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1st Place Overall: Arts in Harmony 22nd Annual International Juried Art Show<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Olive Branch” was my chance to show how various cultures have their own songs, dances and other forms of expression. I just love creating art with the commonality of the arts as a most cherished form of creativity and interaction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In this piece, I show one small olive branch. I didn’t intertwine it from person to person like a vine or as a common thread because, we know in our hearts, you don’t have to see it to know it’s there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find beauty in the faces of all people. I yearn for a simple life in a world that is a vast and complex place. Even during the toughest of times, I strive to “make something beautiful”. It’s idealistic, but true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully that translates to my art. Like one drop of dew, many people don’t take the time to notice. I like to remember that the sun always sets and rises – no matter our pain; no matter the obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dream of harmony and ask my own questions like: “Why do all snowflakes have to be white? Why can’t they be like stained-glass?” and then I “make them so”. Similar to the snowflakes embroidered and beaded over the turquoise sky in “Olive Branch”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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These two little kids are wrapped in folded and pleated cloth. They are among flowers beaded with seed beads. I take the time to blend various shades of beads and really tighten them down. I find myself learning as I go along and have figured out how to get through several layers of cloth with thin beading needles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to think I’ve tied more knots than a Justice of the Peace, but, each bead seems to feel special. They find a place in all my work now, from the unique beads on the small drum, or as buttons and a purple stone elephant bead balanced upon a child’s arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n