Category Archives: Happening Now 2011

Something about those vintage classic cars. Gary and I have been to a few of the classic car shows. I’m always in awe of the beauty and history when viewing each car up close. Gary was born in 1951, so I thought … Continue reading →

Thrilled to see my mug on the cover of my local Tustin News. I always have a great time talking with the folks about my style of fabric art. Deborah Stanley was set up just to the right of me. … Continue reading →

Elated to be returning back to Tustin Fine Art Walk in downtown historic Tustin. This year is especially cool. I’ll be there with my good friend Deborah Stanley. Click here to check out Deborah’s awesome art.  We are thrilled to be … Continue reading →

Gotta love music. “Jazz Singer.” A fresh piece in the works. Thought I would post the early stage of this piece. Always start with a freshly or slightly older painted background fabric.(I painted this sometime ago.) Cut out paper templates of … Continue reading →

Happy to have made this piece “Sealicious” for the SAQA auction 2011. Its full of color and heavily stitched. Hand painted background. I also used vintage ribbons cut into circles at the bottom. My original plan was to have this a … Continue reading →

After coming back from a baseball game Friday night I was elated to find an acceptance email from SAQA Layers of Memory. “knowing Roy” will be in travel mode for quite some time. Penny and I are thrilled to have this piece travel. This … Continue reading →

Great weekend! Lots of paintin going on. How cool to paint a vintage dress form? Ya think?  I bought this shabby dress form about 5 years ago at a yard sale, I wanted to paint it antique white and sand it down … Continue reading →

I painted this piece (only the backdrop) a few years ago, not sure what I was going to do with it. Eventually I came up with keeping it a full-blown landscape..I had left it just with the trees and butterflies for … Continue reading →

A painted butterfly, maybe two or more. I’ve had these very shabby vintage butterfly stepping stones for sometime now, look at the detail! Can you imagine adding a piece of cloth over these beautiful stones? Here you go, Orange, red, yellow acrylic … Continue reading →

  I loved working on this piece. Heartfelt, fun, challenging, filled with memories of my school days. Take a look at “Twins” and let me know what you think. I feel most comfortable working on pieces that represent my life with meaning. Occasionally I … Continue reading →