Underwater World

Oil paints, yum. I hardly use them, but when I do, they resonate with so much history for me. I became allergic to the solvents some time in Graduate School at UT, Austin School of Art. Maybe I was practically bathing in turpentine and my nails started to have black stalagmites streaks dipping into them …

Moss architectural skins, baskets and lattice.

Moss created the (w)rapper building in my neighborhood. I saw it coming and going through the creation. Skins in architecture like the Peterson Automotive Museum on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles and The Broad Museum downtown Los Angeles have intrigued me for a while. I was so curious about it. Now that it’s built, I …

Goops and Sauces and Ceramic Masks

Making a dozen new ceramic masks. The first group are in the kiln right now.  Checking out my glazes. Makes me think of goops and sauces. My last group of vases were two colors only. This group calls for a big variety of colors. Yellow, gold, black, green, blue, orange, tan and white. Almost every …

New “Arabesque Series” of paintings by Joyce Lieberman

A new series of 10 works on paper inspired by a recent canvas that had abstracted Bouquet of flowers with intertwining tendrils, some medallion of flowers motifs and more contrast. Arranged together, comments were made that they looked like ceramic tiles. Individually, they are #’s 1-10 of the Arabesque Series, each with it’s own title. …