Crazy dots!

I'm working on some new designs, incorporating my OCD dots.  What do you think?

inspired by those color blindness tests

side view

Ocean dot soap pump

New Home Studio

Now coming to you from West Medford, MA!

unpainted pieces, older pieces, commissions, files, packing supplies; on the wall, a Jane Rainwater woodcut

custom hutch with shelves for my finished pieces, reference books and paint brushes, and drawers for paints, marketing material, shipping & craft show supplies

next to the hutch is this fantastic antique chair I won at an auction on Cape Cod

grey items

soy bowls, ice cream bowls and tumblers

Work table and photo shoot area

view out the back window

The Golden Gate Bridge - 75 years old!

JetBlue was having an amazing sale a couple months ago that I couldn't resist: $300 round-trip from Boston to San Fran for Memorial Day weekend.  How could I say no?  See, I couldn't.  My fun friend from Chicago, Heather, and I had been talking about wanting to go there and this was the perfect opportunity.  Unfortunately JetBlue didn't have a deal for her, but she found an even cheaper flight through United.  Yay!

So, last weekend we spent 3.5 days in the lovely Bay Area.  I have to say, I can't wait to go back!  Here are some photos of the fab places we visited.  Don't worry, I'll share more...

Golden Gate Bridge... the building at the base is featured in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, in the scene where Kim Novak throws herself into the water, hoping to drown.  Fun!  We also saw the building that served as Jimmy Stewart's apartment, on Lombard St.  Pretty neat-o.

We treated ourselves to a day in Napa & Sonoma, complete with our own driver.  This vineyard was our first stop.  We highly recommend the wines from here.  Delish!

Scenic wine country

Amazingly giant redwoods in Muir Woods.  We couldn't get over how fresh and clean the air smelled here.  The scent should definitely be bottled.

Standing in the base of a redwood.  So huge!

Fisherman's Wharf

On a cable car, not to be confused with a trolley car

Golden Gate at sunset - waiting for the birthday fireworks to start