Why I’m a SAMA Member

    Back in 1999, a man walked into my studio looking for someone to do mosaics for Newport Elementary School in Newport Beach, CA. He’d been wandering around my “artsy” neighborhood asking if anyone knew someone who could do the mosaic work he envisioned for this school, listed on […]

I came to the mosaic industry through ceramic tile contracting and clay artist colleagues. Our business was remodeling kitchens and baths with ceramic and glass tile, and doing tile jobs most other contractors wouldn’t. This led to a reputation for being creative. During this time, I met those clay artists […]

  It all began with a call for volunteers. The SAMA conference was coming to my town, Washington, D.C., and they needed help. Little did I know that meeting would change my life. To this day, I have friends who I met as a consequence of that volunteer call. I […]

Mosaics found me back in 2004 with a simple bag of glass and a pair of nippers from a friend. Extremely passionate from the start, and with a background in art, I immersed myself in the study of traditional mosaic technique using many different styles and materials. I started Rainbow […]

My ‘mosaic story’ starts the same as so many others… I had been an artist as a child, from the time I was very little through high school. However, after high school I hadn’t felt I was in a position to pursue art full-time, so I worked in other areas […]

The Mosaic Marathon is an integral part of SAMA’s annual conference. In addition to workshops, presentations, and distinguished keynote speakers, the Mosaic Marathon brings together our members for an opportunity to create a large-scale mosaic. The result is a lasting piece of art that is donated to a local charity […]