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LATEST ARTICLES ( 103 )

• Reclaimed Shadow Boxes

  

  8" x 12" Redan original painting background done by a friend, 2 Russian Spoons from a thrift store in Boise. A doll found in a thrift store while traveling.... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Thirty Babies

  

  My newest assemblage is based on the truly inspiring story of the Chinese rubbish collector who saved and raised THIRTY babies abandoned at the roadsideRead... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Repurposed Art Journal

  

  I have been making artist journals since 1995. I try not to buy anything new, but reuse and repurpose what I already have. Well my journal for 2013 is all... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• First Thursday in January

  

  Tomorrow is the culminating show of my time as a Boise Open Studio (BOSCO) participant in the Artist in Residence (AiR) program. I had one month residency in a... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Inspirational Dramatic Skies

  

  Wyoming My husband and I recently took a 2 month long road trip, my husband did all the driving so I had lots of time to look at the sky.... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Get Hooked

  

  14" x 17" $1759X12 original acrylic painting with found objects touting the natural beauty and fabulous fishing in Idaho. Now how to finish it off? At a Thrift... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Where to Find Me and My Art...

  

  December is always a busy month. This past 1st Thursday in December I started my artist in residence at the Boise Open Studio Collective Organization (BOSCO)... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 247 y La Siesta

  

  La Siesta Mixed Media Collage 247Mixed Media CollageThe inspiration for this piece was Frida Kahol's home Casa Azul. Her address was 247 Londres. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Accidental Angel

  

  This assemblage started with this piece of rusted wire I found along with some old rusted metal in the backcountry in Nevada. I did not do anything to the... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Boise Weekly Cover Auction and Other Holiday 2013 Events

  

  The Boise Weekly Cover Auction is this Thursday at 6pm at the Visual Arts Collective. This piece of mine that was on the cover last January will be up for... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Grown in Idaho

  

  This piece was started with covering an existing thick layer of paint on the 5" x 7" board with joint compound. Joint compound seems to me to react very... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• We Can Go to An Island By Boat...

  

  This piece started with another pre used canvas. This one had rhinestone and wax all over it, so I decided to use the back. I scraped the sides with an exacto... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Green Gate

  

  12" x 12" "The Green Gate"This is the piece I made for the Art For Art VSA Idaho/Creative Access Art Center Fundraiser set for Oct. 3, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Peace

  

  Here is another project where I start out with a project from my friend Miriam who got rid of ALL of her art! She gifted me with many shadow boxes. This was... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Reflect on Your Life

  

  The focus of this mixed media piece is my life after retirement from teaching. It's about moving out west and at age 50 taking up mountain biking and working... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Exhibit A

  

  The piece of art featured in this blog post also started out from these pieces given to me to re-imagine. This was the mixed media collage that needed... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Famous Potatoes

  

  This piece started with one of three pieces of art that were given to me by an artist friend who was cleaning out all her art and what she couldn't sell, she wa... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Wandering Wasp

  

  My Friend Marianne was gracious enough to ask me if I wanted a huge pile of art magazines before she recycled them. Of course I said yes. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Mini-Masters

  

  Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Large flower paintings The first of August I taught a week long art camp at the Garden City Public Library. It was just 1 hour a day.... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Siren Song

  

  15" x 15" Mixed Media $125.This was the first piece of the puzzle for this work of art. This was made a few months ago while taking an encaustic class with Kare... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS