Hearts of the World, East Village, NYC
When was the last time you painted? The last time you thought about your dreams? I’d like to invite all of you to the upcoming HotW East Village exhibition and open painting table in Tompkins Square Park, NYC. There, we will share photographs, stories and the artwork from our 8,000 road-mile HotW tour around India. […]
My work in the new Global Street Art book!
Check it out! I am so excited that the cable car I painted in Chile is featured in the new Global Street Art book: Concrete Canvas. It is filled with large colorful images of street works from Chile to Japan with over 300 artists including Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Olek and many others. Global Street Art […]
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 Aces
Pérola and I have been painting the portals for our Vienna project, now a collaboration with three other talented people, Zel Nonnenberg a video artist, Nathan Wheeler, a sound artist and Marilia Vasconcellos a photographer. We will leave for Vienna in late June to get everything ready for the opening on Sept 14th. The first portal […]
Delight and sadness at the Rio Zoo
Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Oh what wonders are there to behold at the Rio Zoo? My boyfriend Orien and I pay our ten real each (approx $5 US) to enter the impressive arched gates positioned at the end of a long promenade. We step inside the zoo into a 30 acre expanse housing over 2,000 […]
MAGIC CARPET RIDE TO THE ISLAND OF GOOD TRAVEL- Part 2
…Continued In this excursion my phone, despite being sealed in a plastic bag for safety, dies a watery death destroying my photos, so you will have to use your imagination~ We manage to board The Magic Carpet (as we’ve dubbed it) and using Havianas for paddles we steer our craft out to sea. The waves are […]
Grandma’s House, Ayahuasca in the Jungle~ Part 1
When my friend Zel told me of a group who held Ayahuasca ceremonies in the jungle of Brazil I signed on instantly. I have consumed the brew of the “Spirit Vine” a few times before; Once in New York and a couple times at an ashram called Arca de Montaña Azul in Rio de Janeiro, but had […]
The Viennese Flea Market
Vintage porcelain dishes, colorful plastic trinkets and toys, worn miniature playing cards, embroidered turkish clothes, big, warm fur coats, and people of all stripes; The Viennese flea market is open every Saturday from early until about 6pm. The best time to go in my opinion is either early- to get all the good stuff, or […]