peace:an icon of peaceeleanor roosevelt

ghost:

digital media

trouble:

sometimes i have trouble with vertigo.
trouble standing up.
trouble with the room seemingly spinning around.
trouble not getting sick to my stomach as a result.
these bizarre episodes are unpredictable and vary in duration.
on the second day of a month long painting residency
at the vermont studio center i had a vertigo episode that lasted six hours.
later that day i decided to paint what it feels like in the throws of vertigo when the walls become the ceiling and the mirror on the wall seems to be like a carpet on the floor.
actually it just keeps moving round and round.

my vertigo
oil on canvas

quiet:my daughter working on her beading projects that she sells at the farmer's market. this was done really quickly because the sitters wanted to do other things.
oil on canvas

change:change the world for the better with the simple act of planting a tree.wangari maathai (nobel peace prize laureate) does this, one tree at a time, through the greenbelt movement in kenya.
heal the world with trees6 x 4"mixed media

farm:india ink + watercolora couple of days ago i came across this tiny drawing, made in middle school, which fell out of an old folder. it transported me back to such an innocent time. i was constantly drawing farmy imagery. my best friend and i would go to the art room before school, at lunch time and after school to work on our little projects that culminated into a massive farmy diorama with ceramic figures over a paper mache landscape. it stayed in that classroom for two years until we moved on to another school and we had to divide the creatures up between us. too bad we never took any photos of the whole scene before it was destroyed. i still have some of the little ceramic creatures.

safe

colored pencil + graphitefrom my college japanese architecture class sketchbook

run

play:ahhhh summer!

opposites:

sacrifice:embryonic stem cellsfor the advancement of scientific research and opportunities in health careVETOED!are we living in the middle ages or the 21st century?

skyline

the view from my studio
knitter's view
oil on canvas
4" x 4"

dance:dance of the crows ©mixed fibers + glassfrom a series about crows exhibited in january + february

jungle:this is dedicated to my favorite artist when i was little, henri rousseau...i even named my rabbit after him when i was a kid.

cake:this one's a detail from an oil painting called the birthday seasonthese are from a recent birthday celebrationi love making + decorating cakes for any excuse!

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angel + devil:my cat can be the sweetest thing, but when she goes outside she is wild!

fat:happiness is a big fat carrot!

under the sea:intaglio

robot:i wish i had a robot gardener to help with the weeding around here!

spotted:this is from my ceramics sketchbook of pieces i've made.
the one on the bottom right is my cat's bowl.

speed:

spring:this is a detail from a larger oil painting from a series about plants in my garden throughout the year. this one is about march plants, showing my cherry tree which right now is a big fluffy puff of pink in full bloom.......happy spring!

monster:

tattoo:peace mehndi

insect:i have 2 entries this week: "4/2", colored pencil +
"exhaustion", graphite + oil on linen

tea:




made with kidpix deluxe...
love all the sound effects for their brushes!

song:

the song of summer
......

from a sketchbook

simple:

chair:

the ultimate recycling project: bought at a thrift shop (without seats), stripped the paint, sanded, varnished, caned the seats to become simply humble dining chairs

glamour:

cat: