Hearts Aflutter

NGC 4038/39

   ​Join me on Sunday, February 11, at the Railyard Farmers Market Pavilion in Santa Fe, when I will be conducting a Valentine’s collage workshop.     All supplies are provided, including a hefty stash of magazines and catalogs, so you can just arrive ready to cut and paste a gorgeous Valentine card for your sweetie.      Truly a gift from the heart!       The workshop is free, and all ages are invited, from 11 am to 1 pm.         See you there!

​I will also debut a new line of cards: Scenes of New Mexico.    These 5” x 7” greeting cards are bundled in an attractive packet, five blank cards + envelopes.    They are derived from collages I have created here in Santa Fe.   I now have 4 collections of Greeting cards: Fine Ladies Dancing, Rising, and Perfectly Pear.    They can be purchased directly from me, or from the new online store, Art of Santa Fe.

  ​The past weeks have been busy.    I made a quick trip to visit a friend in Florida, and to approve the framing and installation of a giclee print of one of my largest collages, Bloomsday at Molly Malone’s.     The piece depicts a pub interior and pays tribute to the Centennial Celebration of the fictional day of renown in James Joyce’s Ulysses.     And speaking of Joyce, I returned to Santa Fe in time to join my fellow Joyce geeks at the James Joyce Birthday Bash (something like the traditional Bobby Burns celebration, but without the Haggis.)

Bloomsday at Molly Malone's, Detail

The original, Bloomsday at Molly Malone's, on display in 2009

Jimmy Joyce going his Birthday Bash

​Meanwhile, I am busy at my easel, cutting and pasting.  I am working on the eighth collage, in my series the Coral Reef. A few more to go and I will exhibit them all at once. You can come see me at work on Sundays at the Railyard.



In the coming weeks, I am preparing for a show in nearby Española, New Mexico in April.  I am very pleased to be asked to display my work in the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center, in the Plaza in the center of town. Besides the opening reception, I plan to have a demonstration of my technique.  I will post the dates and times as soon as they are finalized.



More shows to come!

Love and Peace,

​Deco

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