Meet the Mosaics

36 inch diameter round. Ceramic tile and mixed glass media on Wonderboard.

My largest piece, serving as my coffee table top in my family room. It grew out of an image I had of myself as a tree, in all its seasons and stages of life from creation, conception and fruition through all the other life phases, all at once, spinning like a star in the Universe.

12 inches square. Ceramic tile, porcelain china, and mixed glass media on plywood.

We may choose to be a chipped plate, or we may allow ourselves to be completely reborn, in much the way a phoenix bursts into flame and arises anew from the ashes. Even though we may not even remotely resemble what we were before, as a chipped plate might more resemble the original unbroken plate, the new star that arises out of the ashes is more true to our real selves.