Make sure to stop by The Williams Tower this month and check out Kaleidiscope: Approaching Nature. An exhibition featuring works by Penny Cerling, Janice Freeman, Dixie Friend Gay, and Allison Hunter. Exhibition organized by Sally Sprout Fine Art.
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Read MoreThis sculpture serves as a playful welcoming terminus to Mueller’s Lake Park in Austin, Texas. The 16-foot-high, 30-foot-long serpent-like sculpture was inspired by mythological water creatures, using handmade tiles to give the feeling of barnacles and other sea life, adding textual distinction from the smooth, glossy, glass “scales.”
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a great time at The Orange Show with great friends |
An Installation for D-10 Senior Center in San Antonio
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| Head of School Ricki Komiss cuts the ribbon at the dedication ceremony |
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| Dixie Friend Gay's gate features native leaves in corten rusting steel |
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A very interesting show for FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL
at Silver Street Studios
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| so glad to see my friend Clint Wilhour |
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| Another great show at Nicole Longnecker Gallery |
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| a great piece by my friend Meredith Jack |
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| Emily and "Nessy" want to see who is taller |
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| head grouted. |
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| Dixie and Saskia's efforts on the head look amazing! |
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| Emily and Dixie after a long, long day |
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| All the parts are ready to be installed in Mueller Park |
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| a scaly green underbelly |
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| beautiful bands run along the body of the creature |
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| the monster is "stamped" amongst sea life |
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| "NESSY" and DIXIE!!! |
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| Day 4- Dixie tackles the head |
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| middle hump has all it's scales! |
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| sea life gets installed on the neck of the creature |
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| shells and starfish ride a cresting wave on the tail |
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| the tail shows a bit of its green underside |
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| 3 parts of "Nessy" close to completion at the end of DAY 8 |
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| Emily, Mike and Lorna! Family at work |
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| Day 3 Dixie and Mike grapple with the beast's mid-section |
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| "Nessy's" scales glisten with tile from Blackbird Mosaic! |
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| "Nessy"... ever watchful. |
Largest Skate Park in North America!
Got to see all the amazing concrete work for the skate park in Greenspoint, so excited to be doing this project.
Dylan Park for multiple handicap set to open July 20th and the whole skate park will open in the fall!
Our walls! Soon to have mosaic.
Inside the bowl
a 20' pipe!
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| prepping for glass, with a great view of downtown |
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| through the looking glass |
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| dancing the night away! |
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| The lovely El Matha adding a final touch to grilled shrimp and micro greens |
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| Pulled pork tostadas |
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| What a feast! |
