"Pulse" Signing Saturday

Saturday I will join a panel of artists including

Lisa Hoffman, Sarah Fishburn, and Fran Menely

for Seth Apter's book signing at

Two Hands' Paperie in Boulder, Colorado.

Seth has been on a book tour

for his recently published first book:

'The Pulse of Mixed Media:

Secrets and Passions of 100 Artists Revealed'

I am so excited and thrilled to be 

a contributor to the book, and am

so looking forward to meeting Seth.

I made the above collage (12x8 mixed media)

to celebrate the event.

I will have the opportunity to talk briefly

about my art piece in the book, "Silenced".

It is not an easy piece to reflect upon

on such a happy occasion as the book signing,

but I will do my best. 

Briefly, it is about the artist's fears

being allowed to silence the creative voice

that wants and needs to be heard. 

When that happens, creativity is killed.

The portrait creates a double negative:

fear and annihilation.

I did not deliberately set out to paint 

such a dark image, but fear isn't pretty
and I wanted to be as honest as I could.

Hopefully, I will get some good photos 

from the gathering to share next week.