Sensory Deprivation Art in Vienna
Interactive installations are one of my favorite forms of art. I love it when the artist shares an extended experience with the audience bringing them into, and making them a part of the art. My boyfriend Orien and I visited Carsten Höller’s exhibition “Leben” at TBA21, a gallery uniquely positioned inside the Augarten in Vienna. I loved […]
The Rockaway Community Responds to Paint with Poetry
While I was in New York this Spring I had the pleasure of painting a Hearts of the World mural on Rockaway Beach Boulevard for Beautify Earth. This organization is bringing color and revitalization to the Rockaway Beach community, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Residents of Rockaway were invited to paint […]
Backflip into a life with passion Pt 1
What is your passion? Do you know it?There was a time in my life where I completely lost sight of mine. I want to share with you a bit of the bumpy road I took to living my passion, to show that it can be done and to provide encouragement and inspiration for anyone who […]
Backflip into a Life of Passion Pt 2
…(Continued) And then, in the midst of nebulous fear, I had a pivotal moment of clarity. I had a thought that changed the rest of my life and it was this: I imagined myself as an old woman, looking back on my life, wondering… What if I had just tried to do exactly what I wanted […]
The Tramming Continues… Napoli, Italy
I am having a wonderful time painting a city tram in Napoli. My friend Jade Fusco and I are collaborating on it, merging our styles and vision. She is a hard worker and a burst of positive energy and magic. We are having a blast. My friend Riccardo proves indispensable as our trusty helper, painting […]
Farewell NYC, Hello Vienna!
NYC/Vienna (photos courtesy of inhabitat and Sunboe.com) I am off on another journey~ I will be gone five weeks; spending one week in Austria scouting locations with Pérola Bonfanti for our next interactive public art installation which will take place in the center of Vienna next fall. Then we will travel to Italy together to […]
I was commissioned by the U.S. Embassy to paint a mural for the Instituto Chileno Norteamericano in Valparaiso, Chile. I wanted to collaborate with local artists so I chose two of my favorite street artists in Valpo: Charqui Punk and La Robot de Madera. The painting is a mash-up of indigenous imagery from Chile and […]