2010, WOW! What a year it was! I really love being an artist. The challenges and rewards makes for a lot of excitement and sometimes even stress. But I would not switch to doing something else, even for one moment.

The events that drew my attention were as diverse as the outcomes from the events themselves. I met so many wonderful new people. Artist, art lovers, media folks, and new friends.

We are contemplating delving more into public art projects. The look and feel of many of my pieces tranfer nicely to other types of applications as sculptures, mosaics, carvings, etc.

This led me to look more deeply into the role public art plays in our communities. A contribution to eHow.com by Kevin Irons, describes public art as bring enrichment to communities by evoking meaning and purpose in the public settings. Although monuments and statues are the most familiar forms, mosaics, terrazzo, glass, fiber metal, and other materials depicting two dimensional artistic works are becoming more and more popular, especially in urban settings.

Public art also offers community and physical benefits shining a light onto a particular event rooted deep within the community and providing a catalyst for diverse social interactions. Through the ages, public art has always been the most important sign of maturation and identity of a community, society, or culture.

(Read more about public art at eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_6105814_purpose-_amp_-value-public-art.html#ixzz1CT4tOJh0).

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold,
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

by Robert Frost