Catching up dear friend to 2008

The wondrous Alice themed party 
for the American Association of Museums kicked off the Spring. 
What a party! 










Later that Fall, some of costume pieces (emp. on "pieces") from the Grandville collection 
joined Ukelele Loki at MOA's indoor galleries - During Magic Lantern -  to make this video:


The Design & Build 
grand performance was built around the "Keepers"
(This is an overview of the D&B programs history - "The Keepers" didn't get edited yet)

and the Keeper's Mandala was commissioned by the Museum of Outdoor Arts for the new interior design. 



The solo show "Magic Lantern" 
opened in the Fall at MOA's indoor gallery:





While we slipped in to Cherry Creek to produce, from scratch, 100 feet of Holiday Windows:
Emry Gweldig's Wondrous Keep
Which was also a major focus of HGTV'S Holiday Windows 2008 (6th annual!)












And the Madden Company opened the stunning Pallazzo Verdi with 3 major works commissioned through MOA, including my work - Chandelier Chardin and the surrounding Lighting System.














Yup, a very full year...

Catching up an old friend on our adventures - 2007

2007 
Flew by. A lot of conceptual work for the 
Neiman Marcus 100th Anniversary in the beginning of the year, 



and then it was a whirlwind starting with a group show at 
MOA's indoor gallery: Architexture


art directing the Design & Build 
Sacred Water extravaganza performance,


 travelling with the Museum of Outdoor Arts' camp at Burning Man 



and then capping off the year with the "Backyard Boogie" for MOA's continued campaign toward the large outdoor light show concept. 



We also finally said goodbye to the Church, 














and found new quarters in the 
"Glens"neighborhood of Lakewood.




I'm Back - March 31st, 2012

I dropped off the face of the earth in the Fall. 

I fell back to the surface, and they say i'll be fine. 

Now I'm anxious to tell you where I've been and what I saw and what I am doing, but I want to start with a little trip down memory lane. 6 blocks, each a year. It all flew by so fast... That's when you know your having fun!  So give me a couple of weeks to catch up with a dear friend and coconspirator who I haven't seen since Christmas of 2005, and then I'll tell you of the here now and imminent future. 

2006

Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret opened in January. It was a labor of love, and a lot of sweat.
It turned out nice. A little gem.




We Moved the Studio in to the Creative District of Bel Mar - Block 7



We did the "Money Tree" for Neiman Marcus for a charity event out of $1M of shredded currency, (Along with Holiday windows 2006 - A national special on HGTV) and installed a 50' aerial sculpture at the Mazza Galleria in Washington D.C. of art glass fabricated for us by the Bella Glass family.

And, 
we completed the first large project for the Museum of Outdoor Arts : Ice + Snow at Samson Park















The Old Church

It was 10 years ago November 1st that my 38" hair was cut off, the auction of the collection began, and we said started our goodbyes to the Church building that we had, with great love and care, turned into a studio, home and gallery. It was fun to run across these pictures recently when gathering images for a project.













Madame Irma Goes to the Opera


Well, after many years lurking in the corner, Madame Irma is finally finished and ready to make her entrance in a proper way. She is to be paired with Galactic Syzygy -  the Cello assemblage that I created for the Denver Young Artist Orchestra's Painted Violin program, which is touring through next Spring.
www.paintedviolin.com
The next gallery on the tour invited the 17 artists to send along a wall work, and it was fun to finish up Irma for the occasion. I have not had a signed work for show and sale since the complete divestment of my inventory in 2001! She is 48 x 24 plus frame. Acrylic, gilt, Austrian and German Crystal on panel.
Curtis Arts & Humanities Center
2349 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, CO
Tel: 303-797-1779
Saturday, November 12
5 pm to 7 pm - Free Admission
Show moves on December 6th


Sucked down a Black Hole

I realize that I have stopped posting here, have stopped leaving comments on friends blogs, have been so consumed with my own dramas that I am being taken the wrong direction, and dragged in to the muck. I need to treasure the good things happening and the glimmers of a bright future that are emerging. 
That said, this past week it pictures:





"Painted Violin" Project for DYAO

I was fortunate to work on a retired Cello rather than a Violin. Here is a look at some progression and details.
I affectionately called this project 
"Chewing on a Cello"
The official title finished is Galactic Syzygy














The Collection from 17 Artists will be shown in many different venues through next Spring, when the altered instruments will be auctioned off to raise money for the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. There are some amazing pieces in the show. Worth seeing it at one of the venues.