Rosie Huart

Believed to be the baptistery at St. John Basilica

Remains of what was considered a library

Ancient Mosaics inside Basilica

Greek Symbol of IXOYE meaning "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior." 

You can make out the letters I X O Y E.

Some of the ruins

Ruins of St. John Basilica

Ruins

Ruins

Column Remains

Ruins at Basilica Entrance

Tomb of St. John in Ephesus

A Turkey Welcome

Reads "The House of Mary"  It is believed that Mary lived the latter days of her life

in this Muslim Shrine.

There were several olive trees surrounding Mary's house.

And Monica, my daughter, entering Mary's house.

Viewing Doges Palace from the top deck lounge of Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship.

Viewing Venice while Leaving Port

View Leaving Venice

Draw bridge entrance to the inside town of Dubrovnik

Little alley cafe

St. Francis of Assisi Church

Interesting Entrance

I bought a couple of his CD's....a very pleasant and personable young man.

I'd like to be sitting on this little porch right now.

Where Stacey, Trish, Monica and I enjoyed lunch.

I love texture.

Trish taking a photo.

IHS is the Christogram for the Greek spelling of Jesus.

Hanging Dolls from a Window

Last Glimpse Leaving Dubrovnik

Daughter Monica and Me

Monday Morning Wash

Drinking coffee and watching morning sunrise from ship

                                  A sweet garden behind our hotel in Venice.

                            A wall in the garden that inspires me to do an abstract painting.

                                        Any garden that has bamboo is a good garden.

                              Ground covering in the garden area.  Inspiration for a 

                               mandala painting possibly.      

                                         A quiet Sunday morning close to our hotel.

   This door passage was in the garden area also.  I'm intrigue with doors both open and closed.

                                                       Me standing in front of our hotel.

Book of Grace

All participants on the retreat received a blank book. 

They each redesigned the cover and created

text and images pertaining to grace for their pages.

Sacred Path

book page

Definition of Grace

book page

Hour of Vespers

book page

book/page

Waterfalls and lily pond

Artists Karen Benedetti and Rosie Huart delivered art work today for an upcoming art exhibit at Gallery St. John at Mount St. John/Bergamo in Dayton, Ohio, titled Gallery Artists & Friends.

The grounds at Bergamo were very inviting as Karen and Rosie veered off the gallery path and found a secluded grotto made of imported stone from France.  The whisperings of nature, with its trickling of waterfalls, a lily pond, and the singing of cardinals stilled their minds for a few moments as they sat and enveloped the calm and serenity...maybe gathering inspiration for their next paintings.

The exhibition is a group show with paintings, pottery, mosaics, prints, reliefs, photography and collages and will be open Wednesdays through Sundays beginning Septemer 16, 2009, to October 11, 2009, from 12-4 PM.  An artists' reception is Sunday, October 11, 2009, from 1-4 PM.  It is free and open to the public. 

Along the path

And Mary...

A beautiful sky...

Earthy rocks...

Summer flowers

Miss Karen

In the week long workshop at the 2009 Calligraphy Conference one of the exercises was to section a sheet of black Arches text wove into 6 different grids.  The paper was then enhanced with different marks by utilizing a variety of writing instruments.  It was made into a decorative box to hold our Book of Days.

A participant's sheet of Arches black text wove paper with grid is marked for Box of Days.

For the past week, I have been enjoying the company of other calligraphers during the 2009 International Calligraphy Conference.

An excerpt from the St. John's Bible, which is being handwritten by Donald Jackson

A one day workshop in May on the beautiful grounds of TransfigurationCenter for Spiritual Renewal, Ludlow Falls, Ohio, was the gathering of artists, therapists and college minister.  The morning was spent doing stream of consciousness writing about a significant event in life and then followed with an exercise, whereby words were pulled from the story to create poetry. Painted watercolor paper was used to receive the creative words. Later in the morning time was spent doing meditation/drawing as an exercise in mindfulness.  After lunch we gathered to create a collage of our higher creative self with special materials.  We gathered in a circle to talk about the grace of the day.  Participants left feeling inspired, fulfilled and connected.

Creative writing exercise which later resulted into a poem on the artist's own watercolored handmade paper.

Rounded and squared sculpture on the property.  Which one do you prefer?

A beautiful lily pad pond on the premises.

Students doing their meditation/drawing exercise....with smiles.

Several artists from Ohio and Michigan gathered in Roseville, Michigan, for a weeklong workshop in May lead by renowned Louisville calligrapher and artist, Steven Skaggs.  Several exercises in the class connected the spirituality and art of each artist.

This is the background preparation ready for Jeannette Green's next step.

Millie Jarka's piece exhibits ways to manipulate pen strokes.

Renee Jarmolowicz's exercise in emotional contrast.

Rosie Huart's demonstration of emotional contrast.