Please Join Us for – Spectrum Miami, Booth #638; where we will be displaying many new works of art on December 5 – 9, 2018, at Mana Wynwood 2217 NW 5th Avenue @ NW 22nd Street, Miami, FL 33127 Press Release Michelle Vara from Ballard Road Studio is excited to share recent paintings and sculpture at Spectrum […]
Art Journal
Cycles
Welcome to another month passing – I have no idea what this one should bring – I find myself reviewing cycles and all that – is – was – wondering, what can be. This months post is more a sharing my notes because honestly, I have way too many things started – […]
Time is the commodity of life
It seems I thought I would have so much more fleshed out over the last 30 days. My feeling overwhelmed, started with – the thousands of pictures from going cross country to be edited, months and years of project leftovers, and even more – the years of traveling the world which meant being gone from […]
Is there such a thing as: “Too Much Fun?”
Hello, The last 8 weeks have been howling fun, filled with family, sightseeing, and art. I have tons of catch up to do, so come back for the updated pictures and work. I have spent Six weeks driving a class C motorhome traveling thousands of miles across the United States. During which I took a lot of […]
Fire Breather – Saratoga TODAY magazine
Saratoga TODAY magazine: Click for actual ARTICLE By Megin Potter The intersection of Ballard Road and Route 50 in Wilton is a rare place. Here, some drivers actually hope for a red light and a few extra moments to let their eyes linger among the sculptures spread out across the roadside lawn of miChelle Vara’s metalworking […]
June – between blue and yellow
Hello again – what a wonderful month warm enough to swim and play in the dirt – growing a garden, yet cool enough- to sleep like a bear – !. There’s a lot I’ve been working on most a continuation of ideas, and here you will find highlights best suited to share at this point- I […]
Working Fool – April
“Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness.” Greetings: Thanks you for joining this blog as it marks yet another months change, inspirations, travel, ideas – I have so many things to say- grab a mug and sit with me a while…….. as we visit […]
Marching In
Greeting from the month of march- in like a lion, as I write its a buzzard………………… and yesterday we were out in tee shirts, “crazy”! –This month I have been chosen to show with curator Michael Haerteis for the year in: “Hope is Maybe” , traveling Germany: Munich, Jesuit Refugee Home, Munich International Airport and others […]