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Angel of Love
11" x 14" Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #10-023 This piece was also created during Pam's class. I asked my daughter to be my model and I liked the photo so much that it became part of the finished work. Original SOLD
Love, Hope, Joy
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on 1-1/2” Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #09-005 Original SOLD Prints and Greeting Cards Available Love and Hope are important in life as well as the joy they bring… This piece was created as my donation to the Art & Creativity for Healing’s Fundraising auction in 2009.
Follow Your Heart
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on 1-1/2” Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #09-004 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available I am a thinker and a planner to a fault… sometimes we all just need to follow our heart and not over think it…
Moment by Moment
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on 1-1/2” Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #09-003 Original Available Prints Available After reading the book "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle I became inspired to create this piece.
Love Wins
6” x 6” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #09-002 Original, Prints and Greeting Cards Available This piece was created as a call to artists for a "Play on Words"… though not chosen for publication I still am partial to its message…
Surround Yourself
8” x 8” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #09-001 Original, Prints and Greeting Cards Available This collage is a combination of my Circle of Friends and Surrounded I… We must surround ourselves with love…
Circle of Friends
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board, Framed in Black Catalog #08-010 Original – SOLD Prints and Greeting Cards Available This piece has a special place in my heart. I feel all of us have an inner circle of friends who are always there for us and have made the most contribution to our lives… Welcome to my circle of friends…
Mothers with Cancer
9” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Mothers with Cancer, Raising Children, Fighting Cancer, Living Life! Catalog #08-008 Original Available Prints Available Shortly after I was introduced to the blogosphere… I found many other women who were also breast cancer survivors. In June 2008 the Mothers with Cancer blog was created with 20 or so of us sharing our experiences of Raising Children, Fighting Cancer and most importantly Living Life. This is my visual documentation of the importance of this collaboration in my life...
Color and Shape
8” x 10” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” Georgia O’Keefe Catalog #08-001 Original – SOLD Prints and Greeting Cards Available This quotation is a favorite of Laurie Zagon, founder of Art & Creativity for Healing, Inc. I created this piece as my donation to the 2008 “Girls Night Out” fundraiser.
Always in My Heart
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #08-006 Original – SOLD Prints and Greeting Cards Available KidsKonnected is a non-profit organization that helps children who have a parent with cancer or has passed from the disease cope with the many emotions related to this insideous beast. KK was a great help to our family during my cancer battle. If Mom or Dad pass they will always remain in our hearts and as angels watching over us. This piece was created in honor of that love and the original was donated to their fundraising auction in 2008.
Stop and Smell the Flowers II
18” x 24” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #08-005 Original - SOLD Prints Available Stop and Smell the Flowers I was purchased by a gentleman as a gift for his wife…shortly after he took possession of the piece I received a call asking if I would create another piece with the same theme only larger for her office…
Stop and Smell the Flowers I
9” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #08-004 Original – SOLD Prints and Greeting Cards Available Cancer and my treatment of the disease taught me many lessons. So many of us rush through life not even taking a brief moment to enjoy's God's creations. If I had to choose only one lesson this would be the one…
So Many Wishes
8” x 10” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board So Many Wishes Catalog #08-003 Original – SOLD Prints and Greeting Cards Available The birth of my daughter was my creative inspiration for So Many Wishes. After many years of infertility and hoping for a child to come into our lives…The original was my gift to commemorate her 15th birthday.
Every Child is an Artist
11” x 14” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Pablo Picasso Catalog #08-002 Original – SOLD Prints and Greeting Cards Available I think Picasso had it correct with this quote… If you have ever watched children paint then you know what he was speaking of… I hope you enjoy my visual interpretation of this heartfelt quote. This piece was created for a fundraising event for Art & Creativity for Healing.
Best Teachers
9” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board
“The best teachers teach from the heart not from the book” Author Unknown
Catalog #08-001
Original – SOLD
Prints and Greeting Cards Available This piece was originally created for my son’s 2008 school fundraising auction. An appropriate quote… as I feel many teachers do just teach from the book. The truly best know how to reach each individual child and that love can only come from the heart.
