Miami Trip

I've been back and just trying to process everything from the 5days of artfairs in Miami. SO much input.so much art.
Very First thrill was just getting up in the air and having a windowseat so I could play with aerial photos again.

and shifting senses

and again

and possibly my favorite:

Arriving Miami- Aqua Hotel Fair

Showing a new grouping of artworks at the Aqua Hotel art fair during ArtBasel in Miami w/Morgan Lehman Gallery. (see Petri Playgrounds set)
This is my annual work/play vacation. Art overload, mohitos and cuban food. A really welcome break from the NY cold.
coincides with my birthday so I consider it an annual 4day celebration:)
Next year I'm bringing a more portable camera so I can take a gazillion pics. here I was just borrowing Amber's a lot but not nearly enough. saw such great moments.. and textures and juxtapositions I wish I could share...

after all night travel, we got in and finally had eggsammich+coffee&OJ mmmm then hurry to change and get over to the Aqua Hotel Preview (bringing additional 4 new works with us fresh from the studio).
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Some Artfair craziness- SquirrelNinjas and Cake stickers!

teasers:


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Vision and more Aqua Hotel Fair notes

Walking around Aqua Hotel at a relaxed pace, taking in all the art...at one point exiting a gallery on the top floor the sun hit my face so warmly that I had to stop and just close my eyes to feel it. With eyes closed I listened to the sounds of the space around me...and felt quite in a magic moment. The sun seemed to be a gentle hand on my face...I had my camera and pointed it at the source.


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I tried to remember what I had seen....

Pentimenti Gallery had some beautiful amorphous form sculptures in glass by Julie York..:
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and I found 'The Mall' Cprint by Signe Vad to be really odd and compelling..showing shoppers in the woods. this is the largest pic I could find, sorry.

At G.Gibson Gallery/Seattle I really loved Julie Blackmon's staged photography series 'Domestic Vacations'. see some at enlarged sizes. hope she does a book of the series...I want! I've seen her work before and it's struck me each and every time.

Fette's Gallery had some beautiful textile works by Sandrine Pelletier . Here's another one.


@HowardHouse Gallery Yuki Nakamura had a lovely porcelain wall sculpture called Tree Map Pillow..looking online now I love her fictional cities!

Jon Haddock had a series of Sims/Secondlife-ish screenshot drawings that are pretty wonderfully executed. Once you understand how they are done I think you'll agree. Skim the tutorial (link at the bottom of the page I hotlinked). This is what I hope is possible in SL for creation of memorypalaces off of house and building blueprints! hmmmmm