The Parrot

Well, this isn't the best picture I've ever taken, but on the left is my parrot mosaic at the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion. It's the Goleta Valley Art Association's April show. It won a Juror's Choice award. Such a surprise! I wasn't exactly thrilled with the parrot, but since it was the only mosaic I had available to enter, I submitted it. On the right is the picture I used to create the mosaic. And, of course, the ubiquitous sun is in the mosaic!

Now that I recognize that I put a sun and a cat in all my mosaics, I'll make a concerted effort to branch out. Maybe a dog!

Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center

Here is the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center located on the beach in Santa Barbara. And below is my Tree Frog which won third place. It's called "Tree Frog Plays Chameleon" only because I wasn't very happy that the frog didn't stand out more against the background. Which just shows that everyone has their own opinion about an art piece. Fortunately, the judge for this show, Sue Slater, thought this was worthy of third place.