His Path
24” x 36” Mixed Media Collage on Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #11-022 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available On my 2011 path of self-discovery I have found that the best guidance that I can ask for is HIS help.
On the Street Where You Live
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on 1 ½” Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #10-022 Original Available Prints Available While each of us live on a different street, in a different state, in a different county, in a different town, with a different address, in a different house… each street and house have much in common and ultimately our goal is the same… to create a home and life that is safe, secure and filled with love.
Fear Less Love More
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #10-021 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available Fearless…without fear… I chose to put the accent on the second word… fear LESS… I had recently read the book "Love is Letting Go of Fear" by Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD. Gerald teaches us to let go of the past and stay focused on the present. "Revealing our true selves, the essence of which is love, is a matter of releasing those limited and limiting thoughts." The message in this book is to live a life in which fear, doubt and negativity are replaced with optimism, joy and love. When I read the call for submissions for Somerset Studios Magazine, the title of this book and its message was still in my head. I chose to replace fear and less with love and more...
Listen to Your Heart
24” x 30” Mixed Media Collage on 1-1/2” Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #10-016 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available Sometimes all we need to do is to get out of our head and our thoughts and listen to our hearts for direction.
The Greatest is Love
14” x 14” Mixed Media Collage on 1-1/2” Gallery Wrapped Canvas “The Greatest of These is Love” – 1 Corinthians 13.13 Catalog #10-004 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available In the Spring of 2010 it was time for another donation to ACFH's Palette of Colors Fundraiser. This verse of Corinthians was my inspiration… A giclee of this piece was donated to the Art & Creativity for Healing’s Fundraising Auction
Hearts and Flowers
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on 1-1/2” Gallery Wrapped Canvas Catalog #10-003 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available I use hearts in many of my mixed media collages. I enjoy combining textures, words, colors, flowers and other elements of nature to create a visually interesting piece. I love to create art with a simple message yet combine other techniques that keep the viewer engaged and discovering the subtle nuances of the piece. Hearts and Flowers was selected to grace the Cover of the Cloth, Paper, Scissors 2011 Calendar.
Wish Carefully
6” x 6” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #09-012 Original Available Prints Available All too often we send out the request for a wish too quickly. This piece is a reminder to slow down and take care when wishing…
Save Yourself
5” x 7” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #09-010 Original Available Prints Available Sometimes we wait for the super heroes in life to save us when we ultimately have to save ourselves.
Sisters in Survival
Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available My inspiration for this piece was a call for submissions working with the theme of "Sisters" This is my tribute to both my real sister as well as so many other women who helped and continue to help me survive… Somerset Studios selected this piece for publication in their July/August 2009 issue.
Life is Like a Box of Fortune Cookies
Available My second submission for the Cloth, Paper, Scissors calendar was selected to represent the month of December 2010...I love fortune cookies… the taste and better yet the surprise fortune inside. It is always so interesting to me, how most of the time the fortune fits the person who receives it. The fortunes pertain to different times and stages in our lives and everyone has their lucky numbers!
Life is Like a Box of Hearts
12” x 12” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #09-007 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine sent out a call to artists to submit pieces for their 1st annual calendar. The theme to interpret was "Life is Like a Box of…." this was my first submission.
Dark and Light
5" x 7” Torn Paper Collage on Canvas Board Catalog # 07-001 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available One of my first forays back into playing with collage. Playing with papers, textures and paint lead to the creation of a crazy bug… or two…
Crazy Bug
5" x 7” Torn Paper Collage on Canvas Board Catalog # 07-001 Original Available Prints and Greeting Cards Available One of my first forays back into playing with collage. Playing with papers, textures and paint lead to the creation of a crazy bug… or two…
Love Will Get Us Through
18” x 24” Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Board Catalog #10-001 Original Available Prints Available My collages are made of many layers. I started this piece a long time ago but then it sat… In Spring of 2010 many of my “Mothers with Cancer” received some bad news of a re-occurrence or a complication. While witnessing the outpouring of love expressed I felt compelled to finish this piece.