Memorial Day in Malibu

Nice quiet weekend here in Malibu due to a cool fog overlay...not too crowded this way.

made the most incredible scottish  salmon dinner for Luig and I yesterday.   Simple but perfect!  Just ginger, honey, lemon and a dash of ponzu/soy.

working on 4 sculptures at the same time right now plus I have 2 other ideas I can't wait to start on with the bigger stones.

Patience, Eugenie, patience!  I can hear my grandmother saying to me...I know it is one of my biggest life lessons. perhaps that is why I work in stone....hmmmm.  that and my wish to leave the planet with a little more beauty than when I first arrived.  since I chose not to have children-these sculptures are my creations of beauty, peace and healing. my hope is that when people see them, even hundreds of years from now, that they feel the love that went into them.

when I was a kid, I remember being told that the eyes are the windows to the soul, so universally speaking, we are all connected that way. even tho- we don't all see the same thing when we look at something, there is something there that perhaps unites us.  being related to Ralph Waldo Emmerson isn't helping me put into words what i am attempting to say....bottom line, I'm just trying to live my purpose fully.  I love what I do and I am also trying to include my fellow man/woman. this is the way I know best and it is a desire so strong I cannot stop.

great new alabaster

may 19, 2009

today I get to go outside and carve for the next 5 hours...first i have to take a hot bath to loosen up my muscles...i am still sore from falling down a flight of stairs this past saturday. walking tanner in the dark and in platforms will not be repeated.  i just read in lisa rinna's book rinnavation about using solid coconut oil for a scalp & hair treatment.  sculpture dust can be so drying for my hair so that is what i will be wearing for the next 5 hours!  might as well do my hands and feet as well...june 14th at geneen's house is my salon and i want to see if i can carve out a couple more small sculptures to possibly sell.  i got this great new alabaster chunk called borrego and it is yummy!  pinks and golds on oyster background swirl through the stone...i can't wait!  the stone is calling now...later, luig & i will take tanner for a malibu beach walk before heading to class.

carving at the stone yard

may 15, 2009 

well, even with no sleep and a splitting headache, carving at the stoneyard yesterday was a big success.i finally made headway on the japanese alabaster sculpture.  no wonder i could not motivate myself to touch it these last few days...there was a crack i had to address before making a move that would have destroyed the whole thing!  all that work for nothing then...phew! the weather was perfect! 73 degrees and no smoke from the s.b. fires...very lucky for us.  breathing in stone dust is quite enough...  my nose is whistling today big time. i am so bummed-my $50. burr is busted!  i am so hard on my tools...downright uncivilized.  'j' had to keep stopping me to rest a bit inbetween otherwise i would just keep carving for hours straight.  good to have people around me sometimes.  especially other stone carvers!  have to go do my 'other' work now...how i would so love to pick up where i left off from yesterday...the stones are talking to me.

took t-dog to the beach with luigi and saw a serious 100 dolphins!  babies jumping straight out of the ocean!  bigger ones zigzagging and racing and surfing the waves!  the entire walk was a dolphin show at the races!  amazing to live in the 'bu'....everyday full of beauty.

Who Says Artists Can't Blog?

Thanks to Chris, our handsome, creative neighbor, I now have a blog.  I guess it really is the 21st century.  

malibu sculpture