The once-a-year mentioning of my annual calendar is upon us, or you, as the case may be. This year’s theme is

Tied to the Moon (a spectrum of experiences in women’s lives.)

I have been working on this series for most of 2018, generating montages that all contain a semblance of a moon, some materials like rope that bind different elements and a representation of women at different life stages. The sisters, mothers, young and old, the ones that mourn, the ones that love and long, the rivals, the curious and the skeptical ones, they are all there, 32 of them, appropriated in one or another form from paintings across centuries to acknowledge the similarities of women’s fates across time and place.

Price is the same $25 as the least few years, part of the proceeds go to Mercy Corps for refugee work; calendar shows one selected image per month, and I ship or bring over. Shoot me an email if you are interested.

Here are some sample montages: feedback much appreciated even if you are not interested in the calendar, given how everything works electronically these days or walls have shrunk with downsizing….

And here is the aria Casta Diva sung to the moon goddess (from Bellini’s opera Norma staged in Roman times) wishing for her to scatter peace across the earth.