eco art
Deep Roots–Artistic Expressions of Earth Month
Join me and a collection of very talented artists for Deep Roots–Artistic Expressions of Earth Month this Friday from 6-9 PM at the historic Pico House on Olvera Street in downtown LA. This is not a tree will stand in a forest of artistic imagination. I can’t wait to lose myself in it.
Monsanto Gardens at FEM SLAM in Newhall, CA this Thursday
Monsanto Gardens is going to FEM SLAM in Newhall, CA this Thursday. Here are the details: What: FEM SLAM the kickoff event for 2nd Thursday Events in Newall Where: 24263 Main Street, Old Town Newhall, CA 91321 When: Thursday, March 6, 7-10PM Parking: Market Street and 6th Street Thursdays at Newhall is back for 2014. […]
Join the Great March for Climate Action this Saturday!
With me, Pierre the papier-mâché polar bear. Thanks to Jessica Aldridge, the executive director of the Burbank Green Alliance, I have been adopted as the mascot for the Great March for Climate Action starting in LA. See me on stage at the rally and follow me on the 17 mile trek Saturday, March 1. I am […]
Nude Swim
Nude Swim launched my career in papier-mâché. Freed from the demands of a difficult work-a-day job, I felt light as a feather and compelled to create. What emerged was a series of voluptuous nudes swimming through my “underwater” cactus garden. The title refers to a now-defunct practice called Nude Swim, which happened to be on […]
Laughing Pig Flowers Bring Joy to the World
Welcome to Monsanto Gardens At long last, the Laughing Pig Flowers have arrived! Together with Pignome and Bumble Pig, they represent an uber-race of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) developed by Monsanto Gardens with the express purpose of bringing joy to the world. Like all Monsanto products, Laughing Pig Flowers are RoundUp Ready. Just pour RoundUp […]
RoundUp-Ready or Not, Here we come!
From the people who brought you such products as Agent Orange and DDT, comes RoundUp, another perfectly safe chemical substance that spreads joy to the world. As a matter of fact, you can buy RoundUp at any Home Depot or hardware store, but the handy RoundUp Watering Can* is available only here. Simply fill and […]
A Very Merry Pignome Christmas
Merry Christmas to you from the one and only Pignome (Porcinagnoma gardensis) *. I’m filling in for Sarah who is on vacation. Let me introduce myself, standing 2 and 1/2 feet tall from tussock to the tip of my pointy red hat, I am worshipped as a god by my smaller unmodified brethren. While I could […]
Season’s Greetings from the Usual Suspects
Make sure you don’t end up gnomeless this holiday season. Act now, and you have your choice of “Gnome Alone” and “Gnome Alaska” ornaments. Each “Gnome Alone” ornament stands 3-4″ tall from his tiny boots to the tip of his pointy red hat and hangs from a jute string (not shown). No two gnomes are […]
21st Annual Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour
I’m back with Bonnie Lambert and Ruth Kaplan of Rock Paper Paint fame…even better than before at this fabulous location on Sunday, November 24: 5328 Abbott Place, Los Angeles, CA 90042 Between Ave 54 and 53, just North of Figueroa. You can purchase tickets on line here. Hope to see you there!
You can’t spell “blog” without “log”
Saturday at around 7 pm, the doorbell rings. Mark immediately responds with “No. thank you, we’re not interested,” thus fulfilling his husbandly duty of deterring yet another of an onslaught of solicitors who peddle everything from tree work to eternal salvation. Except this time, I recognized the truck out front. And in it was an […]