Emerging From the Depths

"Emerging From the Depths" 

6.5" x 3.75"

Media: acrylic on wood panel

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White Roses

 "White roses are silent love letters, expressing what words cannot." -Unknown

 

"White Roses"

5.75" x 6"

Media: acrylic on wood panel

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In the Mind of a Cat

I began this as a test piece for a commission. After I learned from it what I needed to I kept adding layers...and then the cat appeared...right there at the bottom. We have cats. Two of them. And they are both totally quirky in polar opposite ways. I have absolutely no idea what goes through their heads or what motivates them to do the things they do. What I know for sure is that I both love it and totally don't get it.

Fun fact, while I was using a hair dryer to dry the final layers of this painting I turned the air flow just the right direction to accidentally blow a miniature easel holding a miniature painting I'd done a while back off of a shelf and directly into the toilet. Such a cat thing to do!

"In the Mind of a Cat"

Image description: abstract cat with a thought bubble over its head filled with multi-colored paint strokes and spots.

Mixed Media

12"x9" on watercolor paper

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Friends

 We don't have to be exactly alike to be friends.

Acrylic

Original available for $25.

6"x7.75"" on wood

Prints available on request.

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Daisy, daisy

Daisy, daisy...the happiest flowers on this planet of ours.

"Daisy, daisy"

Mixed Media

Original available here for $25

12"x11"" on cardboard

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Practice Gratitude

"I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness -

it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude."

-Brené Brown

"Practice Gratitude"

Mixed Media

Original available here for $25

6.25"x4.75" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project

Prints available on request.

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Beauty Emerging

I love painting on top of things that I use as paint pallets.

They are so delightfully layered and messy. 

"Beauty Emerging"

Original available here for $25.

5"x5"x.75" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project.

Edges painted and ready to hang. 

Prints available on request.

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Fancy Red Hat

Sometimes life calls for a fancy red hat.

 

This was created on a piece of scrap wood that I'd used as a paint pallet and a pen tester for quite some time. It is rich with texture. I stared at it for the longest time before I added the face and other details and the red at the top kept insisting that it become a hat.

Original available here for $25.

8.5"x3"x.5" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project.

Edges painted and ready to hang. 

Prints available on request.

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Fun Trio

I love to use canvases or pieces of wood as paint pallets. This one has a lot of messy layers on it and recently it just seemed ready to be something more. Enter simple messy flowers. Fun!

"Fun Trio"

And the "mess" goes all around the edges, too!

  Mixed media on a 5"x5" canvas.

 

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Let your Light Shine

Let your light shine, my friends.

"Let your Light Shine"

Original available here for $25.

13"x3.5"x.5" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project.

Edges painted and ready to hang. 

Prints available on request.

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What's black and white and red all over?

This piece reminds me of that joke I used to tell. 

"What's black and white and red all over?"

"A newspaper!" You know...red...read.

"What's black and white and red all over?"

Original available here for $25.

4"x4" on canvas

Prints available on request.

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The Depth of the Gray Area

There's black and white, and then there's all the grays in-between.

For me, that is where the greatest depths lie.

"The Depth of the Gray Area"

Original available here for $25.

12"x9" on watercolor using charcoal that had been discarded and acrylic paint.

Prints available on request.

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Flowers Bring Color to our World

Flowers bring color to our world...I'm thankful for flowers.

Original available here for $25.

4"x4" on canvas, edges painted black 

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The Cannot Silence our Spirit

Though our hands may be bound

and our words quieted, 

they cannot silence our spirit.

"The Cannot Silence our Spirit"

Original available here for $25.

9.75"x5.75"x.25" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project.

Edges painted and ready to hang. 

Prints available on request.

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All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist.

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Light and Shadow

"Both light and shadow are the dance of love"

-Rumi

"Light and Shadow"

Original available here for $25.

6.5x4.25"x.5" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project.

Edges painted and ready to hang. 

Prints available on request.

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All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist.

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She Stood Tall

She stood tall, raised up by those who came before her.

"She Stood Tall"

I never, ever like to waste any paint so I will use any leftover paint on my brush by painting on a canvas or any surface and let it be the background of a future piece. I'd been using this board in that way for a while when I realized that my random strokes had formed a figure. I added the tiniest details just for fun (the gold bits sparkle).

I absolutely love this unintended creation!

Original available here for $25.

11"x3"x.5" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project.

Edges painted and ready to hang.

Prints available on request.

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Tiny Bouquet

Good things come in small packages. 

At least 5' tall me likes to think so. :-)

"Tiny Bouquet"

Original available here for $25.

3.75"x3.5"x.5" on wood leftover from a friend's woodworking project.

Edges painted and ready to hang.

Prints available on request.

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All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist.

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Embrace the Curves Life Throws your Way

My husband and I will be part of the West Austin Studio Tour the next two weekends.
Please consider yourselves invited! Click here to get to the facebook invitation.


Embrace the curves life throws your way.

"Embrace the Curves Life Throws your Way"

Original available here for $25.

4.5"x4"x1.5" on found wood leftover from a neighbor's construction project.

Prints available on request.

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All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist.

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Dream Big

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story."

-Maya Angelou

Dream big...and go for it!

"Dream Big"

Original available here for $25.

3.5"x8.25"x1.5" on found wood leftover from a neighbor's construction.

Prints available on request.

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All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist.

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