I joined the Nelson Gallery in Lexington, Virginia in March 2018. Every other month the member artists rotate their work to another wall in the gallery. At first, it was challenging to make enough work to keep my display fresh.

In 2018 I tried some rust printing on muslin and built assemblages on top. Two are sold.

All during 2019, I made paper mache fish and they sold! I started calling my studio the FISH FACTORY.

Here's one of the rust prints with stitching. This one is sold.  24"x 36"

Here's an assemblage with a rust print background. 20" x 24". The one on the left is sold.

Here's a rust print with added silk and stitches. 20"x 24"

Collection of my work the last three years

February 17, 2018

What's going on in the shop now...

Green seaweedy with teeth

Green seaweedy with teeth

what's going on in the shop

 top side of paper mache bowl

bowl base

Limestone balls
Used in filtration systems in Georgia at Chattahoochee River.
These are about 1 and 1/2 inches diameter.
Some are cleaned with Barkeeper's Friend. Others are natural with rust and dirt.
In Etsy shop soon.

March 22, 2017

Brr! Isn't it supposed to be spring? 

I am practicing drawing and painting Oaxacan patterns.

 I have a collection of the little wooden critters from Mexico.

I don't have a very steady hand and I am in awe of the tiny details the Oaxacan artists create.

 

 

March 16, 2017   Winter waited until March! Brr! Snow and Ice and Wind!

 I made these a few years ago. Recently pulled them and and touched them up. Each one is a board with a riot of found objects glued on. Spraying it black unifies the composition.

The technique reminds me of Louise Nevelson's work.


You can read about her and see some of her artworks at http://www.louisenevelsonfoundation.org/

  

Here is one by itself.