Aries Maple Earns Award

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Aries Maple, earned the award of BEST METAL ARTWORK in the 27th International Miniature Exhibit held at the Seaside Gallery, Outer Banks, NC.  Top miniature artists from 5 continents, 8 countries, and 36 states in America entered their original works of miniature art for this show of over 500 works of art.  All works were original  – no reproductions.We are proud to receive this recognition for Aries Maple that speaks about our willingness to GO FIRST while others around us are not so inclined….read the inspiration to learn more.

Herberger Theater Exhibition

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Love Blooms
$1975
8.5″ x 4.75″ x 4.75″

Love Blooms and Remembering Gratitude have been accepted into the juried exhibition titled Bloom at the Herberger Theater in Phoenix, AZ. The exhibit opens June 6 and runs through July 30, 2018. An opening reception will be held on June 6 from  5:30 – 7 PM.

Love Blooms speaks to us about remembering to be flexible in our lives, while living from a blanket of love and offering appreciation to the many invisible helpers in our lives.

Remembering Gratitude
$1,675
8.25″ x 3.5″ x 3.5″

SHEMER ART CENTER and MUSEUM

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Seeds of Harmony and Graceful One have both been juried into the 2018 summer exhibition at the museum: Arizona’s Desert Beauty.

Graceful One

The exhibition opens May 29, 2018 and closes July 12, 2018. The Shemer has been named “One of the 10 Best Museums in Phoenix” by USA Today and “One of Phoenix’s 10 Best-Kept Secrets” by The Culture Trip. For additional information visit: https://shemerartcenter.org/

Aries Maple on exhibit in Nags Head, NC

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Aries Maple

$1,350

5.5″ x 4.5″ x 4.5″

Aries Maple, a miniature of the Japanese Maple Tree will be included in the 23rd Annual Miniature Exhibition at Seaside Art Gallery, Nag Head, NC The exhibit opens  April 23rd. The title of this piece combines the attribute of always longing to “go first” of the Aries zodiac sign with the similar habit of the beloved maple trees always trying to be “first” to bud out after their winter slumber. Nine small keys (nosies; helicopters; seed pods) are sculpted into the roots of the three maple trees.

Brownsville Museum of Art 46th Annual International Exhibition

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Remembering Gratitude
$1,675
8.25″ x 3.5″ x 3.5″

Serenity
$1,690
5.75″ x 5.75″ x 5.75″
On optional base.

Remembering Gratitude was recognized yet again with its selection, along with Serenity, on the optional bronze base, in the 46th International Exhibition at the Brownsville Museum of Art, Brownsville, TX.  132 works were selected among over 400 entries for inclusion in this exhibit. The exhibit opens April 25th and runs through May 26.

Twilight Stars in Exhibition at Mesa Contemporary Art Museum

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Twilight Stars (shown above) has been invited to be a part of the 39th Annual Crafts Exhibition at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum.

Highlighting the finest in contemporary crafts from across the country, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum’s Annual Contemporary Crafts exhibition has become a benchmark for innovation and quality. Representative of traditional craft mediums including ceramics, fibers, basketry, metals, wood, glass, jewelry, papermaking and book arts, this exhibition showcases 52 artworks by 46 artists, representing 16 states.

Guest Juror for the 39th Annual Contemporary Crafts exhibition was Bruce Hoffman, Director of Gravers Lane Gallery in historic Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia

Opening Reception will be held Friday, February 9, 2018 from 7-10 PM in the Main Gallery (Dobson) at the Mesa Arts Center; 1 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. The opening reception will include live music by Keith Johnson, light refreshments and a cash bar.

 

Uniquely Beautiful Cremation Urns

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Above, Marriage of Spirit, is just one of any number of the bronze vessels within the Tree of Life Series and Nature Vessel series that can easily become an eloquently beautiful urn for the ashes of a beloved one. My collector base has  indicated this to me, as we have sold numerous vessels over the years for this purpose alone.  The bronze material is indeed as close to infinity as one might hope to attain on earth….and its patina softens with years of time. While the openings on the vessels require a small container to hold the ashes securely inside, the light which flows through the vessel as well creates a dramatically open essence – symbolic of the utter peacefulness and vast open, freeing spirit of life beyond our earthly one. Rather than completely containing within an enclosed vessel or urn, with these vessels the Light  continues to envelope – embrace – and spill upon the ashes. The vessels are available in a wide variety of sizes and shapes….each one symbolic of one of the many tender, wise and infinite messages of nature – our soulful Teacher.

Wintry Season

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Most of us, here in the USA, are now enjoying the winter season. While the trees stand barren it appears as though little is happening – stark, graying landscapes easily induce a wintry sleepiness in us. Yet, while we slumber in this quiet season so much is happening beneath the surface of what our eyes might see. ALL the landscape is being perfectly fed as it rests in dormancy. We too need a resting time in our seasons, and winter calls us to SLOW DOWN and slumber deeply, allowing the inner world to more deeply find us once more.

During those long quiet nights the crocus corms are being nourished for their ripe, bright promise of spring to come. During those long quiet nights, not unlike the evening primrose, a wealth of blooming is happening beneath the scope of our vision.

May you trust the nourishing gifts of this quiet season…..bundle up and nestle down….rest deeply in the quiet knowing that indeed this winter season is as potent as all others. This is the season of invisible miracles taking root…..the season of quiet, invisible blooming. This is the season to once more, follow natures map and trust its perfect flow of the rhythms of growth…of rest….of nourishment….of sheer, blooming perfection.

 

Celestial Joy Earns AWARD in American Women Artist Master/Signature 2017 Exhibition

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The 2017 exhibition, held at the Tucson Desert Art Museum, included 145 works of art created by women artists from the USA and Canada.  Celestial Joy earned the Marilyn Newmark Foundation Award for Best Sculpture Done in an Academic Manner. We are are honored to receive this recognition and support the American Women Artists growing organization. Less than 5% of the artwork hanging in museums across the USA include work created by female artists….we hope to balance that historical reality.