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Why write a book when I have a blog?
This is the question I am asking myself today. My book, Personal Geographies: Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking, released last week. It is a whirlwind, the chaos that ensues a book launch,...
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Virginia Beach Art & Soul
I just got back from teaching three classes in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Art & Soul. The venue was new, it was a bay side resort hotel that I found wonderful; quaint, friendly and down home....
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Orly’s New Book Giveaway
Orly Avineri, one of the contributors to my book, has written her own book. Rather, she has published her stunning journal as a book, and has done so independent of any publishing house. Here is the...
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Under the Influence
My work, inspired by Hundertwasser and Wosene Two weeks ago I taught an new class, called “Under the Influence”. It was inspired by four (of the many) artists whose work has influenced mine. There has...
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Sea Fever
I am obsessed with the sea. This map is called “Beach House” and it is fabric, ribbons, paints and papers with some stitching. It was inspired by Valerie S. Godwin’s book that all of you need, called...
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Down Under, Week 1
A week ago I left my home in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and flew to Australia. It was a long and amazingly comfortable journey, despite the fact that it lasted 24 hours. Kass Hall, my...
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Denver Art Museum: Uncharted
A few months ago I was invited to participate in an event at the Denver Art Museum. My job was to find a piece in the museum that would inspire me to make my own artwork, with the theme “Uncharted” and...
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Map 2015: The Wheel of Life Compass Rose
Welcome to Map 2015, a project that Tara Gill and I are doing to get you thinking and mapping the upcoming year. We hope that this project, making any kind of simple or complex map of your intentions...
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Happy Classes in Oregon
I just got back from my first long teaching gig since “the event.” It was a clear blue day, and on the way into Portland, we flew past Mt. Hood and Mt. Rainer. The event was at Focus on the Book, a...
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Deconstructing, again.
I painted an imagined landscape, inspired by Wayne Thiebaud, on my favorite paper, Arches Text Wove. Then I cut it up, and put it back together. I made a hard case, and  little shadow box, and put...
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