Onion Goggles...and Matt Damon!

I went to have a quick lunch at Loteria (Best Mexican food around!) yesterday at The Farmer's Market/The Grove. Since I was in picking up xmas gifts, I decided to pick up a pair of onion goggles at Sur La Table. They are good to use when I am sanding and filing my sculptures. I am at that phase now on a couple small pieces that I'd like to get done before xmas. The goggles are funky-looking but keep the dust out nicely.

Anyway, I was in line to pay and noticed the handsome guy standing in front of me. It was his energy that made me look at him. He was peacefully waiting in the long line. I was in a rush but could feel myself slowing down. I remember thinking 'He looks a lot like Matt Damon'. He was called to a cashier across from the line and I was called to the one next to him. When he got his card back from signing, the male cashier said, "I really like your work, man!" MD seemed nicely surprised when he acknowledged the appreciation - he was sweet & normal & calm, this movie star doing his own shopping! After that, I know that these will be extra good onion goggles for sure!

Finally, I'm Back

It's been way too long since my last post. My excuse - I've been frazzled banging out 7 sculptures in the past several months.

I think my latest, 'Waterdance', might be my masterpiece to date. I tried to have the figures undulate as tho there was water were flowing around and over them, making it seem as if the sculpture is moving. It is dreamy and a little sensual...and I love it.

Not sure what I' ll do next. I've started a small female nude in orange alabaster. It is already making me feel the way I do as when I read a really good book; I do not want to finish. I probably need to rest a bit anyway, since it took 8 months finish 'Waterdance'.

I am having a hard time concentrating on any one thing (I've also started a red rose), so I think I'll relax by checking out a couple artists who are showing here in Malibu. There are paintings and drawings by an artist named Betten at Canvas, and Tracy Park Gallery has a show of bronze sculptures by Paul Sorvino, Mira's dad and a super talented actor and opera singer as well!