Merry Christmas!

Zeke in his Santa suit

And Happy Holidays to those of you that don't celebrate Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season filled with family and friends and love!

New Work!

TEXTures 1.5

Just finished a new series of smaller textile pieces. These little gems have a lot of texture and a little bit of text --- one of my favorite combinations! Click here to see the entire series.

They're Back!

As the leaves here in the Midwest continue to change colors, I have been inspired to create more collages in the Autumn Aura series. For those of you that missed out on the first 10 collages in this series, there are 14 more posted here. Scroll down on the page to see the new ones. Enjoy!

Helping A Friend

This is Jeannie. She is a beagle puppy that was adopted by a friend of mine, artist Beate Knappe. On October 4th Jeannie was hit by a car and suffered injuries to two of her legs. She underwent surgeries to repair the damage, and now she is getting stronger day by day. Unfortunately, all of this has left Beate with a vet bill that totals over 2000 euros.

Autumn Aura #9

I have created a new series of collages called "Autumn Aura" to help raise money for the vet bill. Please click here to see the entire series. Thanks for taking a look!

Hiatus

The gardens are barren once again, with a new layer of white snow falling on them this morning. The last of the summer's harvest is on the counter. No matter how many homegrown tomatoes I eat all summer, the last ones always taste the best, maybe because I realize that this is it for another season.

This morning's snowfall brings an end to most of my gardening activities and a beginning to more time in the studio. I have been continuing to work on canvas, and many new pieces are slowly emerging on my design wall. I am more inspired than I have been in quite a while, and I am spending long hours in the studio, slowly creating more soulful work. I don't know where it's going, but I know I am enjoying the journey immensely. All of this to say that I am taking a break from blogging. I want to focus completely on my new work. Please know that you will not be forgotten, and perhaps, next season, I will be back with new work to show all of you. Thanks for the pleasure of your company these last few years!

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The Last One

Delmar #13
approximately 9.5" x 6.5"
canvas, Chinese paper, gesso, medium, acrylic paint, hand stitching

This is the final piece in this series, and I am ready to get them all matted and framed now. I hope you've enjoyed seeing them one-by-one as I finished them.

Delmar #12

Delmar #12
approximately 9.75" x 6"
canvas, Chinese paper, gesso, medium, acrylic paint, hand stitching