Well summer has taken it's time getting to Chicago but it is finally here! The cool rainy weather has kept me indoors and in the studio creating work. I am happy that many of these new pieces have been included in area exhibitions. Staci Boris, Chief Curator for the Elmhurst Art Museum juried two of my sculptures, Vertical Lines and Considering Mies , into the Summer Show at Water Street Studios in Batavia. I am thrilled to learn that I was chosen as an Honorable Mention artist in this show. The show was beautifully curated. I was particularly pleased to see Vertical Lines hung out in the open. Given the small size of my studio this piece was never afforded the space that gives it it's sense of floating. The Water Street Studios Gallery Summer Show runs July 12-Aug 24, 2013 http://www.waterstreetstudios.com/ Vertical Lines The name of this sculpture, Vertical Lines , was influenced by the ...