Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Santa Fe ~ along Canyon Road

Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
I'm just home from teaching a Tesoro del Corazon mixed media art retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Canyon Road was very near to our hotel, and I enjoyed taking photos along the very artsy street.
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio

Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio

Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio

Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio

Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio


Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio
Canyon Road, Santa Fe
photo by Jane LaFazio







Sunday, April 28, 2013

Santa Fe skies

Santa Fe 2013
photo by Jane LaFazio
Santa Fe 2013
photo by Jane LaFazio
I'm just home from teaching a Tesoro del Corazon mixed media art retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Spring in Santa Fe is unpredictable! The temps ranged from 27 - 70 degrees! But there is something about being at 7,000 feet elevation and the color and the light and the skies.
Santa Fe 2013
photo by Jane LaFazio
Above is a gorgeous, lime green flowering tree. Do you know the name of it? let me know, please! I love it!
Santa Fe 2013
photo by Jane LaFazio
more photos of Santa Fe and the retreat coming soon.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

writing practice ~ my summer of maps

my yearbook photo at 15 years old. 

15 years old (that a Twiggy haircut by the way), with my high school boyfriend.
(I showed you some of my writing practice here and here and here. I completed Judy ReevesWild Women writing class. Here is another of my writings that came from the class.)

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My Summer of Maps 

by Jane LaFazio

I always knew I would travel and see the world. When I began reading, in earnest, in high school, I read Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Hemingway  and Fitzgerald. As a teenager, I traveled from my home in California to Montana for a summer to work at Yellowstone National Park and papered my dorm room with maps. I memorized the map of the United States and tried to name each state along with its location. M.A.G.- Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. What was the state between Nevada and Colorado? Yes, it was Utah. I wanted to travel and take road trips and see and experience as much as I possibly could.

At the end of that summer in Yellowstone, I drove cross county with my newly met friends and was excited to check off my list each state we visited. When our journey ended, I took a bus to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was going to get a job and live near my Yellowstone roommate, Becky, a student at University of Pittsburgh. Except, on the bus, I met a charming, very tall guy named “Paris.” He and I spent a day and night in Chicago and made impromptu plans to travel to Boston and live together. I changed my mind around Cleveland and my trunk of clothes went on to Boston with him and without me. So, I was in Pittsburgh  looking for a job, with only the clothes on my back, renting an attic room, with the bathroom downstairs and down the hall. After 2 weeks living that way, my uncle paid for my flight to New York City, to visit him and see the city for the first time….And then, I was back home, living at my mom’s by the end of September.

I bought more maps, for my bedroom at home, and started dreaming of my next adventure.

Me  at age 19 or so
1975 with Ralph (you know, from my Ralph's Letters quilt)
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I still love to travel, though a bit more upscale now, and I still love maps for the adventure they represent. How about you? Are you a traveler too? 


Saturday, April 20, 2013

Havana ~ an exquisite moment in time

Havana
my assistant, Buddy  ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
Havana
"Havana" 24x60 inches by Jane LaFazio
Havana, Cuba had its exquisite moment of time in the early 1900s. This quilt celebrates that moment and acknowledges the decaying beauty of Havana now.

Havana
detail of "Havana" by Jane LaFazio
Havana
detail of "Havana" by Jane LaFazio
I'm thrilled to be juried into the  Dinner at Eight exhibition!
"An Exquisite Moment" was the theme and I chose to honor Havana's glory days and the beautiful wreck it has become. (You can see photos that inspired this quilt, from my trip to Havana in January 2012,  here   and here and here and my self published book of photos here.)
My quilt and 32 other Exquisite Moments will be on exhibition at the
International Quilt Festival in Long Beach; August 1-4, 2013; sponsored by Moore's Sewing Centers and International Quilt Festival in Houston; Oct 31- Nov 3, 2013; sponsored by Havel's Scissors
Havana
detail of "Havana" by Jane LaFazio
Havana
detail of "Havana" by Jane LaFazio
Havana
detail of "Havana" by Jane LaFazio
Havana
detail of "Havana" by Jane LaFazio



Havana
Buddy helps with "Havana" by Jane LaFazio

Thursday, April 18, 2013

from my sketchbook ~ on location

from my sketchbook
sketchbook page in progress on location ~ by Jane LaFazio
I went to Bernardo Winery recently and did a little sketching and watercolor on location with a friend.
from my sketchbook
Bernado Winery
When I'm on location, I really edit the scene for my sketchbook. 
from my sketchbook
sketchbook page in progress on location ~ by Jane LaFazio
from my sketchbook
from my sketchbook  ~ by Jane LaFazio

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Spring in Wisconsin ~ from my sketchbook

wisconsin workshop
Wisconsin, April 2013 photo by Jane LaFazio
Just home from Green Bay, Wisconsin, where I taught a weekend workshop. Thankfully, it was indoors, and filled with warm, wonderful women!
wisconsin workshop
from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio
Yes, we bought bouquets of flowers from the store, to draw and paint.
wisconsin workshop
 detail from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio
wisconsin workshop
 detail from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio
wisconsin workshop
 detail from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio
wisconsin workshop
Wisconsin, April 2013 photo by Jane LaFazio
Can you see the  icicles too? We saw lots of birds, but I doubt any were living here.
wisconsin workshop
Wisconsin, April 2013 photo by Jane LaFazio
wisconsin workshop
monoprint quilt ~ in process ~ by Jane LaFazio
I also taught the women monoprinting with geli plates and free spirited free motion quilting. I'll finish my demo piece and show you later.
wisconsin workshop
Wisconsin, April 2013 photo by Jane LaFazio



Thursday, April 11, 2013

Spring in San Diego

teaching in encinitas, ca

teaching in encinitas, ca
I taught, this past weekend, at California Center for Creative Renewal in Encinitas, CA. I had nearly 20 wonderful students, many of them current or previous students, so that makes me happy! It started out a big foggy, but soon the sun came out. 
teaching in encinitas, ca
Ellen, the owner, always provides a yummy and beautiful breakfast for us.
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As you can see, there were flowers everywhere!
teaching in encinitas, cateaching in encinitas, cateaching in encinitas, ca
I teach at this fabulous location again on October 19, so save the date!  please sign up for my email newsletter to be notified when registration opens. 
teaching in encinitas, ca
I didn't have time to finish any of the sketches I started that day, hey, I was teaching! but I do have a tutorial on how to draw and paint a protea here.
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