Ondarte Residency, 2011, Akumal, Mexico

Ondarte International Artists Residency is a great program.

http://www.ondarteresidency.com/

On arrival, I was happy to find a beautiful facility, in the jungle, near a lagoon.

 

I spread out the tools, and did a few pieces right away, to get into the groove, and express a little.

 

 

Ondarte has a push-button espresso maker from “Intenso”.  This piece was a small tribute.

Then on a walk to the lagoon on day seven, I found some interesting sticks in the jungle.  I took

some back to the studio and things got more interesting.

Gathering sticks became a priority, then having friends gather sticks for me.  It was on.

I decided to use multiple sticks in a loose sphere.  I’ve never had much success at working small.

 

 

 

The work became seriously gratifying, and it was cold m and m’s and hot coffee for me.