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Memorial Bench Installation for the Butler Family
Commissions
On May 18th and 19th, I was in Auburn, Ca for the installation of my second memorial bench. My good friends, Kendall and Eric Butler, lost their son, Justin, five years ago when he was sixteen. I was asked if I wanted to create a bench for…
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San Dieguito Art Guild Art in the Garden Tour
Events
Mother's Day weekend was absolutely beautiful weather and a perfect weekend for the San Dieguito Art Guild's annual Art in the Garden Tour. There were eight homes in Encinitas and Carlsbad on the tour and there were 6-8 artist's at each location.…
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SAMA Conference 2017
Events
The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) conference was in Detroit this year May 2-6. For the first time ever, I didn't take any workshops but instead I was a vendor at the, always popular, vendor marketplace. I brought lots of pre cut…