Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a very talented artist named Buddy. She made beautiful art work using spectacular glazed ceramic tiles, wrote wonderful poetry, and touched the lives of many people. Her artwork and tile collection have been cherished by her family and friends for many years. The tiles that she used have been sitting dormant for over 20 years in her daughter's basement. Today, I bring you this collection of tiels, Buddy's story and her spectacular mosaics.

About a month ago, I received a call from a lady who said her mother was a mosaic artist, and had some glazed ceramic tiles that were sitting in her basement. She wanted to find someone in Georgia who might be ineterested in them. Within 5 minutes of the call, sight unseen, I new that I needed to get to Atlanta immediately to see these tiles, and to meet this wonderful lady with who I formed an instant bond. I arrived two days later to find a treasure unlike anything I had ever seen in my life! Myrna, Buddy's daughter started telling me her story.

Back in the 1950's, Buddy took mosaic lessons from Joyce Clark, now a very famous painter, and used tiles from a little ceramic studio in Costa Mesa, California called Denwar Ceramics. When Denwar Ceramics closed their doors around 1961 and moved towards the direction of fiber arts, Buddy purchased the remaining tiles. She continued doing mosaics throughout her lifetime using these tiles. She never sold any pieces, and her private collection remains in her family to this day.

This series of events has changed my life in ways I can't even imagine at this time. Buddy and Myrna are two of the many amazing people who have touched my life so far. I hope this story and collection will touch and inspire many more lives.

My goal at Rainbow Mosaics is to introduce this story and collection to the mosaic community, and to hopefully inspire a few people along the way to reach for their dreams.