The Dead Fly Pub
This was my very first Faerie house. It was a serious undertaking, with lath for the floor (stained) and walls made from needlepoint plastic and fabric draped over both sides using Alene’s draping glue.I glued the lath to a 1/4″ piece of foam board, which is disguised by more fabric glued onto it. The posts […]
TCFW News & Sneak Previews
You may have noticed that I have been updating gallery pages. Or maybe not, but that would be why I am writing this post. I am gearing up for the Holiday season, and I hope to make a few sales over the next few months (commissions, in particular). But I am also committing to make […]
Evolution of an Artist
I did my very first solo art show (since 1978 – I did one in 1978 when I was still a hippie-child, and I totally missed the mark of nurturing a patron, but I was young and thought I could do this on my own. It’s a long story & not worth boring you with). […]
Silverton Fine Arts Festival 2017
I have neglected my website! Summer came, and came with a vengeance: we’ve had nearly 60 days of no rain and the loft has been stifling. My daughter came to visit for ten days and I spent those days entertaining (and being entertained by) her four children. They left, and the realization that I was […]
Newest Pieces
Mavis, the Office Manager. She’s everything I hope my office thinks I am: stylish, soft-hearted, but a force to be reckoned with. 2×3″ acrylic on canvas. Mara Mapuche. She’s a Mara from Patagonia, a wise woman of the Mapuche tribe, who are indigenous to Chile and Argentina. The Mapuche are a thoroughly fascinating dig into the […]
Princess Bride – Farm Animals Redux
This was a special commission for a good friend on the other side of the country. She sent me some old photos of the farm animals they raised when her girls were still little. It took me about three weeks to complete (I didn’t really pay attention to the time). The project was a secret, […]
Rescue Collie
Three years a go, I rescued a mini collie from a yard sale. I think I paid $5 for him, far too much. The woman who sold him to me said she had painted him, and she was quite pleased that I liked him. I had the tact to keep my tongue, and told her […]
The Project List
I worked on cleaning my studio today. It’s mostly a little dust, some dog hair, and a ton of unfinished projects standing in the way of things. I wrote down every single unfinished project. Every.Single.One. There’s a lot. And some – I got side-tracked and worked on, like Zith. She fell over and broke her […]
Art Shows
Well, I’ve done submitted my applications (bad grammar intended). Two shows this summer. Juried. I have a lot of work ahead of me. So while I await those decisions, I thought I’d share this: the progression of Bewicks’ Wren in an apron to Song Sparrow in an apron. The original was a sketch I drew […]