I finally found a way to protect the wishing tree

and here it is. You may not recognize him behind the mustache on a stick. oil 44" x 44" (Sold) (I don't know how it ended up being such a strange size)
detail:
Detail of mustache on a stick:

Detail of the goat lady:
Detail of abstract city:

As for my next project, well, I'm still working on sketches for it and am starting to question the strength of the concept. I might put it down and work on the children's book, since I wanted to finish that by the end of the year.
p.s. this is my favorite month of the year!

How the pigeon flew into a ceramic cage

The first 4 images are details of the 5th image. I forgot about this painting hanging at a friend's house (Sold). 2006. It's about 4' x 3.5', I think. Watercolor, mainly Oil and a tiny bit of sculpture. I remember my inspiration for this piece was from cleaning houses, which I did right before moving to Atlanta. I was always thinking of Aesop's Fables. "How the Chipmunk got it's stripes" or "Why the elephant has a long nose", etc. Looking at all the crap we decorate our houses with, I started thinking, how did the rooster become a kitchen commodity? Why are pigeons Ceramic pieces on our pianos? etc. I began to imagine the pigeons flying/evolving into their ceramic bodies. This is probably the most energetic piece I've ever created.



That peppermint, below, is the tiny bit of sculpture I was referring to.
The owner appropriately displays this in his kitchen, (explanation of the bottles near the bottom).

box monsters really DO exist

Here I am at my most recent art show.
J.R. after the midnight shift. Karate has no excuse.
These guys decided to move into my house plant's yard. I've had the thing for over 2 years with no mushroom neighbors. The babies are the cutest.

We'll dance, we'll sing! da na da na na la...

Lately, I've been working a lot and haven't had all that much time to create. On the left is a flier for an art show I'm in. Yay! All the artists are required to make a mix tape for the show and I've spent a lot of time listening to all of my music thinking about what would work with my piece and what I want to say. Music and painting are so important to me, but have always remained separated. It's a beautiful thing to bring them together, if I might say so myself.

Below is a doll house I've been working on for a VERY long time. I finally finished the exterior (from a kit) and am excited to work on the interior. Which will probably take another year and a half.



Below is the wishing tree (Sold). It started as a song that J.R. wrote and I drew it. It's been a re-occuring image in my work and it needed to have a solo. Following are two details.



And finally, just a few pictures I took in SC, UT and GA during this summer...enjoy.

rippling water

Instead of these pictures just sitting in my studio, facing the wall, I decided to show them off. Hopefully, I can get some feedback and you will enjoy looking at them as well! This is a drawing I made during my long distance relationship with my, then, fiance. size: 11"x 14" (Given as gift) Mustache on a stick is a favorite image of mine. Two details of this drawing follow:

This is one of the first drawings I made of Atlanta. I spend a lot of time driving around and find some neighborhood trees manicured dramatically to avoid power lines. This can be, to me, sometimes humorous and sometimes very saddening. This is a collage about 30"x 22" (Given as gift).

I finished this cape this morning for a little boy I nanny. He is turning two soon and I thought he might enjoy being a super hero, like me.
22"x 30" mixed media. I love smooshing together the real image with it's transformed representational image. Here, I painted a pigeon with a sewn pigeon body. This interest started when I was cleaning houses and getting exposed to different types of knickknacks.
Three details:


The self-recycling-song-machine cruising the town. Oil and ink on paper. 30"x 22" (Sold).
Two details:

This is my most recent painting. Self Portrait, kind of (Sold). Oil on Canvas 3'x3'.

Three details: