Small Self-Portrait in Studio

This is a 20" x 24" oil on canvas, a self-portrait including one of the mirrors I used in painting it. Surrounding the frame of the mirror are bits of the studio; inside the mirror is reflected the windowsill and lamp and other studio stuff.

Sunbathers

This is a large oil on canvas, 4' x 6' of sunbathers on the lower deck of a cruise ship, seen from above. I loved how happy the older woman looked compared to the younger ones.

Seaside Cafe

This is an 8" x 10" oil sketch on panel of a cafe in Florida.

Portrait of David

Oil on linen, this is another life-sized portrait study.

Girl in Striped Dress

This is oil on linen, 30" x 40".

Iron Dog

This is another little cast-off sculpture, about 1" tall. I didn't paint his eye--the coloration was part of the metal

Bunny and Carrot

This is another found-object sculpture made from left-over metal splattered on the ground from an iron pour. This one was a single piece left intact--I added paint to define the carrot and the white tail. It's about 3/4" tall.

Portrait of Lynn

This is a life-sized oil painting on linen, 48" x 60".

Cyrano

This is a 3" tall found object sculpture made from cast off pieces from an iron pour.

Lament

Another magazine over-painting collaged image. I combined two images, one of the reclining figure and the other of the group of onlookers. I painted over parts of both and preserved one word from the existing text.

Winter Trees

This is an 8" x 10" oil on panel painting of a field in winter near a place I used to live.

Chattahoochee River

This is a small oil sketch, 8" x 10" done on the banks of the Chattahoochee River on a summer afternoon.

Seattle

This is a small oil on panel, 8" x 10" that I painted looking down from a hotel window on a rainy night in Seattle.

Yellowstone Clouds

This is a large oil painting on canvas, 3' x 4' of a cloud formation in Yellowstone National Park. I liked the triangle of blue sky framed by the clouds.

Purple Bird's Nest

This is another watercolor from the bird's nest series. I liked the sticks and feathers and leaves and bits of stuff the bird used to make its' home.

Oranges

This is an oil painting on linen, 8" x 11". I was thinking about the complimentary colors of blue and orange, wanting to do something with such opposites.

Interior

This is a small oil painting on wood panel using as subjects the small figures I sculpted and placed in a dollhouse room.

Seaside Post Office

This is small, 8" x 10" oil on panel, a typical landscape done on location using a very portable painting set-up that I often take along on vacations. This is the tiny post office in Seaside, Florida, along the Gulf coast where we often go to the beach.

Portrait of Woman

Another portrait bust, life-sized, fired clay.

Price

This sculpture is another life-sized portrait bust, the brother of yesterday's subject.

Jessie

This is a life-sized portrait bust in clay. I got interested in traditional portrait sculpture a few years ago and was surprised to find out how easy it is compared to painting or drawing. Before attempting it I thought it would be more difficult, but I found that translating three dimensions into three dimensions posed less of a challenge than translating three dimensions into two.

Portrait of Reid

This little guy was a bundle of boy-energy. He knocked his front tooth out as a toddler, and the skinned knees were a typical accessory to his active lifestyle. This is a life-sized oil on canvas, 30" x 40".

Fertility Angel & Fertility Demon

I took a very long walk along the beach at Hilton Head on a day that happened to be my youngest child's 18th birthday. Musing about motherhood, I saw a seashell fragment that looked exactly like a breast. From there I collected all sorts of bits and pieces of things, with the intention of marking the occasion by making a small sculpture. Thus, Fertility Angel was born. But there remained too many great shells unused; Fertility Demon was soon to appear. And appear she did, expressing a certain insanity which should be familiar to any mother.

Fisheye

This is an over-painted magazine photo, part of a series of paintings that I did after spending time on a cruise ship. The image of the orange life jacket kept showing up in many of these paintings, and these two figures seemed just right to paint into this weird photograph. I loved the way the woman's eye and the fish eye looked the same.

The Family

This is another collaged and over-painted magazine image. The water tower was a lampshade in the original photograph. I added the two standing figures and created a landscape through the door. This way of working is a little like dreaming in that you never know what's going to show up.

Womb

This is a large oil painting on canvas, 3' x 4', another unconventional portrait, this time of my son. I placed him in a small bathroom surrounded and actually crowded by colors and objects that represent femininity. I was thinking about how children outgrow us, about the idea that one of the main functions of a mother is to be left. I liked how his 6'2" frame barely fit into the tiny space, and how even though the light flooding in the window obscures his features it is still a very good likeness of him.

Triangle

This is a large oil painting on canvas, 4' x 6'. There's an implied story involving the two women and the man reflected in the mirror. I was interested in the variety of light sources--the lamp, the blazing sunlight, the green glow from the television, and the softer window-light on the figure in the mirror.

Dad in a Box in a Box, Kids in a Box in a Box, & Mom in a Box in a Box

These three small oil on panel paintings are from my thesis show entitled Little Family. I placed the small figures inside a box, placed that box in a larger box, and lit them with a strong light. I liked the way the kids had tons of room but the adult figures were tightly contained.

Purple Clouds

This is a large oil painting on canvas, 36" x 48" from a sky series.

Self-Portrait on Album Cover

This is another over-painted image. The base is an old album cover. It had a photograph of a tiger's head as well as a lot of words. I painted over all but three of the words and used one of the tiger's eyes as one of mine.

Leap

This is a collage painting, 12" x 12" oil on magazine photo, appropriate as we jump into a new year!