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Quercus 650 30' x 36' Community Mural This mural explores the relationship between California oaks and water in the context of the climate crisis. Inspired by Victorian wallpaper, I incorporate elements such as the leaves from many local oaks, and organic patterns to contrast the natural and artificial aspects of human culture. Using the fluid and organic qualities of water, I evoke the movement and vitality of these majestic trees, highlighting the importance of nature and the fragility of ecosystems that depend on water. This work is a tribute to the beauty and resilience of oak trees, and a call to action to protect them.
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Last Thursday June 22 was the opening of my latest project: A large size mural that wraps around the block of First & Main Streets, downtown Napa. Commissioned by the City of Napa, this mural is inspired by organic shapes of the local flora and river. The meditative and repetitive lines create a flowing environment that is both inviting and enriching as well as reflecting on human connections with the natural world. Celebrating the vital element of water, it invites the viewers to witness the challenges and opportunities that we face in a changing climate. Big thanks to the City of Napa and Winslow House Project Water - It Vines Mural Public Art Commission: City of Napa 7' x 250' I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been commissioned the design of an exciting public art project in the heart of Sacramento’s River District at the Richards Boulevard Office Complex. The campus is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and the American Rivers . This convergence of the two streams of water and energy, create a dynamic and transformational flow, a metaphor of the flow of life, a transition from the past to the future, blending to create vitality and connection. My design for the Grand Façade imagines the importance of water to life on this planet and specifically to the City of Sacramento. As sea levels arise and climate change affects our cities, I feel it’s important to look at water as the vital, spiritual, and restorative source that connects us all, to each other, and to our landscape. Capitalizing on this grand scale, this public art commission has provided me with the opportunity to create an iconic and emblematic image in the Sacramento River District that will stand for decades to come. Project to be completed by the end of 2023 Big gratitude to Dyson and Womack, California Department of General Services and ZGF Architects for your trust, support, and guidance during this process. Public art commission from the State of California with Dyson & Womack, public art consultants #publicartca In celebration of incredible parks, open spaces and trail system, Adams County, Colorado, selected fifteen artists to create and install ground murals dedicated to the county's natural beauty. Following the principles of Biophilia, my design for the Ground Mural Series is informed by the organic qualities of the nearby river and the local vegetation around the trail. It features repetitive lines that create a dynamic pattern woven into the trail's path, elevating the concrete surface into a sublime meditative landscape that encourages contemplation. Embodied in this project is the city of Palo Alto, its communities, their stories, and its ecology. This Tea Ceremony and community ritual is the culmination of my art Project "El Palo Alto Medicine", currently on display at the Palo Alto Art Center. With the public gathering around the artful preparation, we invoked the healing powers of redwoods while enjoying redwood tea. United we called for strength, wisdom and resilience to stand up for climate justice.  Embodied in this project is the city of Palo Alto, its communities, their stories, and its ecology. Inspired by the story of El Palo Alto (the tall pole, in Spanish), the oldest redwood tree in the area and the one that gives the city of Palo Alto its name, I created herbal remedies using the leaves from this legendary, ancient and iconic redwood tree and an extraction of the pigments was used to paint the mural in the gallery. This installation will culminate in a community ritual, a tea ceremony with the public gathering around the artful preparation, presentation, and enjoyment of the El Palo Alto Redwood Tree tea. On view at: Palo Alto Art Center Jan 21 p May 26, 2022 EVENTS
Arbor Week Celebration Saturday March 12, 10am - 4 pm Join me and Canopy for two tree walks, at 10 am and 11 am, at the Palo Alto Art Center. More info here "Creative Attention" Community Day Celebration Sunday April 9, 12 - 4pm I will be performing a El Palo Alto Tea Ceremony from 12 - 12:30 pm Full schedule of events here In perfect timing for the Holidays! Limited edition of two of my signature Blue Kolams. Buy now and pick up in my studio or $25 US Shipping. Visit my STORE for other works available
Prints also available at our 1890 Bryant Studios Holiday Sale: HOLIDAY SALE 1890 Bryant Street, Studio # 211 San Francisco, CA Sunday December 12, Noon - 6pm Starting Wednesday December 1st Two of my signature Blue Kolams Limited Edition Prints on art rag 300g Will be available here on my website! In person Open Studios are back! 1890 Bryant Street Studios welcomes you SAFELY*! You can also have access to my on-line Open Studio HERE (Available till October 4, 2021)  * The safety of our artists and patrons is extremely important to us!
In accordance with current guidelines from the City of San Francisco, all people ages 12 and up attending our Open Studios must provide proof of full vaccination or medical exemption to enter the building. Properly worn masks will be required at all times and we recommend that patrons and artists follow social distancing and sanitary protocols. Let's work together to insure a safe and successful Open Studios experience! Last year I was approached by Winter Williams Productions to create a labyrinth in their backyard. Using materials found in the neighborhood by the Oakland Hills, like bricks and slabs of different shapes, we worked over the course of 6 days flattening the yard, arranging the bricks, painting them and filling the gaps with decomposed granite. Ariadne, in Greek mythology, daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos. She fell in love with the Athenian hero Theseus and, with a thread helped him escape the Labyrinth after he slew the Minotaur, a beast half bull and half man that Minos kept in the Labyrinth. But since labyrinths are unicursal paths and no-one can get lost in them, Ariadne’s thread would seem useless. But if we think metaphorically the story has a different meaning. Ariadne could be offering Theseus the challenge to enter the labyrinth and face his own fears. The thread is the path or journey through the labyrinth, in fact it’s an actual labyrinth itself. With these ideas I decided to design a labyrinth in the shape of the thread that follows the path of the Cretan Classical 7 Circuit Labyrinth, also known as Minoan Labyrinth. To learn more about this project watch the video below: |
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The Mother of All Questions 
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in Crete and the creation of a labyrinth 
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