July 23, 2008

• Art Lost and Found

  Dear C. Leo, I’m selling your art, and making some adjustments. I found it at the thriftstore in Cooliage, Arizona. 10 for 15! It has such a clean finish and heavy make, I could hardly believe my eyes. The only markings on the whole stacked set is a price [...]

June 21, 2008

• Herbal Girl

  “herbalgirllogo” 12 x 12″ acrylic on canvas, 2008. $250
  Here’s a rainbow beam for a lovely lady’s new booming business. She approached me about painting a visual presence for t-shirts, online sales, etc. She said, “maybe this is how you’re going to be famous, cause I am!” I like that [...]

May 23, 2008

• A Portrait of Mr. Green

  “A Portrait of Mr. Green,” Mixed media on canvas, 24 x 40,” 2008. $333.
  It took me three days to do this portrait.  It was nice to watch his kind face change through layers of acrylic, oil, and wax medium.  I was playing a game with myself, trying to name actors whose features bear resemblance.

May 2, 2008

• Cloaked Figure

  “Cloaked Figure,” 6 x 41/4″, mixed media on board, 2008, $ 65.

April 28, 2008

• Smile

  “Smile,” 15 1/2 x 18 1/2,” acrylic, sand, and pastel on canvas board, framed, 2008, $50.
  All the texture and movement to have a day. This one just smiles at you, and a pinch of this and a pinch of that to punch up the pigment.

April 24, 2008

• Earth Day 2008

  “Flower of life,”  14 x 16,”  mixed media acrylic, 2003-2006.  $147.
  Happy Earth Day!  I made this painting when pregnant with my daughter.  I was playing with the shapes of the flower of life, and recycling the cardboard of toilet paper rolls.  The tie-dyed fabric remnants of a skirt I made for my Aunt were perfect [...]

April 10, 2008

• Holland

  “Holland,” 36 x 36,” oil and mixed media on canvas, 1998. $200.
  I was an exchange student for a year in The Netherlands. I reminisced about the trip in this painting. I had an olive green bike that took me wherever I wanted to go. The country is so full of color [...]

March 17, 2008

• China Tiger Coffee Cloud

  “China Tiger Coffee Cloud,” 20 x 16,” mixed media on canvas, 2008. $77.00
  There are people dancing at a ball in the sky. A Royal tiger is poised above the tree tops. Coffee grounds swarm above like bees. This is a way fun action painting, that one could actually use as a [...]

February 28, 2008

• Did you hear? Re-use your bags, dear!

  “Did you hear? Re-use your bags, dear!” anysize digital print availiable, 2008.
  The apple and bannana are graced in a holy grail of light.  The glow of the apple stems from the good feeling it gets from using reusable shopping bags.  My cousin Apple (April) Jones gave me a set, so I use them whenever I [...]

February 21, 2008

• Desert S.S.I.A.

  “Desert Self Seeking Interested Artist, Desert Suburbia Sisters in Action…”
  15 1/2″ x 12 1/2,”  acrylic and oil on paper, framed, 2008.  $47.00
  This is what happens when two gals are left to the elements in desert suburbia.  A scavenged desert landscape becomes the landing spot for a copper robot.
  I went to the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum [...]

February 14, 2008

• Flutterface

  “Flutterface,” 8″ x10,”  acrylic on paper, 2008, $15.
  I’ve saved this butterfly sticker since I was in grade school.  I drew these faces at the same time; the pencils kissed.  Its a bright rainbow token of love n’ light.

February 9, 2008

• Flowering

  “Flowering,” 16″ x 20,” Mixed Media on Canvas,  2007,  $133.
  This is a symmetry exercise.  The body is always opening.  The figure begins and acts from the center.  I should try a drawing with a cross action between both hands and see what happens.

January 31, 2008

• Orange Wave

  “Orange Wave,” Oil and oil pastel on Masonite, 15″x20,” 2007,
  $200.00/$250 Framed/$600 for the triptych.
  This is one of three paintings. The triptych began with a series of dots lifted from a glaze of oil. I then sketched depth and lightness over each circle with paint and oil pastels. They are framed [...]

January 26, 2008

• Bamboo Horses

  Watercolor and oil on watercolor Paper  2007-8 8″x10 1/2″  $55.00  I think these horses are experiencing a synchronicity.  It’s the little things..  Like the tiny slip of paper from my fortune cookie: “Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.” This blog is a manifestation of that notion.  I’m stimulated [...]