With the help of expert tile installer Peter Bral, the utility room wall backsplash was installed today. I was a tad nervous heading into this step. Wondering if all the measuring and cutting was really done properly! Things went quite well, and pretty quickly! Next Monday we will install the west wall— the sink and window wall. Then I have to finish cutting all the field tile to inlay the stove wall and east wall. It's getting there!
I created this work in the fall of 2023, with the intention of entering it into the Contemporary Mosaic Art juried exhibition in Eugene, Oregon, in May of 2024. I am pleased to announce that it was accepted, and will be shown at the New Zone Gallery in Eugene from April 30 – May 31 2024.
Rhythm and Renewal takes a discarded piece of jagged, rusty metal and gives it new life as the focal point of a new wall sculpture. I’m thinking about the traditions and rhythms of the past as anchors to ground me as I move through life. Always juxtaposed on the order is the ongoing journey through the messy and the unknown, with the goal of crafting a satisfying life.
Rhythm and Renewal
marble, obsidian, turquoise, found rusted detritus, gold metal leaf
on mortar/mesh/pigment substrate
16.75 x 12.75 x 3 inches
2024
$1200
