Robust Rudy
Robust Rudy is portly and kindhearted. His belly may protrude, but his flashy orange and multicolored breast markings celebrate his corpulence. He stands four inches tall and sports a silver headdress and tail feather. Made of polymer clay and wire, he is hand sculpted and one of a kind.
Ultra Rider
Another in the horse and rider series, “Ultra Rider” ponders the next move in an abstract landscape of hidden chess men and pitfalls. The watercolor on paper is 18″ x 24.”
Dapple Girl
“Dapple Girl” is a watercolor, 18″ x 24,” an illustration from an as yet unpublished story about a young heroine’s encounters with magical beings in her daily life.
Brown Bird
Brown Bird is a plain and studious individual. He likes to read, preferably mysteries. Brown Bird is polymer clay and wire, hand sculpted and standing four inches tall.
Blooming Chirphouse
The garden on an idyllic summer day is the subject of the small oil painting, another in the “wackitecture” series.
Blue Rider
One of the horse and rider series, “Blue Rider,” watercolor on paper, 18″ x 24,” depicts the mysterious rider in an abstract landscape.
Sassy Cecil
Sassy Cecil is a sunny creature, handcrafted of multicolored polymer clay, wire and silver beads, standing four inches tall.
The House That Chirp Built
My “wackytecture” series includes this 2010 large scale oil painting , 44 x 38.” “The House That Chirp Built” invites the viewer on a magical tour guided by the merry chirpster.
Red Bird
Birds fly high and by. Red Bird stands a proud four inches tall, multicolored polymer clay bird feet firmly planted on terra firma. Wire eyes sparkle, movable wings flap. Red Bird is hand sculpted polymer clay and wire, and one of a flock.
Tumbling Gallop
A large scale oil on canvas, 55″ x 88,” “Tumbling Gallop” shows a lone wild horse in a rather harsh but striking abstract landscape. The little horse faces adversity, but is a survivor.
Jaunty Sojourn
“Jaunty Sojourn” is a 2011 mixed media painting on 29″ x 41″ heavy Arches watercolor paper. I love working with watercolor and watercolor pastels, especially the large caran d”ache variety.
Marvelous Myrtle
Miss Myrtle is a lovely polymer clay and wire bird, standing approximately four inches tall. She is multicolored and has movable wings, yet is for display purposes only. Hand sculpted clay body, wings, bird feet and leg beads make her a rare bird indeed.