The Ocean brings me such Clarity!!

After the strong wind and rains of last night, the morning was clear and beautiful I went on my daily bike ride on the ocean bike path to Venice"zoom." Part of my practice is to walk to the beach to sit and to be present.
Today was extraordinary~ the dolphins were maybe twenty feet from shore. And they were surfing in the waves and jumping in the air. The really cool thing is as I sat down to ground~ I thought to myself were are those dolphins. When opened my eyes ahhhh...hah...
The imagery of the playful ones is still so fresh in my mind. great day... In the evening I had to go out and photograph the magnificence of the Ocean i.e.Mama!!

Lastest Tree Shrine and a Reflection

I think all artists are obsessed with placement. Creativity is about placement. Meaning placement of intentions and objects to create a new. Every brush stroke that a painter paints is about placement. And this can be totally impulsive, intuitive, unconscious or thought out. Our obsession with placement brings about a vibrational quality within our work. I think as artist we also validate and embrace successful placement. As I write this I am on my hammock in my garden. I am surrounded by the glory of nature. What captures my attention is the marvel of the small spider and its perfection of placement.



The decayed sculpture is what is left from my undergraduate final which was in 2003.
I love how it has weathered. Today I created a natural tree shrine. I was driven to circle the trunk of the tree with flowers. When I completed I found this antler and thought it looked amazing next to my decaying sculpture.



It is all about placement!