place in the ceramics division in the annual Ajijic Society for the Arts exhibit. What an honor! It also sold at the opening reception--yahoo!!
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