Cherries

 



With summer at its peak, the cherry trees in our yard have ripened and are ready for the picking.  I thought these encaustic mixed media paintings I made would go well with the season.

Raggedy Ann

The second of the birdcage dress series, based roughly off of one of my favorite dolls, Raggedy Ann.   I wish I still had the handmade doll my mother made for me when I was a child.   It was interesting trying to figure out how to add on the patches on her dress.  Eventually I used liquid sculpy and pliable sculpy and photo transferred fabric patterns on to them.  More images beneath the link.

Surrogate

I've decided to start a couple of small sculpture series.  I'm interested in birds, nests and eggs within a cage framework. It was reaffirming when I emailed this first sculpture image to my collector list and it sold within 10 minutes. More images beneath the link.

Nyad

In one of my earlier posts I mentioned becoming interested in sculpture.  I am interested in figurative work, this particular piece was quite an engineering feat and I got out of hand with the size. Luckily my mom has a giant oven I was able to bake it in on a bed of polyester fiberfill.  More images beneath the link.

What is it with nests, eggs & birds?

• Gentle, oil 12x12x12 triangle (Kyles collection)"

I started painting this subject matter because it was comforting to me at the time. My teenage son was starting to gain more independence and pull away from his over-nurturing mother, which I found rather painful and sudden. I know that things were moving along as nature intended and he was ready, but I wasn't. Once again, painting got me through a difficult period. A lot of love went into these nests and I hope it shows. Some galleries have asked me to do more birds, nests and eggs, so I am thinking about it, but I am pretty hung up on sculpture right now.

Alangia

This large encaustic/mixed media piece was a corporate commission incorporating the company logo - the figure of a woman. It is very textural, which unfortunately my photo does not reflect well.

Five Hundred Beats a Minute

The humming bird is the smallest kind of bird in the world.  Also because of their feeding style, they are the only birds who are able to hover.  Their wings beat at an average of 500 beats a minute to help them stay aloft.

Pears 3

More of the pear series.

More Pears

More of the pear still life series.  I enjoyed experimenting with the various types of lighting and mediums to yield different results.

Pears

Fruit always makes for excellent hanging art.  I decided to do a still life series revolving around pears.  These are only two of them, I will upload more as I continue to work on them.

More Eye Candy

 • SOLD

I had fun with the last cupcake piece, so decided to make a few more.  Each painting was created with encaustic medium.

More images beneath the link.

Eye Candy

 • SOLD

I thought I ought to take a break from my current works and paint some other types of subject matter.

Cuervo VII

Encaustic mixed media

Cuervo VI

Encaustic mixed media

Cuervo V

Encaustic mixed media