"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."
- Helen Keller
This painting represents leaving something that is not working behind, and following your heart to something better.
The photos in this painting are a broken bridge and a crumbling building, the bright yellows give the painting a feeling of hope.
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, and copies of my b&w photos.
On a wood cradle board
16"x16"x .75" Mixed Media Collage on Wood Cradle Board/Available
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"I've always loved being at the eye of the storm creatively with people that I find exciting and glamorous.
So sometimes I got sidetracked in my career and maybe I would have done more TV or film."
- Sandra Bernhard
This is a monochromatic painting with lots of chaotic movement that looks like a tornado to me!
There is actually an eye in this painting that just appeared while I was painting! I love surprises!
Painted with acrylic, oil pastel, ink pencil, graphite and stencils.
Mounted to a black cradle board.
16"x12"x .75" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper/Available
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"There's something wonderfully healing in Arizona air"
- Zane Grey
Small mixed media painting using layers of acrylic paint, and found papers.
Mounted to a black cradle board.
10"x10"x.75 Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper on Cradled Board/Available
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"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge."
- Don Henley
When I was traveling in Rome I took many photos of the amazing architecture.
The beautiful and broken building that I used in this painting was one of those photos.
I am sure I will be inspired to use Italy's incredible architecture in future paintings!
Painted with acrylic, oil pastel, ink pencil, graphite, stencils and copies of my b&w photos.
Mounted to a black cradle board.
20"x16"x.75 Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper on Cradled Board/Available
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"Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't.
If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it."
-Kitty Kelley
Mixed media painting using acrylic, graphite, oil pastel, ink pencil, and gel embossing with stencils.
Mounted in a white mat and ready to frame.
15"x9"Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper/Available
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“Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.”
Pablo Picasso
Mixed media painting using acrylic, graphite, ink pencil, and gel embossing with stencils.
Mounted in a white mat and ready to frame.
12"x11" Mixed Media Abstract on Watercolor Paper/Available
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"The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation,
melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man."
- William Beebe
This highly textural mixed media painting, with its soft muted colors, seems to be shrouded in a mist of obscurity.
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, stencils and found papers.
On a chunky 2" deep wood cradle board
12"x12"x2: Mixed Media Collage on Cradled Board
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"Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart.
The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune that fills the air.
I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there."
- Louis Armstrong
Fun little abstract painting of a swampy overgrown Louisiana bayou!
Painted with acrylic, charcoal pencil and ink pencil
Mounted in a white mat ready to frame.
10"x10" Mixed Media Abstract on Watercolor Paper
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'The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets"
- Sara Shepard
As a mixed media artist I collect a lot of ephemera to use in my creations.
The collage elements in this painting are from an old yellowing newspaper.
I was drawn to the retro look and the expression of the face, which I found to be very intriguing!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, wax pencil, and found papers.
Mounted in a white mat ready to frame.
22"x10" Mixed Media Collage on Watercolor Paper/Available
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"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."
Ho Chi Minh
This piece was created in my RV studio during a thunderstorm in Black Hills, South Dakota.
The thundering clouds, bolts of lightening, furious rainfall, and the bending of the tall pines
left me feeling in awe of the power that is mother nature!
Painted with may layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, stencils.
Mounted in a white mat ready to frame.
12"x12" Mixed Media Landscape on Watercolor Paper/Available
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"When the sun is shining, I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome."
Wilma Rudolph
This piece was created while I was in beautiful Black Hills, South Dakota. The mountains, the trees, and the July heat inspired the bold shapes and colors in this energetic painting!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, stencils and found papers.
Mounted in a white mat ready to frame.
12"x12" Mixed Media Landscape on Watercolor Paper/Available
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"The obstacles in our path are not blocking us-they are redirecting us.
Their purpose is not to interfere with our happiness;
it is to point us toward new routes to our happiness, new possibilities, new doorways."
Barbara De Angelis
This painting was inspired by the many roadblocks and delays I have been experiencing in my life lately!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, oil pastel, ink stick, stencils and monoprints.
Mounted in a black mat ready to frame.
22"x15" Collage on Watercolor Paper/Available
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" In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information.
The basket overflows; people get overwhelmed; the eye of the storm is not so much what goes on in the world,
it is the confusion of how to think, feel, digest, and react to what goes on"
Criss Jami
There is chaotic movement and an abundance of mark making in this painting.
It represents my reaction to all the noise swirling around due to information overload.
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, oil pastel, ink stick and found papers.
Mounted in a white mat ready to frame.
