May 2019 – New Work: Alice Paul
Just completed: a 12″ x 14″ mosaic portrait of Alice Paul. She was imprisoned and force-fed as a suffragist activist, and she co-authored the Equal Rights Amendment, and re-wrote it…
SAMA conference in Nashville (2019)
The 2019 Society of American Mosaic conference was held in Nashville this year at the end of April, and I taught two day-long versions of my Precision Cutting Stained Glass…
Chiapas Trip 2019
I am often asked how I come up with my stylized designs. Honestly, there’s nothing original about this work! I have a passion for folk art and traditional crafts, and…
Best of Olympia 2019 “Visual Artist”
The other night, I received a message from a friend in India passing on a screen shot from someone in Olympia with a section of the Best of Olympia list…
Mud Bay Mosaic Mural
In spring of 2018, I was asked to create a mosaic mural for Mud Bay Pet Stores’ headquarters as a gift to the founding owners for the 30th anniversary of…
Thai Inspired Bathroom
In February, 2018, we visited Thailand for the first time, and I fell in love with the ornamentation found in and on buildings everywhere, especially in temples. You will find…
Arbutus Folk School Donor Mural
This is a 5′ x 9′ triptych made as a fundraiser for Arbutus Folk School in Olympia, WA. This project took four months to complete, and included many participants, from…
Mosaic Door Surround
This is a project I completed in December for my own home. It is made from my huge collection of scrap and salvaged stained glass. Wouldn’t this make an inviting…
Tile Mosaic Fireplace Surround
In November 2018, I created and installed this fireplace surround in a home with a subtle color palette. The client had a lot of off-cuts from their pale grey ceramic…
Music Out Loud / Verne Eke
In 2018, this mosaic was installed in Downtown Olympia at 512 Washington St. For this project, I was commissioned for the design only, as the mosaic was fabricated and installed…