Hi All. A year ago I started this blog because of my experience with Colorado Art Ranch(CAR) and the residency in Salida, CO centered around water. I became aware of CAR by an invitation to be a guest speaker at an Artposium in the Fall of 2009 in called Dinner Stories. Grant Pound, the Executive [...]
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Colorado Art Ranch: Residencies and Artposiums Galore
Posted in Agriculture Posts and Articles, art, Art Residencies, colorado art ranch, salida co on May 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Potable Realized
Posted in Aging, art, Bayview, colorado art ranch, Milwaukee, water on September 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This entry is dedicated to the family of Ayrie Mekai Jones Murphy. A dear little four year old that put up an amazing fight in this world. Love pours from many to your family like water should for all. Potable Realized I visited the site on Monday September 28th and put up two laminated posters [...]
Take Me Back: An exploration of Water, Local Clay, and Time
Posted in art, Art Residencies, colorado art ranch, Corn, salida co, water, tagged Artposium, Botanical Interests, corn, Salida, Wade in the Water, Water on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the Artposium Wade in the Water, I planted corn in the center of the piece with Corn Sister Carol Ozaki (pictured third from left below). Pictured too are Carol’s husband Ron-L and Ed Berg-second from R. We planted Corn Sweet (se) Luscious Zea mays var rugosa. “Luscious is a bicolor corn that matures in [...]
Green Home Chicago
Posted in art, Art Residencies, colorado art ranch, salida co on June 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have been home for a full week. I am still in awe of the green. My garden is a rain forest compared to the environs of Colorado. My perennials look gorgeous; the pond plants are robust with our goldfish thrilled that it is soon to be summer; The Girls (our urban hens) clearly have [...]
Rain, Irrigation, Creatures of Salida
Posted in Art Process, Art Residencies, colorado art ranch, salida co on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had a day or two of little work outside because of rain, cold, and such. Call me a wimp. I did want to share a video taken at my work site. The first is one of rafters going by in the cold, rain, and such and having a good time while I waited for [...]