The residency program in Iceland with Light Grey Art Lab was for me a week of inspiration, peace, meditation and reopening my senses to the energy of nature. I didn’t know what to expect but I returned home transformed in so many positive ways. I arrived in Iceland after a period in my life when I had very little opportunity and time for my art and I was struggling to find my way back to my own creativity and passion.
This cake is an Icelandic dessert called Hvít súkkulađiskyrterta, a recipe by Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir, whose book I found in a nice café and book shop where we had a wonderful hot chocolate with my fellow artists. I remember taking this book into my hand and put it back to the shelf, then take it again. When I saw the photo of this cake I could sense that kind of excitement and enthusiasm that always precedes a creation or testing of a new recipe. Finally Ellen my dear photographer friend convinced me to buy this book so I could virtually take the taste of Iceland with me back home. Baking this cake in Hungary and put together little memories from our trip brought me back to this wonderful one week and I am grateful to live those moments of peace and finding my way back to the source of my creative energies.
2018 is drawing to an end and so am I. Finishing up a set of runes featuring stones and plants for the new year. Ansuz: Message, advice, inner voice, information. Reeds and andalusite (chosen for its strong pleochroism; showing different colours from various angles)
The highlight of Fan Expo Dallas for me this year was being able to give Mark Hamill a print of one of my latest pieces & having him sign another. Now I need my Harley.
Spitfire Alice A Gra 
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