August 23, 2026
After ten years of paying a foundry to cast my bronze sculptures, I am ready to bring the process home. My new desk-sized dolphin sculpture will test my design ideas as a working maquette while offering clients an affordable keepsake in Resin or plaster. Crafting a complex, two-part mold for a curved animal without modern digital tools requires pure hands-on problem-solving and traditional craftsmanship. Read More →
Creating a Mold & Sculpture
Bronze Sculpture Restoration:
Presented at Leucadia Art Gallery
August 29, 2025
On August 17th, I drove to Los Angeles to have my sculpture, The Fever, professionally patinated. This piece, made up of five dynamic rays, has always been a powerful representation of movement and energy. Over time, as is typical with bronze artwork, it had developed a natural patina, a thin layer of oxidation that changes its surface… Read More →
Pacific View Art Center
August 29, 2024
I’m teaching at Pacific View Art Center. I am an art instructor at Pacific View Art Center in Encinitas, California. I specialize in teaching drawing techniques, sculpture with armature, color theory, and oil painting. I will offer life drawing classes in February 2025 and open sessions without instruction at the new Pacific View Arts Center… Read More →
Creating a Simple Armature
March 1, 2024
“I will demonstrate how to create an armature for a stuffed toy puppy using basic techniques. As it’s a toy, it doesn’t need to be anatomically perfect. We start by completing a simple armature, then add paper and secure it with tape. After that, we apply clay for more detail and use additional wire for… Read More →
Swimming at Moonlight
Beach is my Office
January 30, 2024
Swimming at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas is more than just a pastime, it’s the heart of my artistic process. It’s my office, studio, and laboratory all in one. While some people wear lab coats and study in research facilities, I wear a swimsuit and study the Pacific. Each swim immerses me in the ocean’s changing colors, deep… Read More →
It’s Been a Minute…
October 23, 2023
Garibaldi Baby with blue spots Garibaldi Mom My Marine Life sculpture collection has grown; Mom and the kids were born at the Big New Foundry in Los Angeles, https://www.thebignew.co/, and Master Patina Erin did a perfect job blending the golds, greens, blues, and the reef of Burnt Sienna and gold for the base. Excellent… Read More →
January 26, 2023
Dreaming someday of creating my public art piece would take the experience I didn’t know would happen right in my backyard. Math instructor from our high school, San Dieguito High School in Encinitas. Class of I received a call from Manuletia Brown, my friend and sculptor artist of twenty-three years. She asked me if I… Read More →
Live Well San Diego Sculpture
Scripp’s Pier Painting
July 14, 2021
Embarking on creating the Scripps Pier painting was a deeply personal and transformative artistic odyssey. The journey was punctuated by countless moments of inspiration drawn from meticulous observations and fueled by collaborative ingenuity. My partnership with a skilled photographer and unwavering support from my husband played pivotal roles in this creative exploration. Scripps Pier Painting… Read More →
Surviving Cancer & Art Prize 10
September 9, 2018
Browsing through my blog posts, people must grasp who I am, I survive through my art. Almost a year ago, in 2017, on September 8th, I received a diagnosis of Stage ONE Lung Cancer, ADENOCARCINOMA. This silent tumor manifested itself with only a slight cough as a symptom. I am stepping into a new year and embarking… Read More →
Learning The Process
June 15, 2017
“How Bronze Sculptures are Cast” I have been asked many times the process in creating bronze. The first sentence I ask is, “How much time do you have?” Sharing the process of creating a bronze sculpture takes more than five minutes, its lengthy and very fulfilling. I found this site in Oregon that is very… Read More →
The Fever Exhibition
April 19, 2017
In this blog post, you will find out about the exhibition featuring Judy Salinsky’s ocean-inspired sculpture of a fever of stingrays. Some of the largest rays such as manta rays and cow nose rays never stop swimming and migrate in their thousands to feeding grounds each year. These large groups can reach up to 10,000 individuals and… Read More →
Multiple Stingrays
August 23, 2016
Multiple Stingrays, by definition, are called Fever, which I am creating in this blog. Creating multiple rays within a single sculpture is a meticulous and labor-intensive process that demands careful planning and the collaborative efforts of many skilled individuals. While the inception of an idea is merely the starting point, bringing that idea to fruition… Read More →
Learning to Create Multiples
for a Large Sculpture
July 14, 2016
The process continues: Making the wax mold, spurring the wax form for the bronze to flow into the ceramic shell, then the molten bronze. After the bronze cools down from 2200 degrees, the time-consuming task of “Chasing” is cleaning up the ceramic, gridding off the shell, sandblasting, grinding, and polishing… Read More →
Materials & Technique in Clay
December 20, 2014
Materials & Technique in Clay I wanted to share the materials and techniques for creating the clay rays. The hours dedicated to refining the texture of the clay have proven to be a worthy investment. At first glance, one might not discern the meticulous effort poured into every inch of the sculpture, particularly in the… Read More →
Think about Crowdfunding for a Public Piece
September 6, 2014
Think about crowdfunding for a public art piece. First thought: create three small rays; their setting will be two swimming alongside each other and the third peeking through the sandy ocean bottom. (My wonderful husband’s idea) What about creating a large version to educate people about the beauty, yet be aware of them; “Do the… Read More →
Creating a Mermaid Facemask
May 24, 2013
Mermaid In this video you will learn: Mermaid nostrils sculpture project, Alginate Facemask, Plaster process, hands-on crafting and creating with warmth. Ceramic shell through sand dipping in the “Slurry” room, and Finishing touch with sculptnouveau.com patina Making the Mermaid nostrils was the fourth project in sculpture class; I am hooked. It’s all about creating with… Read More →
Forest & Ocean Art Gallery
May 8, 2013
Gallery update Nestled in the heart of Laguna Beach, California, you’ll discover Forest & Ocean at 430 Ocean Ave. This artistic haven sits conveniently across the street from the Police station and is a stone’s throw away from the renowned Pageant of the Masters and Sawdust Festival. Within the gallery’s walls, an exquisite collection unfolds… Read More →
Happy Birthday to ME!
November 14, 2010
This is a very special Birthday… I have received the gift of enjoying being me. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it, but it took me 56 years. After our journey on the Queen Mary II, the transatlantic ship sailing across the sea, we sailed into South Hampton, England. We visited many museums in London and… Read More →
