Home on the Plains
Still enthralled with buffaloes! With this one I was thinking about how everyone thinks of the plains of Kansas as a bit drab, when actually it is teaming with all kinds of beautiful life. As a child I remember being … Continued
Pachyderm in the Posies
“Pachyderm in the Posies” is a mixed media Citra Solv collage and paint on an 18 x 24 cradled wood panel. I had fun doodling details into the flowers with both paint pens and pen and ink. This piece is … Continued
Letter Home
“Letter Home” is mostly collaged papers with just a touch of ink and topped off with a light coat of walnut wood stain. It features a old envelope from the days when 8 cents would mail a letter. The doilies … Continued
Artwork at Dillon Nature Center
Several times a year I hang art as a temporary featured artist at various businesses like coffee shops, banks, or perhaps venues like churches or other public areas. For the months of September and October, I will have artwork in the … Continued
Blue Bonnet Belle
Finished a new piece this week as a companion to “Forest Queen” and “Princess on the Prairie”. This one is “Blue Bonnet Belle”. Can you guess where she is from? She didn’t look like much starting out… Almost done… … Continued
Morning Joys
Last fall I took an abstract drawing class from the talented Brian Hinkle at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita. This is one of the charcoal sketches I did under his tutelage. I was pretty happy with this piece, so … Continued
The Visitior
I can’t decide which is my favorite part of this piece, the red pot made from some of my monoprinted paper stash, or the little bird who has come to perch by this pot of flowers. that I imagine sitting … Continued
Peonies for Mother
I have been working on this collage and paint still life, “Abundance” for awhile now. I work on it for a bit, and then let it sit for awhile. Later I come back to it and add some more, and … Continued
Poppy Overflow
We have had some unseasonable warm days, and it has definitely put me in the mood for spring. I can almost imagine wading through a thick, luscious, field of poppies on a bright warm and sunny day. What do you … Continued