7″w x 7″h on rice paperMixed media, watercolor, metallic inksewn to 10 x 8in smooth white card stock$75 (formerly matted/framed) includes U.S. s&h $35 SALE My new series entitled Fancy Gals, here’s the brunette. She’s a firecracker, and those oh so sultry eyes…. ...

This was a commissioned piece which started out as a simple sumi ink and wash, but I moved away from that and it evolved into this! More 3-D art which seems to happen quite a bit these days….and collage, mixed media. 6 3/4″w x 16 3/4″h on gessoed matboardMixed media, gouache,...

10″ x 10″ on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper Gouache and opaque watercolor My first 10″ x 10″.  I’m finding that I really need to limit myself to a very few sizes.  So I’m settling on 7″ and 10″ squares for the moment as a single 22″ x 30″...

11″h x 7″w on gessoed watercolor paper, mixed media, professional archival gouache, charcoal, pastel pencils, $60 includes U.S. s&h $40 SALE  She painted herself…..there she was taking a break from work, found a park bench, and sat a wee bit.  We all need a bit of...

10″h x 8″w (suggested mat size) on gessoed watercolor paperMixed media, professional archival gouache/watercolorNOTES: 3D artwork, filed down actual needle and thread glued to support Please see this link for more about my art.   Private collection, Petaluma, CA SOLD. Ohhh, this...

Now this is the version that I had the most fun with……I love mixing it all up, and this seems, for me, to capture more of my little Corra’s essence. Corra — Aquarian Child 7-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ gouache on gessoed watercolor...

5″h x 5″w on gessoed watercolor paperProfessional archival gouache paintssewn onto 10 x 8in smooth white cardstock  $25  includes U.S. s&h Just love those folks in sunglasses….shades! Fabulous soft colors. ...

I LOVED these Dior models that I found in the Enquirer or Star….flashback to the 40s? Just love their expressions. $40 SALE ...

approx. 8-1/4″h x 12″w on watercolor paper (110lb)Mixed media, sumi ink, professional archival gouache $75  includes U.S. s&h$60 SALE  Perhaps the most dramatic of the series, I used sumi ink to enrich her hair. ...

This bathing beauty has a boyfriend it appears! $75  includes U.S. s&h$60 SALE  Perhaps the most dramatic of the series, I used sumi ink to enrich her hair. ...

Yet again, how a different palette of colors, and design elements can change the same composition up. approx. 8-1/4″h x 12″w on watercolor paper (110lb)Mixed media, ink, pastel, professional archival gouache$75 includes U.S. s&h$60 SALE  ...

A very different mood here…. approx. 8-1/4″h x 12″w on watercolor paper (110lb)Professional archival gouache$75 includes U.S. s&h$60 SALE ...

Second one… 9-1/2″h x 6″w on watercolor paper (110lb i think)Professional archival watercolor and gouache$65  +  FREE SHIPPING$50 SALE  ...

Inspired by a magazine pic of Elizabeth Taylor, I fell in love with the shape of her body.  My interpretations are quite loose, but still want to give credit where credit is due. This became a series…this first one is the largest….the 2nd one is its own size, and the 3 – 6...

12″ x 9″ on 1/2″ birch with 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.Professional archival acrylic paints $100  includes U.S. s&h$75 SALE  Ah, Bella Mae….I feel i know her….we’ve been creating together. An alternate name was...

approx. 12″h x 8w on 1/4″ birchMixed media, ink, hand painted paper, professional archival acrylic paintsOn cradled wood panel, black matte sides, and ready to hang. $100  includes U.S. s&h$80 SALE  This painting was a journey…I had more of those hand painted tissue...

12″h x 8″w on 1/4″ woodon 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.Mixed media, my own handpainted papers and stamps, professional archival acrylic paints $100  includes U.S. s&h$70 SALE  Well, this gal, and yes…her name is really Carly...

SOLD  8″h x 8″w on 1/4″wood on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang. Mixed media, professional archival acrylic...

8″h x 8″w on 1/8″ wood panelon 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.Professional archival acrylic paints$75  includes U.S. s&h$45 SALE  I think I may have inadvertently been influenced by a tad of Matisse on this  one… another...

Mixed media14″h x 10-1/2″w on gessoed watercolor paperprofessional archival acrylic paints PRIVATE COLLECTION Prints of this painting are available, please contact me. This is a very poignant piece for me…..my mom passed away in 2005 of colon cancer.  My mom and dad are...

18″h x 7-3/4″w on 1/8″ wood on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.Professional archival acrylic paints Just can’t sell her! This was one of the first pieces where I really felt my style come through. Ah, she is a beauty……and...

SOLD 8″h x 8″w on 1/4″ wood on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang. Mixed Media, professional archival acrylic paints and...

Acrylic on canvas panel11 x 14″|August 2009Private Collection, Orcas Island, WA My dear friend, Marilyn, had her left kidney removed, so this is what came to me in a meditation to paint for her as a part of her healing...

8″h x 8″w on 1/8″ birch on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.Professional archival acrylic paints$75  includes U.S. s&h$45 SALE  Another face….what a shock. Love the throwback to the 1960s in this one, oh what lovely pearls! So...

14″h x 10-1/2″w on paper Mixed media,professional archival acrylic paints, collage $160  includes U.S. s&h For any of you who have followed my blog for awhile, you may recall that I have a passion for Modigiliani.  So this you could call my ode to Modi. I’m really...

9″h x 9″w on 1/8″ birch on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.Professional archival acrylic paints$75  includes U.S. s&h$45 SALE  This is a fairly early work  in my acrylic painting experience, and not too surprising that a figure...

7-3/4″h x 8″w on cradled wood panel, ready to hang.Professional archival acrylic paintsPRICE:  $75  includes U.S. s&h $45 SALE ...

8″h x 7 1/2″w on on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.Professional archival acrylic paints$75  +  FREE SHIPPING $45 SALE Started out as just a face, but she made it quite clear that she was a nature deva.  This is what makes painting such an...

Something Modern And after I finished the Infanta Maria below, I decided to just “let er rip” with imagination and my gouache. So here’s the kind of fun I created in a more modern mode. In these two pieces I’m expanding below the neckline….What a hoot. Faces have...

SOLD Well, I challenged myself here with this Velasquez Infanta Maria painting….it’s my new gouache palette, AND, something i NEVER do….i limited myself to a very narrow palette. Researched the Velasquez palette – burnt sienna, yellow ochre, ultramarine...

$45 includes U.S. s&h$20 SALE My entry, quite large….16″ high”watercolor, wc pencils, gouacheoriginal DSFDF posting This is my entry for this week’s Different Strokes From Different Folks challenge by the amazing Karin Jurick. This was sooo difficult….and...

5″ x 7″ and watercolor on scratch paper $45 SALE ...