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Original Cut Paper Art 14 x 17″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

You get what you give. Be it love, receive love. Be it hate, receive hate. Be it confusion…

Original Cut Paper Art 17 x 14″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

One of my new friends I met in Cali asked if I could design some ink for him. Assignment: tree, roots important, likes willows.

Original Cut Paper Art 14 x 17″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

Don’t ask. I don’t know.

Original Cut Paper Art 14 x 17″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

While I was enjoying the deep-fried polenta with creamy gorgonzola sauce from Cafe Citti (Kenwood, CA), my new friend Star was buzzing around taking photos of the birds in Healdsburg. I was just doing my thing, cutting, and she kept bringing back her camera, showing me all the cool birds within blocks of the Tasting Lounge. Thanks for all the birds, Star. Here are some of them back.

Original Cut Paper Art 14 x 17″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

At the time, I did not know I was tapping into The Fountainhead, thought I was just feeling the moment, making a strong face. But now that I’m about 40 pages from finishing the book again, I realize it can be no one else.

Original Cut Paper Art 17 x 14″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

I’ll admit I was heavily influenced by my surroundings while creating this piece. My good friends behind the bar in the Tasting Lounge @ Thumbprint Cellars very skillfully kept my wineglass up-to-date on what was the toast of the moment. I was inspired :)

Original Cut Paper 14x 17″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

A hint of Gucci, some Teutonic overtones, with a dash of stinging memories of being in control…

Original Cut Paper Art 17 x 14″
Cut live for an audience at the Wine and Food Affair Nov. 3-4 in Healdsburg, CA.

Fortune smiles at those who smile back.