Friends, here’s my take on that deep question, “What if Queen Elizabeth the First had been a crustacean?” She has also been chosen as a finalist in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s Art Prize competition — enough to please any Aquatic Monarch! :) She’s in fabulous company, which can be seen on the People’s Choice voting page (if you’re inclined to vote for your favorite pieces, the deadline Sept. 7, 2023 Australian Eastern time).
Two Sphinx WIPs, and a Head
Kind Visitor, thank you for continuing to come see me! It has been a long strange year and more. I hope you and yours are prevailing! <3 Here are a couple of pieces underway, soon to fly to their home, from my newly set up studio.
Abyssal Angel
This one was honored to appear in the Lucid Dreaming show at the Copro Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The show was sponsored by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and featured many fascinating creations by colleagues. I wish I could’ve been there myself! But Abyssal Angel went solo, and found a home at once, which was lovely.
Mlle Shrimp wanted to visit...
Dream of Quan Yin, 3 views
Fairy Shrimp (Sold!)
This strange being is now on the Available Works page, where she hopes to be caught… :) (She found a home! Thanks for your interest!)
Insect Fragment
Friends, an Insect Fragment in air-dry mixed media, with mulberry paper. Family Scarabaeidae of course!
Flemish Moth...
Here's a Moth, hatched from the Northern Renaissance... in Premier air-dry clay, mulberry paper with stainless steel and aluminum wire armature. Painted in acrylics, with metallic gold.
La Belle Crustacé, tinted
The Tinderbox, tinted in acrylics
Hans Christian Andersen's "The Tinderbox" ~ work in progress
Happy 2016, and a Winter Sphinx to you!
Winter Sphinx stands about 24" tall, sculpted in Premier air-dry clay with washi paper and wood.
The Morrigan
Friends, so sorry to have been blog-neglectful! I aim to mend my ways in 2016. Here's the Morrigan, Celtic battle goddess, shape-shifting phantom queen. She just got lucky and won the popular vote competition for Infected By Art (IBA) Volume 4. Thank you, everyone who participated!! So honored. There is a great deal ofastonishing work to see at Infected By Art, and the book will be incredible!
The Morrigan, mixed-media, about 19" tall.
Spectrum Fantastic Art Gold Award in Dimensional
Kind Visitors, a most belated announcement: I was incredibly honored that 'Venetian Harpy' won the 2015 Spectrum gold award in Dimensional, given at Spectrum Fantastic Art Live in Kansas City, MO, in May. There was so much wondrous art there, I was amazed! More news in the near future. Promise.
Venetian Harpy, 11 x 22 inches, in mixed media, completed 2014.
"The Fate of the Children of Lir"
Swan Child getting her color, in Premier air-dry clay. Painted with acrylics including Acryla Gouache from Holbein -- a favorite of mine for the air-dry pieces...