There is so much to say about being a student in one of Verdiano's workshops. I'm not going to write about it this morning, mainly b...

I'm taking the 6-day Modern Expression II workshop at the Chicago Mosaic School with Verdiano Marzi. We're three days into it and i...

Well... not a fan, but you most certainly mastered your craft. Even so, I would never have named you The Painter of Light... but rest in pea...

My 4th graders are doing amazing work on their mosaics. Mosaics being made by one of my five classes of fourth graders. I have five cl...

I admit it - I'm a packaging geek... a sucker for a excellent product wrapper, one that is clever or extraordinary in some way. I love b...

I’ve been avoiding this blog… mostly because I’m still wandering about in the land of loss, pain and disbelief. I’m beginning to wonder if a...

Jude was clever, kind, stubborn, generous, opinionated, gentle, loving, smart, beautiful... She laughed a lot at herself and rarely at oth...

is at 3pm (EST) on Monday. If it's possible, please think of her - and us, her large family - for a few moments at that time, with love ...

I'm having trouble breathing past the tightness and the pain. Jude is dead. Now my family has a Jude-sized hole in it. And it really hur...

I've had a few people ask about my process for working with stone in mosaics recently. Creating a mosaic with stone differs from other...

I've finished the desert mosaic. Desert One , 11" x 17", Marble, Limestone, Sandstone, Glass I still need to frame it. ...

Spent the last few nights working on the desert mosaic. I think I will get it finished tomorrow. At 14 hours At 18 hours At 22 h...

10 hours into it: This has been a productive weekend - in the studio and out (the only thing I should have done that I didn't was f...