PROJECTS
I actually have a fear of heights, but I love working on scaffolding. And on this particular Fall day with the clear skies and the sunshine, it was a joy to be outside working on the decorative details on The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, a Buddist monument to human kindness in northern Colorado.
Yep, it's dry! This silly photo was taken while working on The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya (a Buddist monument in northern Colorado) just prior to the Dalai Lama's arrival and consecration of the structure in 2006.
This was a very meaningful collaboration between my mother, who served as Church Historian, and me/Ralph. Came out nice!
The linework for this dragon was laid down by my French friend, Benjamin, and in 2020 during Covid lockdown, I filled it all in with acrylic paints. The dragon design is meant to symbolize power & love.
I painted this bedroom mural for my Swiss friend, Pia, who wanted it done as a surprise gift to her young girls. Apparently, the girls started screaming with joy when they first saw it. Mission accomplished!
My ruby slippers! Just click your heals 3x and say, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home." It took me hours and hours to brand these shoes (using a wood-burning tool), but I love the way they came out!
Somehow, I whipped this floor out in no-time flat! I started with the green paint and then layered the other colors on top. By the end, I was just throwing paint around.
This one's a blur, but I know I did the faux-finished walls and the checkerboard floor. Fun show!
Great opening number, and the brick background, painted by Inner Space host, Ralph Williams, would separate in the middle at the black downspout and roll off-stage to reveal a flower shop set for the next scene. Clever!
I barely remember working on this production, but I do recall liking the way my painting work on the cityscape came out. Looks even better close up!
MEOW! The stoney steps and sparkly moon were painted by Inner Space host, Ralph Williams.
If I had this one to do over, I'd do the sun and stars differently. But who cares, it was a campy show, and the actors love it!
When I painted this one, I thought I got the wood siding a little too "flamingo pink"—but when I look at it now, I think it looks great!
Good deco-style doors, and I love the blue brick. Who painted that? Oh wait, it was me!
Where is Julie Andrews? We're waiting Julie...
Stage scene for "The Sound of Music" with actors in formal attire dancing a choreographed waltz in front of a ballroom backdrop that feature a big picture window with white trim and blue billowy curtains.
This was the formal home of HOPESTONE. The photo was taken around Christmas in 2012 when my sister, Jennifer (founder) and I were putting the place together. Jen's daughter, Gabby, created that dress for a high school project. Wow!
A core group of us squatted in this building shortly after it was purchased and started renovating it. Hard work and crazy fun!
Here I am taking down the lunch order with Tibetan sculptor, Lama Thubten before we move on to solving the great mysteries of the universe.
IT'S TEA TIME with the Dalai Lama's sister at the ROKPA HQ in Zürich. (pictured L to R: Founder/Director, Lea Wyler; Dalai Lama's sister; Inner Space host & ROKPA volunter, Ralph Williams; Administration Head, Gabby Link).
Notice the coffee mug in my hand and the dark circles under my eyes? Yeah, I stayed up most of the night working on this display panel for the now defunct, Shambala Retreat Center in northern Scotland. They wanted to build a stupa (a Buddhist monument), but like so many things, it was a big well-intentioned dream that never came to be.
