Update: This post pertains to Ginger's studio from 2005 - 2010. In the summer of 2010 she opened her new studio and gallery venue, featured here. Welcome to the metals studio! Messy, perhaps, but to me it's full of nothing but potential. It's a space that...
Jewelry is personal. Jewelry is a beautiful and purposeful tool that helps us remember life's milestones, commemorate life commitments, and express personal views. This blog is one place I have expounded on that belief of mine, which is so central to my work. It's safe to say...
Returning to a favorite form — the box — I decided to answer fewer questions than I had in previous works in the READING THE KEY series. It was time to tell the viewer less with this sculptural piece. This represents a departure from the...
Eliza Cook was a 19th-century English poet and writer, from whose words the title of this painting is taken. She wrote that it would be better to “build schoolrooms for the boy, than cells and gibbets for the man.” This is a compelling statement, ringing with...
The People Learn to Read [caption id="attachment_267" align="alignright" width="150" caption="THE PEOPLE LEARN TO READ (24 x 48 mixed media on canvas)"][/caption] There are several paintings so far in the Reading the Key series. The first one I completed is "The People Learn to Read." With it's...
Consider the key. A simple metal form, it is common, yet valuable. Without a needed key, access is denied. But key in hand, one may enter, embark, or open, and continue. It is part of a system: alone it is merely an object, but paired...
Not too long ago, I noticed it was raining on my bench. After a severe creative drought, the muse finally returned. And now, there are sparks flying! Stay tuned, sign up for the email updates if you haven't already. This blog will soon be red hot. What does...
The soul of a people is the arts. The art they make. The art they revere. The art they pursue. Art can provide political commentary, as does Picasso's Guernica in 1937, or speak to the human condition, as does the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning....