Last night we artists were invited to dinner at the property of Steve and Ruth Rieman. They have lived there for 32 years, first in the smaller house which is now a studio where our artist JoJo is living. Later they built a beautiful larger house, surrounded by sculpture by Steve. He does amazing outdoor work for both public and private settings. Check out his gallery of artwork here.
Here JoJo shows Lola and Wendy the studio's view of Pipes Wash, miles and miles of desert scrub that sometimes courses with storm water.
Above, JoJo's drawings for her outdoor installation of rock paintings, and the studio interior (below).
A short walk from the main house to the studio is a gallery of Steve's sculptures. Most of them are kinetic, moving with the continuous desert breezes.
I got home last night under a full moon surrounded by a curtain of clouds.
Betty,
ReplyDeleteI am loving your blog of Joshua Tree. I visited there once, years ago. It's inspiring to see artists at work. Hopefully some of the inspiration will rub off on me too.
I found your website and blog just by happenstance. I was browsing through some of the Art Trusts various art exhibitions and found the winners of the art residency in JT and that one was from Seattle. I am too.
Keep up the inspiring work.
Debbie
Debbie, thanks!
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