First of all Edger the Raven who was introduced to me by Lynn our jeep driver at a wonderful day at the Grand Canyon
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| Grand Canyon at sunset |
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| Red Rocks In Sedona. View from the house |
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| Red Rocks The Sail and Crown |
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| Botanical Garden in Phoenix with a lovely showing of the state tree Palo Verde and Cactus |
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| Cactus in flower |
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| What was really amazing was seeing this wonderful work by Chihuly. He also has the amazing piece at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I just love the way the work echoes the landscape. |
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| This piece is called the Reeds. There is also a Chihuly piece in Harrods |
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| The Gardens also had a wonderful wildflower section. It was really hot but great to see such a wonderful variety typical of the Sonoran desert, |
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| Loved this little lizard |
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| Also had to be very aware of fire ants. This detail is of a piece is now in the hands of a collector..of my work, not fire ants! It uses an old handkerchief and tea towel. |
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| Finally some images of work in progress from my lovely students in Pheonix. Mixed media drawing and mark-making exploring text and image and some sample pieces of work in progress. |
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These were fantastic and individual explorations of work in progress so many thanks to all for allowing me to show examples. Finally, but not least. I had this wonderful article in my local on line magazine. Inside Maidstone. so home is never far away. My last two weeks are in San Diego..more to come.
