Friday, December 19, 2008

Greatest Name Ruffle

~Greatest Name Ruffle~
Medium: Acrylics on hard backed canvas
Size: 8"x6"
This was painted for sale on Ebay.
I am hoping that someone will find it perfect for their little girls' Barbie pink bedroom.
The true colors are baby pink and lavendar.

Greatest Name Curtain

~Greatest Name Curtain~
Medium: Acrylics on hard backed cavas
I made these to sell on Ebay. I am not happy with the color of the photo.
The true colors are baby pink (background) and lavendar (curtain).

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Greatest Name Mosaic


~Greatest Name Mosaic~
Medium: Mixed- Acrylics, paper, micro beads and diamond glaze on stretched canvas.

I was in Micheals the other day and saw this oval canvas and was instantly inspired to paint the Greatest Name on it.
The Greatest Name is a symbol of the Baha'i Faith. Translated it means 'O Glory of Glories'.
For the border I glued segments of printed cardstock directly onto the canvas. Then I filled the gaps between the cardstock with diamond glaze and dumped micro beads into the glue. After this dried I pooled diamond glaze onto the cardstock for a glassy look.
I painted the center cream and added the Greatest Name in deep purple.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Many Religions One God

~Many Religions, One God~
Medium: Mixed
I found this stick while out hiking 2 yrs ago. I saw it and thought...this is art!
But, I had no idea of what to do with it.
Then about 3 weeks ago I had the vision of these flags hanging on the stick.
It was inspired by Tibetan Prayer Flags.
I cut the flags of muslin, stamped the border around the edges then painted the religious symbols on each in burnt umber acrylic paint. I strung the flags on waxed string with metal beads separating them.
The symbols in order are....
Zoroastrian (Zoroaster), Hindu (Krishna),Buddhist (Buddha), Jewish (Moses),
Christian (Jesus), Muslim (Mohammad), Baha'i (Baha'u'llah)

This is hanging in our family room :)

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Yoga Bunny Warrior

"Yoga Bunny does.....Warrior"
Medium: acrylics, watercolor & ink
4"x6" hard back canvas
SOLD on Etsy

Yoga Bunny Pigeon Pose

"Yoga Bunny does.....Pigeon Pose"
Medium: acrylics, watercolor & ink
4"x6" hard back canvas

Yoga Bunny Forward Bend

"Yoga Bunny does.....Forward Bend"
Medium: acrylics, watercolor & ink
4"x6" hard back canvas

Yoga Bunny Down Dog

"Yoga Bunny does.....Down Dog"

Medium: acrylics, watercolor & ink
4"x6" hard back canvas

Yoga Bunny Cobra

" Yoga Bunny does.....Cobra"
Medium: acrylics, watercolor & ink
4"x6" hard back canvas

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Bunny In The Now

~Bunny In The Now~

Medium- Acrylics, Watercolor, Ink on stretched canvas.
I sketched this funny bunny then blew it up and transfered it onto stretched canvas. I used deep chocolate brown acrylic for the border then dusty pink for the center.

I used watercolor directly on the white canvas for the bunny.

I added a sketchy detail using ink.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Dance of Life

~Dance of Life~
Medium- Acrylics
This hard back canvas was painted black first. I drew a dancer and turned it into a stencil.
I made rubber stamps of varied words and stamped them into the stencil in black paint.



Flying Star

~Flying Star~
Medium- Acrylics
This was given to Quddus George for his 15th Bday.


~ Baby Blanket~
This is a fleece blanket I put together for my step-grandson.
Its an easy no sew project. Just lay two pieces of fleece togther, cut fringe along the edges, tie
pieces of the fringe together two by two untill they re all tied.


Thursday, October 16, 2008

Saving Grace

Saving Grace~
Medium: Colored Pencils 1995



Elanee

Elanee~
Medium: Colored Pencil 1992


Cemetery

Cemetery~
Medium: Colored Pencil Unfinished










Scared Children

Scared Children~
Medium: Colored Pencil 1991

Breaking free

Breaking Free~
Medium: Colored Pencil 1995

Horse

Horse~
Medium: Acrylics 1990