Warning label- This post contains material that would interest a classical musicophile, which I am. Remember Nina Miller of NinaMillerStudio? (She is the photographer who made my professional head shots seen here.)  We live close together, so she borrowed folding chairs from us

Clearly dressed for a different occasion, I cannot resist a studio pass-through to check or touch up mosaics after the day’s work is officially over.  

Spent last week in [beautiful] Houston, Texas at the annual Society of American Mosaics Artists conference. I was in the company of 300 other mosaic artists, so I felt right at home. It is important to talk with as many other artists as possible at one of these conferences, in

So, the last two weeks, I have had a skilled mosaic artist helping me complete my large Ammonite fossil wall mosaic.  We are not finished yet, but we’re almost there. Those of you who have not made mosaics before might be surprised to know that copying another

The annual Society of American Mosaic Artists conference starts in Houston, Texas in just a week and a half.  Mosaico, the Houston mosaic artists’ group, didn’t miss the chance to create a juried show of all-Texas mosaics hosted by 18 Hands Gallery in the Heights

18 Hands Gallery in Houston’s Heights district is hosting a two-week show of the work of Texas mosaic artists.  I carried the work of five Austin artists to the gallery on Friday.  One of the owners said that the show will definitely be ready for viewing Friday, April 18

For just one week, April 26- May 3, 18 Hands Gallery in the Heights, is showing mosaics.  You are invited to the opening from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. Here’s what’s showing from my studio: Frilly Food with Seeds The Paleo Diet Food Desert Breakfast on the Grass

The title refers to the tortoise-and-hare fable in which the tortoise finishes the race with the hare, and even wins, just by keeping steadily on course, one foot in front of the other.  That is like the building of this mosaic. If you have been looking at the very orange photos

Concentrating hard for many hours a day in the studio is made all the more enjoyable by listening to NPR podcasts, such as This American Life, Snap Judgment, RadioLab, On the Media, Medieval Archives, and The Moth.  Here’s ONE I particularly enjoyed today. My first task

No good news, nor bad news.  No responsibilities to anything other than the studio.  And the cats.  Started with a bike ride to eat breakfast with a friend- for me, this is an energizing way to start the day.  Change clothes and to the studio I go. I have started a new