Wild Things

Wild Things, I think I love you... (how could one resist?) This year's offering from the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the 6th annual exhibition, is Wild Things: A Safari of the Imagination. It is fabulous. Over 50 really amazing artists have been chosen to be part of this exhibit which is truly breathtaking. Every year I can't imagine the show being better, and somehow, every year I am blown away. I felt better about my collection of found objects that I just seem to keep collecting and never seem to do anything with (my husband often turns on Hoarders if I'm in the room as he feels I'm a very, very, fine line away from that!) after speaking with a couple of the artists who use found items. One offered to take all of my collection, site unseen! Thank God I didn't marry him, could you imagine? I've also found some new quotes to keep me inspired... "Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations". -Ralph Charell among them... The show is at Cotuit Center for the Arts, and runs today through February 10th. Go find zebras, and sparkling fish, and crazy faces, and Little Miss Muffet, and elephants and Cows jumping over the moon, and prepare to be delighted. Visit the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod for more information. "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild & precious life?" - Mary Oliver

Creative Collaborative

March 25th is my beautiful sisters birthday. It's also the Arts Foundation's annual Creative Collaborative conference. We've got a great day scheduled, panels with artists who are successfully running a business (I'm on that panel, feel quite good about that, I've got to admit!), achieving your goals of getting published, getting in a gallery, or booking a gig - whatever your medium, reaching the media (who doesn't need that), a panel with our local legislators, as well as some very cool success stories along the way... ending with awards and some really cool entertainment... and as at every Arts Foundation event, really good food!!
For more info. or to register, please visit the Art's Foundation for more info.

Hope to see you there!

Roy G. Biv

Don't miss the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod's new exhibit, ROYGBIV at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. It's a fabulous show, over 50 Cape artists sharing their interpretation of colour...

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for" - Georgia O'Keeffe

through February 7th

Happy Birthday MMEHMCPS!

I can't believe it's been a year already, but up I went in Child's Arborists, Inc. bucket truck, up, up, up to photograph MMEHMCPS annual community photograph. This year they chose a birthday cake because it's the 20th anniversary of Marstons Mills East. The kids were great, Peter & Scott were great, the Barnstable Patriot was great sending a staff photographer to cover the event... What better lesson for the kids to learn than that their community supports them?

and again I wonder, what will they do next year?

Happy 20th Birthday MMEHMCPS!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all Moms, Moms to be, Moms of Moms... I love being a mom, it is so the best! Adriana fills our house with such joy, she is so funny, and makes me laugh all of the time (even when I really shouldn't!).

I wish a very Happy Mother's Day to my mom, my sister, my mother-in-law, and all moms. Enjoy your day...

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."
-- Lin Yutang

notebooks and more

Father's Day is right around the corner, and let's face it, it is not the easiest holiday to shop for! We have the perfect solution, how about a notebook or dry-erase board from your portrait session! They're cute, they're fun, and they celebrate what dad likes best about being a dad, his children, or his whole family!

(Of course, they're a great gift for mom, or the grandparents, or anyone else too!!)
Contact the studio for more info...

creating

I love to create, I'm often working on something, it helps to keep me inspired and creative... any given day I can be creating something (I often make my husband roll his eyes!!)... Thought I'd start to share some of the things I do from time to time. Last year, I was in a club at Colorful Creations in Hyannis, which by the way, is a super store, everything you could ever need to create amazing scrapbooks, and so much more, cool papers, great stamps, you get the idea, if you haven't been, you so should... anyway, I digress! One of the projects was to create a mini album (well, okay, 6 mini albums all the same), and as I'm totally addicted to Eclipse mints, I used my collection of tins to create my mini-albums... (I don't feel guilty about the mints not being environmentally friendly because I make cool art out of them!) My albums were less about the albums and more about the storage of the albums, although my sample I brought was a fun little flip book of Adriana doing the hula hoop (another post perhaps!)...

I used alcohol inks to cover the Eclipse tins, and then added beads of Fimo clay I had stamped with some of my fab stamps prior to baking, a few beads, a bit of funky yarn, some ripped pieces from an old dictionary & an old music book, and voila! a mini album... People often ask me what altered art is when I tell them a lot of what I do is that, this is a perfect example!

Happy Valentine's Day

wishing you all love...

more Unity

in October, I photographed all of the students at MMEHMCPS (I think, don't quote me!) spelling out the word Unity, a job I loved... (see October 25th for pix) A day or so ago, (the mom of) a sweet girl sent me a drawing she had done of me taking the photo, how much do I love that? So thank you Samantha, I LOVE my drawing...

being a photographer is the coolest!!!!!

the Nutcracker...

The play was fabulous, congrats to all the kids! Now it's time for the Nutcracker, there are many to choose from... Try Reaching Heart's Nutcracker at CCCC, this weekend, Dec. 15th & 16th !

The photographer in me always wanted Adriana to be a ballerina, it was all about the cute costumes... but, she had no interest in it sadly... I think she's been bitten by the acting bug though, after the first night of 'Best Christmas Pageant Ever', she begged to be in another play, wants to take acting lessons, etc... I think her favorite part was on Sunday, when one of the fireman scooped her up, fireman style (throwing her over his shoulder), and ran across the stage with her in an impromptu bit of improvisation...

who knows where it will lead...

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

This weekend don't miss 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' based on the book by Barbara Robinson at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Old Main Street, So. Yarmouth. The Herdman's, the worst kids in the history of the world, take over the annual Christmas pageant at the church, bullying their way into all the best roles... You'll laugh out loud, and cheer for the cast comprised mainly of children, who bring the play to life...

Mom: okay children you're supposed to have on your costumes today, are these your costumes? Is this what you're going to wear?

Baby Angel 1: my wings got all bent.

Baby Angel 2: I can't find my halo.

Baby Angel 1: Janet's got my robe.

Baby Angel 2: My mom doesn't have any white sheets for me to wear, can I wear one with balloons on it?

Friday 12/7 and Saturday 12/8 at 7:30pm, Sunday 12/9 at 2:30pm

Tickets $12 adults/$10 children & seniors

UNITY!

What a cool job I've got, today with a little help from Peter Childs of Childs Arborists, Inc. (who donated the cherry picker that lifted me into the sky) I photographed Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter Public School's celebration of Unity... This is the second year they have brought the school together to celebrate community, and I am honored to be a part of it... Last year the kids made a spiral, this year they spelled unity, can't wait to see what they do next year!!

(visit Peter's website at http://www.childsarborists.com/)

Peter Pan...

"Nana had no doubt of what was the best thing to do with this shadow. She hung it out at the window, meaning "He is sure to come back for it; let us put it where he can get it easily without disturbing the children."
But unfortunately Mrs. Darling could not leave it hanging out at the window, it looked so like the washing and lowered the whole tone of the house. She thought of showing it to Mr. Darling, but he was totting up winter great-coats for John and Michael, with a wet towel around his head to keep his brain clear, and it seemed a shame to trouble him; besides, she knew exactly what he would say: "It all comes of having a dog for a nurse." " (from Peter Pan)

High school senior portraits on the beach can be such fun! Tonight the light was so fabulous, and sometimes I'm inspired by silly things, on turning from my beautiful senior with the sun on her face and the water behind her, I saw her friend behind my reflector and had to take this shot! And for all of you Peter Pan fans, "Of course it was a Friday".