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my brilliant and inspirational flickr friends…a glorious new year!

As time goes by, your creative and loving energies expand my experience beyond understanding.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd

(From my deck...Heavenly Blues for you. xo :)

Namaste.

Tomi, this is for you. You've been such a great friend and an awesome creative presence! And I know you miss Maine sometimes. :) This is a view looking back across Penobscot Bay into the mountains along the mid-coast.

Night Bird by Deep Forest

April sky from my garden....

"...have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?"

original lyrics by John Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival

jazz variation Karen Souza

Winter sunrise outside my window.

Music
Tan Dun and Yo-Yo Ma

I'm fascinated by the challenge of working with abstract non-objective form to explore and translate thoughts, feelings, and intuitions into unfamiliar objects in my external landscape. Shadows are an important aspect of these linear forms. They exist in the two-dimensional reality of the piece, changeable over time and in varying light conditions.

No. 6 is worked in 14K gold-filled wire and sheet, multi-colors of niobium wires, and a small jade, tourmaline, and chrysoprase. It measures 13" L x 3" H x 7" W. It's shown lying flat here, but it can also hang.

As a sculptor I've worked with welded steel and aluminum, cast bronze, stone, wood, clay, fibers, plastics, fluorescent lights etc. Working with various wires and gems in my jewelry designs, I enjoy using these materials for some of my linear sculptural ideas as well.