Happy Harvest

Squash from my garden wrapped in a warm winter scarf:)

Pink Ribbon

More hand study.  And, I always like playing with perspective. This is dedicated to all the women I've known who have had to battle breast cancer, including my mom.

The Boardwalk

I have discovered a new art medium: masking tape:)  And I found an old Rumi translation paperback at a used bookstore for a dollar.  I am cutting it apart inspiring line by inspiring line and attaching it to some of my pieces.  This piece was done at an AP workshop in Las Vegas a week ago.  The shell and postcard clouds were done with colored pencil...the rest is cardboard and tape.

I was teaching the students about Op Art, and decided to replicate Van Gogh's Starry, Starry Night in a different format.  This is the result.

Forming an Identity

Students in my Drawing II class wanted to work more with facial features, so we did a round robin where we drew different features of each other.  Emma's eyes with Garrett's nose...and so forth.  The final composition had to contain 5 sets of eyes, three noses and two mouths.  Then, find a way to tie it all together.  We used colored pencil and Forming an Identity is what I came up with.

Davy Jones' Locker

Again, not a colored pencil, but I was trying to camouflage a skull within sea life using watercolor.  The sea, even though my horoscope is a fish, terrifies me.  There is so much hidden and unseen, yet it's beautiful too...and intriguing...much like a woman, I guess.

Astro-Nots

These little guys started showing up about three years ago when I got tired of teaching kids how to shade circles and decided to turn the circles into something more interesting.  They have human eye-balls and frog like feet, but I always like their playful attitudes... and they always teach me something.