18"x18" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper/Available
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"The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world's sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer."
Oscar Wilde
My feelings are coming through as somber colors and dense shapes in this moody painting.
The sorry state of affairs that we are all going through right now is making me extremely tired, how about you?
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, stencils and found papers.
Mounted in a black mat ready to frame.
15"x15" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper/Available
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"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Small mixed media painting using layers of acrylic paint, ink pencil and found papers. Mounted to a black cradle board.
10"x10"x .75" Mixed Media Landscape on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a Cradled Board
SOLD/Commissions welcome.
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" I feel the earth move under my feet...."
- Carole King
The energy of the green agitated marks in this painting reminded me of the lines produced by a seismograph during an earthquake.
I lived in southern California for many years and have experienced quite a few earthquakes.
Those fearful memories are evident in this painting.
Painted with acrylic, oil pastel, ink pencil, graphite, stencils and mesh tissue paper.
Mounted to a black cradle board.
18"x18"x.75"
Mixed Media and Collage on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a black cradle board.
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"Train yourself to remain calm under all circumstances.
Only in a state of tranquility can we find the way out of our predicaments."
- Jerry Corsten
Soft colors and a balanced composition give a sense of calm to this mixed media abstract painting!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, ink sticks and collage with found papers.
On a wood cradled board.
12"x12"x.75 Mixed Media Landscape on a Cradled Wood Panel
This painting is SOLD, commissions are welcome.
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"National isolation breeds national neurosis"
- Hubert H. Humphrey
FRESH OFF THE EASEL
COVID-19 kept me in isolation for 83 days before I had the courage to venture outside of my home.
Carrying hand sanitizer and wearing a mask and rubber gloves left me feeling even more isolated.
Painted with acrylic, charcoal pencil, oil pastel and ink stick.
Mounted in a black mat ready to frame.
12"x12" Mixed Media Abstract Watercolor on Paper
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"I wanted to show that the fables and mythic tales which the ancients have handed down to us
and in which painters and sculptors never cease to find mindless pleasure
are the hieroglyphics of a secret, inexhaustible wisdom.
I sometimes thought I felt its breath, as though coming from behind a veil."
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
The longer one looks at this painting the more it reveals itself to the viewer. Hidden beneath the tissue thin layers of monoprinted collage elements you will find writing, scribbles, and interesting symbols that seem to have an old story to tell!
Painted with many layers of acrylic,charcoal pencil, ink sticks, monoprints and found papers.
On a wood cradled board
20"x20"x.75 Mixed Media Collage on a Cradled Wood Panel
$425
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"As for the subject matter in my painting...
It is very often an incidental thing in the background,
elusive and unclear, that really stirred me."
-William Baziotes
Lots of texture and movement in this mixed media abstract painting!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, ink sticks and collage with found papers.
On a wood cradled board
12"x12"x .75" Mixed Media Collage on Wood Cradled Board
$155
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"No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness.
Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances."
- Paramahansa Yogananda
Bold, bright and colorful mixed media abstract painting!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, ink sticks and collage with found papers.
On a wood cradled board
12"x12"x .75" Mixed Media Collage on Wood Cradled Board
$155
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"Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you."
- Roger Ebert
Pure saturated pinks, purples, and oranges dance around this mixed media painting in a whirlwind of movement!
The chaotic energy reflects my own swirling thoughts as I try to navigate the conflicting information around me!
Painted with acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, stencils and found papers.
Mounted in a white mat ready to frame.
15"x12" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper-Available
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"When I'm no longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg."
- Snoop Dogg
A kaleidoscope of bright rainbow colors and interesting shapes led me to this playful and entertaining mixed media painting!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, and found papers.
On a wood cradle board
Mixed Media and Collage on Cradled Board/SOLD
20"x20"x.75"
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"Perpetual peace is only found in the graveyard"
- Immanuel Kant
To me a cemetery is a beautiful and peaceful place to wander. The painting reminds me of of visiting a cemetery at night.
Some of the photos I used in this painting were taken at multiple cemeteries in New Orleans.
There is also a photo I took of a deer who lives at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City.
Can you find him?
This painting has many layers of acrylic, oil pastel, ink pencil and copies of my black and white photos.
24"x24"x.75" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a black cradle board.
Available -$515
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"An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break."
- Ancient Chinese Proverb
This mixed media painting has lots of interesting texture and beautiful color.
Painted with acrylic, oil pastel, ink pencil, stencils and gel embossing.
16"x12"x.75" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a black cradle board.
Available -$135
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