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of Beauties & Beasts at The Clement Art Gallery

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A decade ago my family and I moved from the bright and colorful Southwest to green and soothing Upstate NY. Among the charming places we discovered soon after, Troy, on the eastern bank of Hudson river, holds a special place for me. Not only that its eclectic feel reminds me of my graduate school years […]

Printmaking and a Cup of Coffee

Finished Java Art Work 2

Both coffee and printmaking (“printing”) have found their way into my life a long time ago. I still remember lazy afternoons at my best friend’s home during our teenage years, drinking strong Turkish coffee from tiny cups and eating dessert. Once done with coffee, we would invert our cups and leave them briefly on their […]

Form & Fire at The Laffer Gallery

Form & Fire

Ever since I met Erik Laffer, a gallery owner and artist, at the Stockade Villager’s Outdoor Artshow in 2013, I wanted to see more of his work. This summer The Laffer Gallery near Saratoga Springs, NY celebrates a two year anniversary, and a couple of weeks ago I finally went to pay it a visit […]

A Step Forward

Grilled Lemons

When life gives lemons to a fiber&mixed-media artist, she grills them, takes plenty of inspirational photos, and eventually creates a piece of art. Photos…check, lemon infused art…expected in the future.   I have recently crossed a one-year-mark in my latest health struggle with a couple of malaria-like tick borne bacterial diseases. After grilling some lemons, […]