mosaic

Mittens 7″ x 5″ stained glass portrait Tomorrow I am delivering this little cat portrait to its bereaved collector.  When the portrait was commissioned, the beloved cat was ill, but now the cat has ‘passed over the rainbow bridge’, so I’m sure it

I have always enjoyed going to Artisans at Rocky Hill in Fredericksburg, Texas for mosaics, paintings, furniture, and a myriad other crafts.  Now the gallery has a new owner and a new name, Artisans- A Texas Gallery. The gallery will be carrying my mosaic plates, and I look

This big boy was a ‘discovered’ cat, having been found near a popular Austin restaurant.  His mama-person has purchased my mosaic cat portrait, “Flyaway”, because it reminds her of Kerbey.  I am honored!

Before I get into my main theme, I will take a little watery detour to nearby Barton Creek.  Our eldest and her baby came for a visit in June, and here is the family in a rental canoe on a beautiful summer day.  I was running along the bank, keeping up with Bob’s paddling,

We filled the Kruger’s Diamond Jewelers downtown window with mosaics this morning.  Happens on a Saturday every two months.  We like to keep the display fresh AND we like to give every member of Austin Mosaic Guild a chance to display mosaics for sale.   We enjoy

Pile of Stripes 7″ x 5″ The Daily Beast 7″ x 5″ Flyaway 5″ x 7″ CAT WORLD Living with cats in the studio all day makes me a ‘crazy cat lady’, for sure.  My art-making routines center around what is safe and unsafe for the resident

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