Unbound Art

Spirit Boost This piece made its debut at the Grass Roots Festival last weekend in Trumansburg. It is another collaboration between Fernando and Mark Oros, using both Cayuga Lake Stone, and semi-precious stones, Chrysoprase (small green stones), Ocean Jasper (red slabs), Amethyst, Sage Chalcedony Dendrite (body) and Pyrite Sun Crystal (balloon). This piece is meant as a spirit boost to all those who have felt fear, anger and an inescapable measure of responsibility for the recent desecration of the Gulf of Mexico. May we have the courage to see that, in the end, it is only the individual who is capable of bringing about relevant change.

Ithaca artist, Lynne Taetzsch, has a blog in which she features an abstract artist each Friday. Kim is this week's featured artist on the Abstract -Art-blog . Check out Lynne's website, Abstract Art by Lynne Taetzsch . Thanks Lynne!

Fight or Flight Kim Schrag, Oil on plaster relief Tomorrow we are taking work to the Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery in Canandaigua, NY. This is a new gallery for us. Fernando will show Stone Poems there and Kim, paintings. We will both be in shows in the fall, but they will have some of our work there now, so if you get to Canandaigua, look up this new spot. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery

Earth Landing Fernando is showing at Brookton's Market, in Brooktondale, NY, until August 7. We had breakfast there after we hung the show, scrambled eggs on a bagel and blueberry strudel. Delicious! If you need to relax, go to Brookton's Market, it is both a reminder of a slower time in life and a preview of a healthier lifestyle. Brookton's Market

Interaction/Resistance Kim is showing oil paintings on folded and constructed paper at Fine Line Bistro, in Ithaca, from July 15-August 10. Fine Line has a beautiful brick wall and warm red accents, that pick up the hot colors in these paintings. I hope you get a chance to see this show and enjoy the food! Fine Line Bistro Here is a link to the show Looking to See ( you'll notice that I changed the title) that is on our website. It talks more about the ideas behind the paintings, and gives you a good preview of the show. unboundart

Fernando just sold, Her Heart Is In the Right Place, to a client who already had one of his leaping stone figures. This piece was in the Fine Line Bistro show that we just took down. A big thank-you to all of you who support our work. We can't survive as a small, local business without you.

The Book of Earth and Sky Cayuga Lake stone, British Columbia Ocean Stone, Tiger's Eye Quartz, metal, canvas, cherry frame Fernando and Mark Oros are working on a collaboration together, using semi-precious stone. Mark Oros, who also lives in Trumansburg , has been collecting agate, jasper and assorted fossils over his lifetime. Mark and his daughter started making jewelry from semi-precious stones using diamond saws and arbors. Over the past year, he has used his lapidary craft to make larger pieces that become elements for c raftsmen and artists. He primarily works with agate and jasper and collects his raw materials from several sources worldwide, including Madagascar, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay and the western re gions of the USA. Hand-bound journal with Ocean Jaspar Madagascar The first pieces are posted here. Stay tuned for more work to come.