It all started with a dream: Where I slowly fell into the depth of a pool, really deep, and looking…
learning encaustic painting…
I had a wonderful inspiring time at Kline Academy, in a workshop learning about encaustic painting by the fabulous Yvette…
“There were two birds…”
“There were two birds in a forest, so close to each other. One, always used to sing and the other…
morning hours
I have shifted my studio times into the early morning hours. It such a precious time. Even though I love…
Juried art show, second prize
This painting won 2nd prize in the juried art show in Westchester Town Hall this weekend. It was organized by the…
“Your voice may sound unfamiliar to you if you’ve never heard it before!”
Getting back into the studio after a long absence of only small projects and dabbling with felt. Been very busy…
Something I always wanted to try…
I’ve always wanted to learn to felt. And when I saw the beautiful creations my massage therapist had made I…
The body . . .
Reading Daniel Ladinsky’s translation of Rumi verses and really like this one, perhaps befitting the last painting . . . …
Getting the canvas wet…
…and experimenting with black.
When the heart overflows…
“The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience…
Sketching darkness and light
more sketches hereand some photos from under the table that inspired me, especially after seeing Gerhard Richter and his dark…
Art meets music…
Two of my paintings found a place on the CD cover of Jens Mügge’s music. He is making a very…
“You Who Never Arrived”
You who never arrived in my arms, Beloved, who were lost from the start, I don’t even know what songs…
Reaching out
As we reach out to our creator, the creator reaches out to us… acrylic on canvas on Styrofoam H 15…
without a reason…
Was just watching Gerhard Richter, Painting… Gerhard Richter Painting trailer from Kino Lorber on Vimeo.View video above on vimeo Kind…
grays and blacks…
Back in the studio after some well deserved relaxing with family and friends, watching some nice movies, reading some nice…
a life of its own… (unfinished works in process)
I am always amazed by how ideas emerge as I continue working on a painting. The artwork takes on a…
Cards with Quotes and my paintings
Set of 12 Inspirational cards (2 x 3.5in) in a beautiful envelope, with my painting on one side and a…
First prize …
One of my paintings won the first prize judged at the art show at Playa Vista last Saturday. We had…
Preparations for art show
Been making some little something for the art show… A deck of small cards with my favorite quotes for daily…
I’d like to meet you . . .
Been busy with preparations for a group exhibition with the Culver City Art Group in Playa Vista. I will be…
Nurturing
A portrait of my friend’s toddler son. He loved to watch the flights overhead and the trash truck. to see…
reDiscover Design benefit auction
Three of my paintings, will be taking part in a silent auction to benefit reDiscover to support art and sustainability…
painting in progress…
Its slowly taking shape…. and changing shape… still a few elements are missing but the basics are there……
Sunday sketch
The black bee of Abhinavagupta 🙂
Separation
Acrylic, collage on canvas on styrofoam, Ready to hang, painted around the edges H15 x W15 x depth 1.5 inch…
painting in process… three paintings on Styrofoam
Preparing the canvas on styrofoam… Three paintings in work at a time… First brush strokes… Forms emerging… To be continued……
Be your note.
Each Note Advice doesn’t help lovers!They’re not the kind of mountain streamyou can build a dam across. An intellectual doesn’t…
On a lazy Sunday afternoon . . .
sketching . . .
Filling the creative well…
Getting out and about visiting friends in Berkley and Santa Cruz, just cruising 😉 and “filling up the creative well”.…
Hiking
I love hiking! I just don’t like the part of getting up early, and here in LA you have to…
exited beyond words…
Harmony by Remedios Varo, so detailed! In the beginning of this month I was lucky to make it to the…
rainbow
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. ~Native American Proverb I have been tricked by…
Re-thinking…
Have you ever wondered about the meaning of your life? Would you say we are “creating” it, or do you…
Walk with me…
Having some amazing time Down Under, marveling about life and death and the impermanence of it all and yet how…
Fragile
This painting was a result of seeing an article about a teen mother trying to smother her baby. It totally…
softly being hit on the head :-)
After finishing the recent painting “Listen with the ear of your heart “been thinking what “listen” really means. And even…
“Listen with the ear of your heart” ~ St. Benedict
acrylic and collage on canvas, unframed H12 x W12 x depth 2 inch (30,5 x 30,5 x 5cm) I intuitively…
scars… (experiments in Photoshop)
Inspired by those easy Instagram Filters for Photoshop (thanks to Daniel Box) started playing with a photo (old and new scars) in Photoshop…
Knowing Who then i would kiss…
I really like Rabia and her poetry… Ironic, but one of the most intimate acts of our body is death.…
What’s on my chest…
…tulips and other things sprouting 🙂 A spontaneous mood painting. I like it that way at the moment. acrylic and collage…
Everything is gestation and then birthing.
Sometimes when we don’t quite understand what the world is trying to tell us, or we are not quite sure…
How long will this go on?
