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Between Two Worlds

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Between Two Worlds

This piece is about contrasts: old and new, peace and conflict, blended cultures, freedom and confinement. It reminds us of the wide variety of what the world has to offer, the need to stay on target, and also to have fun and to spend our time wisely.

This is another of the three mixed-media pieces I have in the new show currently being displayed in the Cultural Center in the Ajijic Plaza. (The same place where I just displayed in the Artful Codger show.) Out with the old, in with the new.

It joins lots of interesting work on the first floor.  Upstairs on the second floor is a showing of Jesus Lopez Vega’s work. You’ve seen lots of his work adorning both the inside and outside of my house and don’t tell anyone, but yes…I did buy another of his paintings. It’s small. I’ll squeeze it in somewhere.

This is the third show I’ve set up in three weeks. After this I will be taking a rest…perhaps going into retirement re/ exhibiting, at least for a few months. 

Collective Show at the Ajijic Cultural Center

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I will be showing three mixed-media pieces in this Collective show in the Cultural Center in Ajijic Plaza. Information on the opening reception is above. Below is one of the pieces I’ll be showing.

Portraits of an Exhibition

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Candid shots taken during a presentation given by Deborah Kruger during her exhibition at the Old Train Station Gallery in Chapala, Mexico.

Dance of the Snake Woman (Art Challenge # 1)

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Dance of the Snake Woman

I’ve been nominated by Linda Levy to post a piece of my art each day for ten days. This first selection is one of the pieces in my present show that has been marked SOLD. Unfortunately, I had a terrible time getting a photo of it as it was in a frame with glass over the front and most of the photos had reflected images of other pieces hanging on the wall across from it. In this photo, I managed to get a shot with nothing except myself reflected in the glass. Just for the fun of it, I left my hands. An explanation of the piece is below. With the frame, I believe it was approximately 20 ” square.

Dance of the Snake Woman

In many cultures, the snake functions as a messenger between man and the gods or the conscious and unconscious minds. Number seven is the number of connection as well as the end result of adding numbers 3 and 4, two other numbers of special significance to me. The music box plays “A Little Night Music”—a serenade of sorts.

This piece is about connection to the world as well as one’s own nature. Movement and grounding are of equal importance, as is maintaining a keen eye, creative inspiration and practice, be it in the word of art, dance, music, photography, writing or human interaction. Each of these symbols of the universal truths of the world has a personal significance in my life, as well. My own image was captured in the glass of this piece as I took the picture. It turned out to be appropriate, I think.

The central image is the figure of a woman carved from wood by my husband Bob. It was part of a totem-like carving that had four figures, each standing supported by or supporting another one it a vertical column. In the move to Mexico, it broke into four pieces and although I originally intended to repair it, I later decided to make a collaborative piece out of each figure. Since my husband died shortly before our projected move to Mexico, it has been our last collaboration after 14 years of doing collaborative work together.

The snake extensions and all of the other collage elements were added by me.


Here is a view of the entire piece, reflections and all.