The Spirit of Harlem, by Louis Delsarte, 2004-2006. 10 ft. x 30 ft. 125th and Frederick Douglass Blvd. Harlem, NYC, NY Today I’m so sad to learn this vibrant mural has been covered over with a brick wall. In July 2011 on a steamy summer trip to NYC I...
This inspiration appeared again today. Timely. Timeless. I want to share it with you: what MARTHA GRAHAM wrote to AGNES DE MILLE touches the deepest part of an artist’s life… According to Agnes de Mille, from her book, Martha: The Life and Work Of Martha...
I found this article I wrote back in 2009 on someone else’s blog and I thank Earthnight for re-posting it. It seems pertinent still, but today at the end of 2015, there’s the “HIPSTER” twist: the tech money, the entitledness of well-resourced...
My 6-page article about George Ehling’s visionary mosaic and bottle environment (George Ehling Mosaic House) in Los Angeles is included in the SPRING 2015 Issue of UK-based Raw Vision Magazine Number 85. Additionally, my 10-page essay with exclusive photos by...
How does one put a value on works made by hand? The SLOW ART of mosaic is a complex process – designing the pattern, choosing material, cutting units of tesserae that are congruent in size to the geometry and scale of the pattern, placing and setting each...
In wonderful synchronicity to the previous post, (Stone Soul Places), enjoy this fascinating audio story about the Portland quarries of Dorset, UK. It was produced through the radio consortium In The Dark’s Sound Bank Grant Scheme, where young broadcasters are...
