SWEET STREET's #PrayForJapan Art Fundraiser - My Piece -

Sorry there have been no updates lately... it's been a rough week because of all the disaster in Japan. My grandmother, aunts and uncles, cousins, sister, and many great friends all live there now, so needless to say I was very stressed for their safety. However, every person I know there is safe. Thank heavens for that. It hurts my heart terribly to see my country suffering like this... but, I also know that the Japanese are some of the most industrious and determined people on earth; they make everything out of nothing; they have been ravaged by natural and man-made disasters, two atomic bombs, but nothing stops them from speeding ahead and becoming the best at anything they do. I love Japan!

I'm glad I had the opportunity to put my art into action and donate a piece to SWEET STREET's #PrayForJapan Art Fundraiser taking place at JapanLA in Hollywood. I worked madly quick because I knew the longer I took, the higher the price would be to ship UP$. (It ended up costing $112, BAH!) Oh well. It's part of my contribution to the Red Cross.



The piece is 16x20, mixed media + gold leaf on canvas. She is called "Indomitable -Fukutsu-" because that is what I feel characterizes Japan.





Beautiful, delicate, sweet... yet fearless, calm, and rising out of any disaster. I hope she fetches a good price for a nice donation to the Red Cross. Thanks to all the LA galleries who are holding fundraisers for Japan!!!

Audrey Kawasaki's new show

Haheee, haheeeeee.... my eyeballs are about to burst from seeing so much beauty in Audrey Kawasaki's new show in Australia. I didn't write any comment on her blog because there were already fifty billion people going crazy, and I didn't have anything original to say! But l@@k ---->

Australia Outre Gallery pieces

Work in progress shots

Here is my favorite of all. What an ethereal face. I want my face to look like this.