Yesterday, at dawn, passing by, the Beloved said to me, “Youare distraught and unaware; how long will this go on?…
“The Cocoon”, new painting
Like many of my paintings this painting developed intuitively, which means rather than having a preconceived idea I let the…
loving, more loving…
Suffering only hurts because you fear it. Suffering only hurts because you complain about it. It pursues you because you…
What’s been hatching in my studio…
It all started with a piece of Styrofoam sticking out of a recycling bin (together with a wooden crate, which…
waste and graced :-)
Been watching some moving documentaries lately that I wanted to share. They are not directly related to my art but…
Go to the Limits of your Longing – Geh bis an Deiner Sehnsucht Rand
God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These…
The Scream
acrylic on sculpted styrofoam (its hard to see in the photo but it’s actually a soft scoop out where the…
The Tortured Artist
This is interesting and has me wonder… Dave Eggers and Jonah Lehrer – Tortured Artists and ‘Grit’ “People who are…
Title page for the children book…
Been working on some changes on the illustrations for a children book I had created earlier in the year, and finally…
What Happens…
Another beautiful poem by Hafiz that brought tears to my eyes for reasons that cannot be expressed any other way…
Inspiration… (coming and going)
…an unfinished painting and some leaves that started dancing…. 🙂 My first animation. Hope you enjoy!
separation pains…
Just exactly what is this longing that pulls us thru life: love, devotion, bhakti, I keep wondering, as I find…
Love, Devotion, Bhakti
Just finished a new painting, for a very dear friend. And noticed again how strange that it is much more…
I will be showing some of my recent artwork….
You are cordially invited to the Culver City Art Group 16TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY ART SHOW Saturday November 12th, 2011, 1:00pm…
Your deepest presence…
Birdwings Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirrorup to where you’re bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look,…
The Love of Allah
For a long time I have been trying to express in my paintings the idea of what is Love to…
Stay empty and held between those fingers, where “where” gets drunk with Nowhere.
The Prophet has saidthat a true seeker must be completely empty like a luteto make the sweet music of “Lord,…
The (invisible) flute player…
“Love plays and is the music being played. Let that musician finish this poem.” ~Rumi “The Flute…
painting in process… “flute player”
This is how most my paintings start…. …and it takes a while till I find where the painting wants to…
Nowhere and Nothing
Remember some time ago I wrote a blog post about my struggles to just relax guilt free and do nothing (“The…
Art, Grief, and Transformation…
So there I was, sitting on the stairs to the beautiful garden, green and lush with moisture from the sprinklers…
The song of separation
click on images below to see details… click on images below to see edges… “The Song of Separation” acrylic, oil…
Jeden Tag ein neuer Tag . . . Every day a new day . . .
Been sorting thru old photos to print an album for my father. While entering the digital age have been leaving…
Look in a clear mountain mirror…
After all the frenzy and busyness, suddenly feeling quite (which could be the quite before or after the storm)… You Don’t…
June gloom…
Always forget about it when May is over and I think it is time for summer… the weather here in…
Like thread through a needle…
Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. …
“The one who is not busy” is not me… yet
Been so busy lately, can’t seem to stop. And after reading this very good article, “the one who is not…
Birthday girl, illustration for a children book
After a big gap of no posts, here is (so far) the last illustration in the series for the children…
A Thought . . .
Its been quite here after a very busy time, and it is amazing to watch the amount of thoughts that…
Let the inner life grow… illustrations for a children book
“Polish your heart with meditation and quietness. Let the inner life grow generous and handsome.” ~Rumi This poem is not…
illustrations continued…
The above illustration accompanies the story about the love for animals and non-violence. And this is about how to talk…
Illustrations: Badi Boda (“bigger than the biggest”)
This illustration underwent a bit of changes from the original drawing . . . In the middle of it…
“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge . . .”
It’s been a pretty chaotic and busy in my life lately, and I don’t know about you but it seems…
Illustration: “what do I know…”
This turned out so delicate, I just love it! And it was so much fun playing in Photoshop, finding more…
sketches to illustration
from the sketch . . . to the final illustration . . . to coloring it by hand (because my…
another story…
I am making the illustrations for the spiritual children book . . . starting with the sketch . . .…
drawings…
Lately have been working on some Illustrations for a spiritual children book that a friend has compiled. They are stories…
because of the pain this world caused me…
Just when all the recent chaos and suffering and pain of the world seems to be unbearable and not making…
bug in my ear, pin in my nose :-)
Recent drawings…
…here swimming ends always in drowning
This beautiful poem of Rumi I came across while watching a video of Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee “A Dangerous Love” which caught my…
“Offering”
Detail views… “Offering” acrylic on found wood box, (painted around the edges and ready to hang, wired) 32.5 x 12.5…
unfurl yourself across the universe…
“Don’t forget love; it will bring you all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe.” ~Mirabai Impressions…
Winterwonderland…
Some impressions from my walk . . . just a small selection from . . . Winterwonderland
No More Leaving…
At Some point Your relationship With God Will Become like this: Next time you meet Him in the forest Or…
Home
“So you are going home?” they asked me. Having lived overseas (or away from “home”) and in many places and…
Head up in a cloud…
Detail of a beautiful mosaic that I saw while visiting with a dear friend. I used to make mosaics…
Ganesh – The Doorkeeper
A more unusual depiction of Ganesh as he holds the world like he would usually hold a ladu (Indian sweet…
“Two sides”
Still had to add some touches, and wait for the rain to give way to a ray of sunshine to…
sometimes a little music makes all the difference…
Find more music like this on Overtone Music Network my favorites at the moment are “Call of the Birds” by…
Surrender to the will of my Beloved
One day I feel confused and down,the next I can reach the skywithout you I am never calm.In your absence…
This Side and That Side… Meditation – painting in process
I have been working on a larger piece of painting on Styrofoam. Actually two pieces that merged to one, and…
