Self Portrait

Seahorses 2 - Monotype

Both prints came from the same plate, as you can see the one with the more intense colors was my first print, and the second one I manipulated some of the elements. When I ran it thru the press, there was less ink on the plate, so I got two different images of the same theme.

"Inside Animals Minds" Article

Photograph by Vincent J. Musi  National Geographic Magazine

I'm sure by now you all know I love dogs. My mother gets the National Geographic magazine in Spanish and last time I went to visit her, she gave me the March issue of 2008. Well, there is a great article about animal's minds. If I could only get my dogs to do a quarter of the things that Betsy does, I would be really happy!! Just Kidding! I'm still happy if they do not even know the command "sit" :o) Check out the video and the article from National Geographic.

There is also some interesting facts about other animals and their unique abilities.

Renee Olstead - Summertime

Renee Olstead with only 18 years of age and such mature jazz voice. I first heard her singing in one of Chris Botti ( trumpeter ) albums singing Pennies from Heaven. I had heard the album many times and then when I finally saw the face behind the voice I was very surprised. Her first album was released 2004 and that is one of the songs included in her debut album Summertime. Enjoy! Can't wait for her new album coming up on Spring 2008.

New Hope for Art - Workshops

Monotype by Maria Wargo

Last Year I attended one of their workshops and I loved it. It was 4 or 5 days of painting and learning new techniques. The workshop was called Making Monotypes: Hand Printing with Water-Based Inks. I also had the pleasure to be instructed by one of the creators of the water inks, Susan Rostow. I had worked with those inks in the past and it is amazing how great it is to paint without breathing in toxic fumes from oil based inks. The Akua Kolor inks have giving me the opportunity to be healthy and enjoy painting so much more. Another great thing is the quick and easy to clean , water and a sponge and you are done in no time.
I'm hoping that I can make it for their upcoming workshop called Clay Monoprints on February 19th, 2008.
Check their website for upcoming workshops at
http://www.newhopeforart.com/
 


Susan Rostow having a final look at our work and giving us
some overview of what we've learned and how each 
person applied the techniques to their art.

Extreme 3D FLight by Michael Wargo

How RC planes came to be part of my life.

Funny Story! ... Last year I gave My husband for x-mas a remote control plane, more like a toy from RadioShack.

A year later this is what happened. My husband is very talented and I'm not saying that just because he is my husband. But it is true ! :o)

You will hear more about him in my site and his many talents.

Back to the story, on December 31st of 2006 around 1:45 we went to a park by our house to try to flight the plane. It did not go very far that day but I'm amazed now of what my husband has accomplished since then.

Well, one little plane turn into 24 planes and 4 helicopters and the rest is history.

By the way my husband is the handsome one with the red shirt :o) and his two brothers.

He had to make space for a workstation too. 

My favorite from Dave Matthews Band

Amazing Band! I saw them in concert years ago and they are great live! I saw them at an open auditorium concert and the sound was great and a beautiful sunset to go with it all.

Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona outisde views.

Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona

Frank Lloyd Wright, the most famous architect of  the United State of America. I love his work and I was so happy to see one of his more known buildings. It was a great tour even though it was about 110 Fahrenheit. July! ... crazy I know! We did the last tour of the day ... about 6:30 pm and the beautiful sunlight made the color of his work looked like it was just built ... so alive.

The Fence - Monotype

A series of three

Maria Wargo

Mask - Monotype

Lady with a Hat - Monotype

Flowers - Monotype

Autumn leaves - Monotype

Snake - Monotype

Illustration of Gia

Gia is my new dog. I adopted her 3 months ago. She is a sweet heart. I love dogs and I like to do illustrations of them. So if you like to get an illustration of your dog please e-mail me and let me know. All I need is a good photo of your dog. I'm working on new site where you can order it and pay online. Coming soon!