DECEMBER OPEN STUDIO

 OPEN STUDIO / OPEN HOUSE

MARY ELLEN LONG

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                           Saturday, December 7, 10-5     

                                    Sunday, December 8, 1-5

                                    UNIQUE GIFT IDEAS

SMALL ART OBJECTS, COLLAGE, DRAWINGS, PRINTS, BOOK ART, SCULPTURE

REFRESHMENTS

259-4363 FOR MORE INFORMATION

209 EL DIENTE DRIVE, DURANGO (EDGEMONT)

 Tidal - altered photograph

 Birds Nest - sculpture of egg, root, wasp nest

 Bone, Bark, Paper - assemblage

Bookend - sculpture of natural materials

FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE PACIFIC RIM

THE SHORE

During the fall season, time was spent in Southern California and Maui.  Here are some of my favorite shots.

 Shore birds, South Del Mar, CA beach

 low tide at Del Mar

 Sea grasses and kelp

 Storm approach at Del Mar

 Kihea Beach, Maui

 Black sand beach near Hana, Maui

 Tidal at Koko beach, Hana,Maui
                         
 Offering papers on tidal pool,  Hamoa Beach, Maui

RECENT PLACEMENT OF WORK

The following books were placed in the collections of the Athenaeum in La Jolla and the Special Collections, Geisel Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla

 Cloud, Root, Paper (two in the series)

 Winter Pressing 2012                                                                                The Walk The Wild The Way

This past September my traveling Roots exhibit opened at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library in La Jolla, California.  During my visit I also presented a collage trunk show at the Athenaeum and had a table at the San Diego Book Arts Fundraiser at UCSD, displaying boxes of collage and a selection of my artists' books.