Finally, the sun has moved enough to be able to take a better picture, and now this looks dark! Anyway, I am sunburned and excited. It has been a great day so far with lots of attention given my way. Looking forward to having a few friends for wine and cheese by the booth tonight and catching up.

The sun is shining bright, the temperature is cool and the Main St. Ft. Worth Arts Festival has officially started! Fresh Bar-B-Q is wafting through the air and I can hear live music in the distance. Unfortunately, I can't yet take a picture of my booth, the sun is so bright that everything comes out white. Later in the day, I will add an update......

Setting Up for Main Street

It is a glorious Texas spring day. The sun is shining, the humidity is low, the trees are green and the birds are singing. No kidding! I am getting set up today for the Main St. Ft. Worth Arts Festival which starts tomorrow and runs through the weekend. Here is a picture of my 'booth' after I have unloaded and before I set up. Stay tuned for the 'after' pictures. I am located at 3rd and Main Street- a fab, fab location right across the street from a performance stage. I am also kitty corner from a Bar-B-Q and Lemonade stall- I won't go hungry or be thirsty!!

This is the view out my studio window today. Pretty for a postcard, but not for photographing sculptures! I finished a piece yesterday that I was hopeful to photograph for this blog today, will have to wait! I am excited about the Main St. Festival next week. Everything has been packed, shipped etc. I just need to get some beautiful fresh flowers for my cheery booth and to set up. I leave on Tuesday. Stay tuned to this blog for all the details next week.....

Life has gotten in the way of mosaics these last few days. The kids were off for spring break last week, we sadly had to say good bye to our precious little Sophie dog and I had all 3 kids home with a yucky tummy thing yesterday. Got one off to school today, 2 still recuperating. I have also been spending the remaining days before Main St. doing the not so fun things of business- getting a wireless credit card machine, issuing a press release, activiating a wireless roaming device for my laptop so I can report from Main St. etc. These are just a few of the numerous things that go into being an artist full time- it isn't all creating art all the time- wouldn't that be more fun! I have attached to this blog an image of the very first small sculpture I created in a dress form. This photograph is still one of my favorites.

Miss Eden

Introducing 'Miss Eden', wearing a lovely green confection....... I have had these wonderful green leaf tiles for some time; they even made the move from Bermuda to Aspen this past summer. Then I found the green tiles for the field of the dress at Daltile. What I debated on for some time was the choice of grout color. I wanted there to be enough contrast to show the green tiles and the leaves, but every time I tried to think about another color-white, ivory, tan, I kept coming back to green. I opened a brand new bag of grout called 'Green Tea' and it just wasn't right. Then I remembered a bag that I had that was darker. When I read the name, 'Verdigris', I knew I had my color!

As the seasons progress here from winter to spring, I am having increasing trouble photographing my pieces. It has been a glorious week, sunny and warm. But that makes for mud and dirty snow! I photograph my pieces outside in the daylight, hopefully by the river that runs by our office/studio. Some days I have to dodge cars that are parked in my view and now I have to try to crop out the mud and the dirty snow! You will always be able to tell when I completed a piece by the background outside.

Miss Eden is off to Ft. Worth for Main Street.

Photographs by Amanda Temple

Amanda Temple recently photographed my pieces at the Tuckers Point Hotel in Bermuda. I love, love how they look when Amanda adds her magic. Amanda spends a huge amount of time staging the shots and then working on them after from the computer. What is so great about these shots is that they help people to know what a piece might look like in their homes. Sometimes people are intimidated by galleries, these kinds of photographs show how easily the pieces can go with any decor. Thanks Amanda- they are beautiful!