Hi artists friends, 

I am working on Dark Skies, finally after many other deadlines, and loving on my art students that are finally coming back and saying it's time to create!

 I have a fondness for dark sky cities and less light pollution. In my former life as an architect and living in big cities 20 to 30 years ago I was constantly trying to figure out how to light a parking lot for safety without polluting the skies. Here in AZ we have a quarter of the dark sky cities certified in the total around the world. So....my art will reflect a fourth and will have what looks like an ocotillo with hands reaching to the skies. People come from all over the world to experience a dark sky, to reach out and touch, to identify the stars in the galaxy, and to wonder at its amazement.

hand sewn through from back

 

hands on the back

four segments to represent fourth