Layla and I are holding the quilt up and Olin couldn't help but peek at Nancy taking the picture:)

Basting the layers together, ie. making a quilt sandwich:)

This Picasso book was a gift for my mom's birthday. It is a collection of his work for the Ballets Russes in Paris.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History recently had an exhibit of bird illustrations from the 16oo's to the 1800's. It was not always easy for these early illustrators to capture a life-like appearance from their taxidermy specimens..some of these birds were in the exhibit, and they looked kind of lumpy with cotton in their eyes. I have a series of plates I am making inspired by the early bird illustrations- from this turtle dove, to a redwing, to a dodo bird!

I painted the back of this mirror with a bird image that came from a calendar my mom gave me for 2008. She thought I might find the birds inspiring. The mirror is old and wooden- I would love to find more to do paintings on, but they are kind of hard to come by. Let me know if you find one..

I have made jackets for three Miro books, this version twice. The Rodarte designers, Kate and Laura Mulleavy bought the first one. No two are ever the same. Reminds me of Monet painting the hay stacks in different light.

This painting by my uncle, Steven Brown, is probably from the late 1960's. He and my aunt live in the redwoods of northern California, where he makes large sculptures from the wood burls on their property.
My plate is hanging on the right, which I based on a pattern from the mid-16th century Turkish Iznik period. I have been making ceramics at the continuing education center in Santa Barbara for the last year. Classes just started up again, and I am working on some new plates..