In July, I went to Dunster, England, for a week-long quilling retreat.  There were about 14 of us, 4 from the US, 8 from England, and the others from Switzerland and the Netherlands.  It was fun! I met a lot of brilliant quillers whose work I have followed from afar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My talk and class at the Cherrydale Library went well.  I currently have two pieces in an exhibit with the theme “Paper” at the Falls Church Arts Gallery, the “Chess Set” and the “Hide Us“.  

May 2025 – My work is now on display at the Arlington library Cherrydale branch.  It includes about 20 pieces – quilling, gilding, and lithographs, mostly Judaic and some secular.  I will be giving a talk on June 16 at 6:30 PM.  Here is a link 

March 2025

The Falls Church Arts gallery staged an exhibit entitled “Light and Dark” – a photography show.  I entered the maximum allowance of three pictures and, much to my surprise, they were all accepted.  These were all pictures I had done myself, in the days when I had my own darkroom and equipment.  From rolling the film to printing the resulting pictures, I loved it all.  Two of those photographs are on the wall behind me, and as of this writing, the top one has sold.

 

November 2024

Here I am at the opening of the Falls Church Arts show, with the theme “Vivid”.  The picture is a silkscreen I did a while ago, in a class I was taking.  The biggest crowd I have seen came to the opening. 

 

April 20, 2024

Here I am at the Falls Church Arts gallery show, “Flora and Fauna”.  My accepted entry is a pen and ink study of a snail.  I created it in an illustration class I took some time ago.  So yes, I can do some types of traditional art.   Photo by Judy Ortiz.