Selected to be an art donor for Silent Auction at Gala Del Sol, an annual major fundraiser of around 500 attendees.

Recipient of funds raised is “Camp Del Carson”, a Catalina camp for heart surgery patients, is near and to my heart. My grandson had heart surgery when he was born and another since then. He manages to still do tons of things and be very involved and is an engaging kid. I donated a gift basket featuring a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle of my original art starfish, as well as a couple of pieces of free art to this fundraiser in support of this amazing non-profit.

I’m very honored to have been one of the member visual artists featured at the Fine Arts Club of America holiday dinner.

This Joshua tree is sculpted out of fibers and bits of packaging, brochures, gift bags, etc.—all marketing materials that get used once and then thrown away. Reuse of these fibers helps their original sources (like a tree) to live on. This recycling warms my heart.

I chose to make a Joshua tree for the obvious reason, but also, because the name of the exhibit is Call of the Wild. What better fits wildness, than this insane tree?

I have been asked by The Thursday Club to exhibit my art at their monthly member mixer. Honored and excited! Will be taking 12-15 framed pieces, including three abstracts using mixed paints. New for me, and loving it. Always happy to revisit my passion for recycling bits of wasteful marketing fibers into my art.

As part of an art/cultural exchange the La Canada Sister City organization is sending art to exhibit in Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain during their San Ysidro festival, 10 days in May 2024. This is a great honor to be asked by the jury to send artwork. My artwork was chosen to show some California’s coastal subject matter.

Polar bears are losing their habitat due to loss of ice floes.

A vertical chasm depicts this brokenness in nature’s ability to sustain the environment needed by the bears. Metallic envelope mailer bits are used to depict cold and ice.