aloha... from maui!

we just arrived on maui yesterday after a week on hawaii. we are staying in a condo here in kihei, a beach town down (south) on the coast from ka'anapali and lahaina. this is our first time here at the kihei surfside which is right next door to where we usually stay. we love this area and think that keawakapu beach is the best one that we have visited on maui.

just relaxing today... doing a bit of laundry this morning and enjoying the great view from our lanai. later we will venture out for beach walking and some pics. lunch in the condo today... then... who knows? nice to have nothing to do.

i am uploading my pics pretty regularly, so if you want to see what i am seeing, check out my flickr pics.

that's all for now... aloha!

well... it has been quite some time since i last posted, hasn't it? the last few months have been very busy!

in october, i attended sophie drouin's and bill buckingham's listen to the stones: abstract stone mosaic workshop in chicago. my friend ruth and i flew in a few days early and had a great time hanging out and exploring chicago. the workshop was very good, although i found myself struggling and blocked... for various reasons... but still, a wonderful trip.

in november, i went to vienna, virginia... which is right outside of d.c..... for a portraiture workshop at maverick mosaics, taught by shug jones. this was a 5 day workshop... very, very challenging. shug is a great teacher and a lot of fun too, and bonnie fitzgerald's studio is wonderfully equipped and pleasant. but i found myself very challenged on several levels... despite this i feel like i learned a great deal. so far, this is the best workshop that i have ever taken. i have a lot of work to do still on my portrait, so i can't post it yet.

i submitted 3 entries for the MAI 2009 exhibition, and am very pleased that my 3-panel piece, pulse, was accepted. i also submitted a couple of entries for the sum of all parts 2 exhibition in dallas... and my newest piece, we, was accepted.

i am almost finished with my monthly series, rhythms... just one more month... december. i will be starting on that this week. it will be nice to get that entire series finished... i am happy that i had the discipline to finish it.

ruth and i are busy planning a trip to italy for next spring. we are lining up a couple of mosaic courses... including ravenna... and allowing for a few extra days for just hanging out and sight-seeing. 3 weeks in all....

and... christmas and new year's in hawaii this year. my son and i are looking forward to photographically exploring some new areas of hawaii and maui... the pics should be great.

i have been watching this little leaf on the red maple in front of our house. "what's the hurry?"... i ask?

ciel, pam goode's new gallery and studio, issued a call to artists for their first juried exhibition, contemporary mosaic art. you can preview the winning mosaics and all the accepted works here.

i am very pleased to have had two of my pieces accepted: old testament and pulse.

the opening of the exhibit is friday, september 5. the exhibit runs through september 26.

brit hammer-dijks' new book, mosaic: finding your own voice is now available at the blurb bookstore, where you can preview the first 15 pages. i am very honored to have some of my work presented in this new book, along with the wonderful work of many other leading mosaic artists representing a variety of styles and techniques.

to hear about the book from the author, check out brit's sneak peek video.

Mosaic

Finding Your Own Voice

By Brit Hammer-Dijcks

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