fedex crusade, 2003, 20.5"w x 15.5"h, mixed media painting on an opened fedex envelope sent to me. This is one of a series of pieces I did on opened-up FedEx envelopes, sent to me by various people and places. I thought they were beautiful, being a graphic designer by profession (I also created a series on GAP shopping bags), I have great appreciation for excellent branding. These envelopes inspired me and became my canvases... I incorporated here a wine bottle label with sash; kraft paper wrapping from a great art book, Clave Sculpteur that I had purchased; map swatch; graph tissue paper; very old religious calendar; map; crusade sticker; Frida movie ticket stub; polka dot wallpaper swatch... I keep everything, and use them in my work. They are a part of me and they are me... *On exhibit at Sandra Goldie Gallery, Montreal, Canada. *M!WAA @ New Art Center, NYC, 2005.

This was released a few weeks ago and of course, I had to get some. The shipment was held back to wait for some cooler weather during transit. Well, if finally cooled down a bit the last two weeks and my wine showed up Monday afternoon. And I just got an e-mail today (Tuesday) letting me know that the Skywalker Ranch 2006 Chardonnay is now available. Guess I'll be getting a couple of bottles of that too!