Sketches

A special commission - Required elements:

• The Family's Dog (Yellow Lab)

• Blue Dragonfly

• Cattails

• Dog sleeping on the bed

• View of the Lake from the Window

Inspiration: Wyeth's "The Master's Bedroom"

Artifacts

Reuse

Recycle

Repurpose

Small tins, with original miniature paintings on the lids.

Encaustic

Acrylic Paints

Handmade Paper

Polymer Beads

Glass Beads

Wood

Seashells

Tiny Bells

Archie McPhee Trinkets

and other ephemera...

Rainbow Karma Trout

8 ft plywood trout

Movement Arts Center in Arlington

Yoga

Add it up and you get Rainbow Karma Trout.

(she'll be advertising the Movement Arts Center this Winter as visitors pass by on their way to the Olympics)

Happy Hulaween

Aloha! Miss Hulaween will be going to the fundraiser, Poker & Pumpkins, to benefit the Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center. Hula is made from a butternut squash (for her shapely figure), a Cabbage Patch doll's head, raffia, old pantyhose, staples, glue and duct tape (of course). She has a great poker face. I hope I can bluff my way through a few hands of Texas Hold 'Em to win a prize. Happy Hulaween! ~alohahahahahahaha~

Raptor

Woman, Mother, Sister, Friend.

This painting symbolizes the strength of the raptor.

Vigorous in protecting her family.

Courageous.

Tenacious.

Skilled, resourceful provider.

Keen.

Clocks and Crows

Crow Greets the Morning Sun (encaustic)

As the Crow Flies (encaustic)

Stealing the Sun (mixed media)

Beachcomber's Treasures (mixed media)

These are the new pieces I just submitted to the Arts Council of Snohomish County for their autumn exhibit: Of Clocks and Crows. Can you see the influence of our trip to Montana? The Big Sky Country has reminded me that I am a western artist! Montana makes my heart sing and helps me find my own unique voice.

Letterpress Case Art

Artwork on a Letterpress Case.

Shirley—You Jest! and Red Rocks

A case is a sectioned, wooden drawer that holds lead type for letterpress printing. Several cases are kept in a cabinet with a marble top for composing a block of type for printing. The terms Upper Case and Lower Case come from letterpress, as well as Leading (actual pieces of lead to separate the lines of type.)