New Jersey Fireplace at the Beach

Here are some client photos of a fireplace I did for him. He and his wife did a great job decorating around the fireplace, and made it look even better! The seagull is a closeup of the left side panel.

New Fireplace

Here is a very large project I worked on recently. On 8" tiles, they wanted black and white painting, like Japanese Sumi ink painting, of bamboo. I told them I was not a sumi painter haha, but they loved my work and believed in my talent. I am still waiting on some installation photos from them, but here is one of mine.

Happy New Year!

Well it's the new year. Who would have thought I would live this long? haha Anyway, since I have no new work, except for a dog portrait due in February, I decided to play with clay. I made a plaque yesterday for my address and I will be mortaring it to the front of my house. Havent picked colors yet but I will post it when it is finished. Next will be a series of steppingstones for the front to my mailbox and the back to my studio. Front first because it is flat haha. They will be large pieces of mosaic that I carve out of sculpture clay and attach to store-bought vitreous stepping stones. Cool huh?

Also I am posting another picture of my work that appeared in Timber Homes Magazine. People said you couldnt see it well, so here it is. Still cant, but I guess it is better than the other one lol.

Couple of Crabs

I Got into Timber Homes Magazine

Here's something cool, folks. A former customer got their timber home a write-up in Timber Homes, a slick and serious magazine for people who love the all-wood look. They mentioned me and my web site (www.dyztilz.com) that tiny little mural in the back under the stove light is my birch tree mural.

Mama and Baby Cheetah

I was drawn to the backlighting in this photo. I tell Mike all the time that his photos make MY work look good. Cheetahs are very close-knit on the serengheti plain. Their enemies are everywhere.

Leopard at Sunset

This photo of Mike's was a real challenge for me. The orange light going through his ears and reflecting off his nose changed the look of the big cat that people, including me, are used to seeing. But the image was so compelling I just had to try it, and I believe it succeeded and is already sold! Nothing like cash to convince you lol.

Penguin Tile--Alone at Sunset

Aother of Mike's photographs that drew my attention. I tried a new (for me) method of majolica so that I can create these tiles faster and sell more cheaply. This one is a great success I think.

Mike the Lion

I I would like to share recent tiles with you.

This image of penguins won an award for the photograppher, Mike Madonna of Pennsylvania, and I am very proud to be the artist reproducing his work on hand-painted tile. Mike the Lion is so cool I asked for it back! haha He was very generous and agreed. Some things you do you just have to hang in your own studio to remind you of what you truly can do, or at least ONCE DID!

Some New Ventures

Here are some new things I am learning. A gent wants to have a supply of relief tiles, so my husband and I learned how to make molds ffor relief tiles. I can't believe I summed up the last 4 months of hair-ripping trial and error all in one sentence! Didnt it sound easy? It was not. And the results arent even that great. But we feel we learned how to make relief molds, so SOMEthing happened haha. They are going into old barn board creations, mirrors, etc., and he wanted western themes. He got em lol.