EVE IN TIJUANA

My daughter, Eve, just returned from Tijuana, Mexico. She's been down there several times working with the children who live near (and work with their parents in) the Tijuana dump. She helps them tell their stories and map their environment with photography, filmmaking and art projects. This will become part of a larger 'KidsMap' project she is creating. Go Eve!

KIDS MAP IN ACTION - TIJUANA

Here the kid's are painting a map of their environment.

EVERYTHING WENT WILD THIS SUMMER!

I'm posting this mess o'weeds for all my Garden Walk friends with beautifully groomed yards. This is what happens when you let everything run wild.  I was busy working on a series of large drawings this summer and decided I didn't have time to pull even one weed. The invasives (you know which ones they are) choked out all the delicate beauties. Darwin's survival of the fittest in action.

SLIGHTLY NEW STUDIO ADDRESS

Last month I moved my studio at the TriMain from 547 to 543. Now I am happily sharing space with Dorothy Fitzgerald and Jane Kaskie. It's a huge room and my studio mates are great. Please stop by and visit!

THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOVE CANAL

This is strange. I couple of months ago I visited Love Canal and was struck by its eerie atmosphere - the chain link fence without public entrance, the pipes and mysterious measuring equipment, all in an almost park-like setting. I felt compelled to make this drawing. (The ball is a take-off on the hazard symbol used by first responders.)  As I was finishing it, I was surprised to find out that August was the 30th Anniversary of the Love Canal Disaster and Lois Gibbs was in town. Synchronicity?