GHOST MOUSE RIDES AGAIN and GHOST MICE, READY FOR TAKE-OFF, both on display at Silver Blue & Gold in Laguna Beach
Silver, Blue & Gold, studio jewelry and art gallery – 1492 south coast highway, laguna beach, ca 92651
The artist Chantal deFelice has developed a reputation for the analyzation of urban and suburban habitats through beautifully still architectural renderings that hover in the space between aesthetic and profound. Her observations are not overtly relevant in that they do not come across as social commentary; she does not [...]
A small plot of grass is a fairy ring, a window box becomes an enchanted forest and the tough brambles of the urban rose growing up through a chain link fence guard a sleeping beauty of the fierce canine variety. For anyone who has grown up in an architecturally dense environment, whether [...]
The human species is inordinately deft at creating the terms of its own existence. In both long and short-term scenarios it is a rare occasion that we do not take an immediate hand on the wheel of destiny and steer it in accordance to our interpretation of the stars. In essence it is [...]
The Fine Arts Buildings of Cal State Long Beach are located on the southernmost side of the sprawling 3 mile campus. These Mid-Century modern buildings, designed by architect Edward Killingsworth, are beautifully integrated with trees and the most incredible staghorn ferns hang from giant pots suspended from outdoor beams. Rectangular chunks of granite are [...]
Photograph by Lauren Elizalde, more ISM’s can be found HERE
I recently wrote the forward for a really neat book to be released through ISM: A Community Project entitled “Define Your ISM.” Writing pieces like this are a great opportunity to get my brain working especially since I am struggling so deeply [...]
Upon entering artist Michael Giancristiano’s newly-minted Santa Ana workspace, you are greeted by the renowned collection of cylindrical plywood sculptures rising in various heights and circumference from the concrete floor in a scattered formation, The Pits of Despair: Regret, Uncertainty, Credit Card Dept, and the smaller works in between entitled “Empty People”. As pits go, [...]
Our so-called neighborhood growing up was a single street, elbow shaped, running along the northern end of what I considered to be an actual neighborhood in the classical sense of the word. The streets to the south of us were filled with music streaming from open screen doors, cars unloading wood or produce or [...]
I made this little pyro-sketch, 8 x 10 inches, last week for my friends Carla and George who are having twins in August (or earlier!). So thrilled and happy for them.
HUTCH (TOGETHER) 24 x 24 inches, oil, graphite, pyrography and ink on board
I am now showing my work at THE GEORGE gallery in Laguna Beach! THE GEORGE is especially exciting to me because of the artists gallerist Lisa Aslanian chooses and that they are all woman. [...]
