I always enjoy talking with Lettie. She laughs easily and is generous with her smile. Our recent conversations have been about my work. She asks about my exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art. She seems interested in seeing it. … Continue reading
Note for today:Marco, by the time you read this, know it’s been in the planning for a good while. You have a thoughtful sister. Now that I think of it, you have lots of thoughtful sisters.Here is to your continued … Continue reading
Home editor at LUXE INTERIORS + DESIGN, Shannon Sharpe from Chicago, contacted me at the beginning of this last year. Interested in reviewing my work for potential publication, Sharpe explained they featured a local artist in the magazine, including a … Continue reading
It’s October, when I open this email from Ms. Porter: I am the art director for the Hastings Center Report, the leading academic journal in the field of bioethics. Our journal uses fine artwork to illustrate important articles about ethics … Continue reading
It’s early December when I receive this email from Julie:By any chance do you have any small works of just the brain? My sister is looking for a present for her son (my nephew) who is a neuro surgeon and … Continue reading
A few years back, curious about mula bandha, I asked Tara, a neighbor, to tell me about the area I understood as an important root lock. In my many years of Yoga practice, I’d studied the 3 bandhas: jalandhara bandha … Continue reading
I’ve known Haley, Art Specialist with the Phoenix Airport Museum, a few years now. She’s visited my studio as well as picked up and dropped off work. She’s also facilitated a couple of tours through airport exhibition spaces, which included … Continue reading
Portrait of Täis It’s January when Alex contacts me: I was wondering if you’d be interested and if you have the time to talk about a small painting for Taïs? Her birthday is coming up in March. I want to … Continue reading
Late last week I receive a few emails from Jack who is in Phoenix, from Sacramento, for a business trip. I came through the airport and fell in love with your art and especially “Wandering Nerve…” I want it to live … Continue reading
I receive a card a few weeks ago from Margaret: Thank you for my new milagro. I plan on sharing it with my sisters Elizabeth and Kathryn. It will travel between my home in West Virginia and their homes in … Continue reading
I don’t remember exactly (maybe 10 plus years ago?) when I showed the painting below at Estrella Mountain Community College. But I remember Cheryl. Cheryl, who was a nursing student at the time, contacted me to ask about the painting. … Continue reading
Early October I receive an email from Julie Sasse, Chief Curator of Modern, Contemporary and Latin American Art for the Tucson Museum of Art. I hope you will remember me from your participation in some of our Arizona Biennials. A … Continue reading
I title the post No Woman is an Island because it is about that. But I also want to call it The Inner Ear Canal – and a Milagro for Barbara. Interested in a small inner ear study, Wendy explains, My … Continue reading
August 2016 Joe: I took a photo of your work last year at the Sky Harbor exhibit. May I ask your permission to use the artwork for my class on evolution and medicine at the University of New Mexico and on … Continue reading
I know you said your studio is empty but I’m wondering how exact that is 🙂 I’d love to buy a piece of yours as an anniversary gift for Ray. Yes, the walls really are empty. All the humans are … Continue reading
Monica Aissa Martinez 