My Fun Family: Exquisite Corpse and Barbie Carnage

Boy do I have a fun family. Last night we made artistic mayhem with the surrealist's party game exquisite corpse that has a group of images or words mashed up by different people. We did portraits of all involved, and they turned out incredible. It is such fun to fold the paper in separate sections, …

Circa 1984 Parisian Graffiti in Costa Rica

  OK, work with me here. I can´t find a way to call the US for under multiple dollars per minute, I am butchering the language and inserting my latent Italian at every turn, and saving the day in this magical verdant valley I have found a stencil graffiti artist that is extraordinary. I wish I could …

Holga, Oktomat, and disposable camera CRAZEEEE

A new era in my photography play for Melissa Weiss Steele. FILM! Eight eyed camera, Holga with multiple exposures, disposable cameras with fabulous  fortunes and travel postcard imagery printed on the film. Life is so good. I am taking 50 rolls of film to Central America. Look out Latin Catholics on Technicolor acid during Easter …

New Years Monk Mandala with POP ART

The Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery rock! I was blessed to have a front row seat at the releasing of this labor of love, the sand mandala. Words cannot convey how intense this work of art is, I was shaking when I saw it "finished"  on New Years Eve. Seret's Collection here in Santa Fe …

Duality Doll and The Incredible Hulk-A Modern Day Myth of Love

Today we shall share a modern-day fairytale though the love story of Duality Doll and The Incredible Hulk. As with most great myths, this lies somewhere between fact and fiction. Duality Doll and The Incredible Hulk make their home in a lovely valley in New Mexico. Their intimate bond was first observed by a plucky …

Ana Mendieta-ritualistic earth artist

This is the first  in a series of posts about women photographers who have used their own bodies as the primary vessels for their artistic expression. The articles will explore what motivated these women to step beyond cultural expectations of the feminine and use self-portraiture to examine identity and relationship through the camera lens. I …

Oh JOY! Welcome to my blog.

Welcome to my blog! I am so excited and proud that I have moved into the technological age! The postings here will be a way for me to keep you updated about my current work, adventure woman travels, fun and informative workshops and events, my divination readings, other fabulous artist and cool stuff, inspiring spiritual information, and my original divination deck, The Oracle …