Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Arms-Akimbo


arms-akimbo
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.
She a beaut! You can see pattern from Burnt Offerings here, this piece lives in NYC Primitive fire.. all work and photos on this blog are copyrighted works of SMS

Burnt Offerings


burnt offerings
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.
This is my best work, I think, it is in relief, small tiles, hand burnished. It is this work that I would most like to see on the walls of the Henry Art Gallery, and the halls of Microsoft. Truth be told, I was writing a man who posted a personal in the Seattle Weekly when I first moved here, it was rumored it was Bill Gates ( way before Melinda) and I thought,"if this is Bill Gates, I want an installation in the house he is building,". So I made up a sq.ft and framed it... ( consider this sells for 1200.00 per Sq. ft.) and sent it to him.(Is In the Monarch Tile Collection.)
Meanwhile...... I went to Joe Loves' Halloween party (dressed as an artist's rendition of a cupcake), and everyone there was buzzing about Bill Gates ad, and I said, umm um, it isn't Bill!" See mouths drop? "How do you know," they asked? " I had dinner with him," I said," he lied about his house being in King country, he is in Snohomish county. Indeed! He took my art, invited me to Monroe for a tacky greasy Italian dinner, and kept my work when he promised to return it, along with a photo of me in Japan that I treasured and only parted with hoping for a possible commission. His house is the log cabin on Northern Exposures. I didn't go to the house, and if he had been rich as he pretended, well, he would have paid for my work instead of keeping it. I still want a commission, anyone have suggestions?

Winged Vessel


winged vessel
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.
This is one of my old pieces from the late 80's. ( I think ) It was in the Witchita Nationals juried by Jack Lenore Larsen with another one that is a whales tail. All stem from my boat series.

This IS God's Country


God's Country
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.
Days like this in the mountains are worth a lifetime of sorrows to see!

When Snow falls in the Mountains


Heather lake when Snow falls
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.
Heather Lake last Nov (03) when Avasa was here from Wales, and (Shakti from Italy) for two weeks. We took Avasa here & on the way up , it was snowing, then half way up, we got snow, then wandered in to this winterwonderland!

Valley of The Trees


valley of trees
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.
I call this The Valley of the Trees well worth the hike to get to. Near Heather lake, N Cascades.