Amazing fun at the Tacoma Art Museum!

The Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Tacoma Art Museum was, as usual, a heartfelt and colorful event! Beautiful community altars, dancers and families were all present. The museum really knows how to showcase this wonderful cultural event. It's the next best thing to actually being in Mexico...

An added bonus! Andy Warhol's "Flowers" were on display, as well. WHAT A TREAT! A must-see.

October should last for 3 months...

October is MY month, exquisite, sumptuous in every way. Pumpkin carving with my family is a big event, mixed in with two family birthdays. I carved the pumpkin pictured at top, then the whole "family" of squash we carved (Jen, Thomas, Mitch,  David and I). That's my lovely daughter, during an excursion to Bay View State Park, near Edison, Washington.

In my opinion, October should last for 3 months, not one...if I could choose a month as my "world" to live in, it would be October!

Long live Dia de los Muertos!

MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR...

I took these photos, and 450 more, during my visit in 2007 to Oaxaca, Mexico with Michael DeMeng & Co. for a wonderful 10 days of art-making and artisan tours and mezcal-tasting! Part of me is still there...

Craving sand, salt and sunshine...winter at the coast!

Yes, I feel it coming...walking on cold, crisp sand with the sound of surf and seabirds and the ever-so-gratifying crunch of old crab shells underfoot, beach detritus treasures and wild, far-away fantasies. Numb face. Hot drinks. Long afternoons of gin rummy...

Beaches in the Pacific Northwest winter are not to be beat. Total places of imagination, longing.

Pictured above, scenes from Grayland Beach State Park, Washington. COPYRIGHT 2012 Lisa JonesMoore.

Incredible days with wax and photos!

Wonderful work from fantastic students during the 2-day workshop, Photo Imagery in Wax, at Schack Art Center. They have already requested a "part 2" class! I had an inspiring 2 days of adventurous students and lots of FUN! It never ceases to amaze me how willing students are to try NEW things. I am truly inspired by them...

A fantastic day of wax with beginning students!

A FABULOUS  day of hot wax on August 25 at Schack Art Center! I really enjoyed my beginning encaustic students, willing to forge ahead into unknown territory! I am thoroughly amazed at their willingness to experiment. And, for myself, very thankful I can teach again, following a very challenging knee injury. I am truly blessed...