Alice Nosworthy has been creating these beautiful goddess images in clay and will be showing with me at the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque on Feb 5th, 2010. When I saw her work I thought they would go very well with the Xochimilco paintings.
At last! I have given in and joined the blogosphere!!! I shall begin by explaining the title of the blog, Unraveling the Mystery. What Mystery? I feel the life we live is always a mystery and the art I make is an act of unraveling that mystery.
At the moment I am working on my upcoming show for Feb of 2010 which is titled: Xochimilco . Tequila Sunrise was the first in this series. I am presently immersed in studying the Aztec culture. I am attempting to capture some of the essence of who these great people were because my inspiration for these paintings began when I traveled down the canals of the floating gardens in Mexico City.
I am on a journey. I find myself continually questioning the path I am on. "Am I progressing?" "Do my thoughts and actions propel me forward or hold me back?"
Regardless of what I am doing it must be contributing to my ongoing growth. What I produce along the way are souvenirs of that journey. I am unraveling the mystery.