International Peace Belt

photo by S. Smith Patrick

I had the honor to be selected as an artist with the International Peace Belt Project. This is a hand made chain link belt adorned with precious stones and coins from all over the world that is worn by an artist while they create and artwork. It has been worn by dancers, painters, musicians, and on this day I wore it (as a bandoleer) while raking a prayer mandala on the beach near San Francisco.

The belt is a part of the organization Artists for World Peace, which is a humanitarian group that brings needed services to communities around the world. The belt, charged with the energy of whichever artist it has been with then goes with the team to the areas where the humanitarian programs are being done. Its an amazing organization with a beautiful spirit and goal.

The day I did my artwork was filmed and will be combined with documentation of the other artists involved.

photo by S. Smith Patrick

'Substructures' - Public Demonstration Artwork

I'm pulling this up from the archives...

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It's been a while since I last did a public art-making in San Francisco and wow- what a great day to do it. A huge crowd gathered to watch the process on a gorgeous, sunny afternoon. My buddy Jonathan Clark made a film of the event that is really well done!

[Update: this was the first collaboration between Jonathan and I and since then we've traveled to several countries and made many more videos and tons of amazing photos.]

Playa Painting Performance- 'This Constant Yearning'

The first painting performance and also first collaboration between Rana Stewart and myself was a success! I'm excited by the potential, which is limitless.
My thanks to the crew, who endured some gorgeous days at the beach in preparation :), and to the photographers without whom you'd have to read about it instead of seeing it- in the slideshow .

Cast: Rana Stewart, Kay Ceridwen Bachmann, Marcy Silver, Matthew Cavanna, Daphne Georghiou, and Andres Amador

Performance Director: Rana Stewart

Art Director: Andres Amador

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