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Cuz I Can 2008

Enlightened Flowers 2008

Grass Splendor 2008

Have a Heart 2008

Transformation One 2008

Natural Consequences of Breathing 2008

Eastern Thought 2008

Essence of Spring in Blue 2008

Peace in the Middle 2008

Map of My Chaos 2008

Flash of Insight 2008

Espresso All Day  or African Dreams  2008

Desperately Trying to Hold On To Keep From Drowning in Someone Else's Misery 

OR

HOPE

...depending on your view of the world.
2006

Fire the Grid 2
Painted 7/17/07 and inspired by my participation in the Fire the Grid ceremony I attended in the early morning hours.  I came home and painted 3 paintings in succession within just a few hours time.  This was the second painting--look for 1 and 3 coming soon.
In this painting, Mother Earth's core is at the center and there is energy pouring into and out of her from our world and beyond.  I don't know if all the prayers and meditation helped that day, but it could not have hurt and it brought me the inspiration to paint where there had been none for many months.

Fire the Grid 1
This was the first painting I did upon returning from the Fire the Grid meditation.  Throughout the meditation I kept thinking about all the beautiful things of this world that were in danger--clean air, clear water, forests, plants, trees...all the things we take for granted and are too close to losing.  In this painting I see all of those things reaching out  and trying to hang on to life on this planet.

Fire the Grid 3
This painting was one I actually started the day before but had no idea what to do with it.  Once I finished FTG 1 and 2, I turned to this unfinished painting and began to see something like bright lights shining out from places all over the earth where high earth saving energy was being sent out.  This is my daughter, Madison's favorite.

The Gift of Depression--Insight and Appreciation Through the Grey Misty Rain.

Miss Communication
You say one thing, they hear something completely different and then reply.  Their reply comes back to you in a completely different way than they meant it.  How does this happen?? I see a blue filter in between these communications--one that garbles and messes up all types of communication.  Don't blame the other person for not hearing you, blame the blue line!

Crossroads
16X20 Stretched Canvas May 2006
Some of the most memorable times of my life have been those times I find myself standing at a crossroad, trying to figure out which path to take.  This painting contains a number of crossroads, all surrounded by chaotic swirls and colors.  No matter which road you choose, there you are.  And down the road--more choices to be had.

Hike to Integrity 1
16X10 Stretched canvas
Painted April 2006
As I've been struggling with my own life these past few months, I feel I am being asked to make hard choices.  I've never been one to take the easy road, the easy way out of anything--I often choose to take a more difficult "hike."  As I've been ruminating on what this hike means to me, I got a vision of a hike up a mountain; a life of choices where one chooses the path to integrity.  And to me, integrity is looking back on your life at the end and feeling like it was a well lived life--that there are few regrets.  So I got into trying to paint this hike and mountains and such and there is the abstract version of the mountain of integrity I'm trying to hike.

Hike to Integrity 2
Painted April 2006
30X40 on stretched canvas
Another version of the hike.  This one a little more realistic than the first but still very abstract.  It's meant to depict a hike that can take many forms (indicated by different slopes and colors of the mountains). 

Hike to Integrity 3
Yet another version of the Hike to Integrity theme I'm currently on.  This one is more realistic than I usually paint.  I'm much more comfortable with the abstract but every now and then something a little realistic paints itself onto the canvas.

Adding 100 +
16 X20

ANSI Names
16 X 20
Nicely Framed

M

Outer Limits
30X40

Puzzled
2 4X6
$60 for both
Location: Christiansburg, Virginia

Beach
8X10
SOLD

Diagnosis of a Tear
12X12
SOLD

Upgrade/Downgrade
16X20

Trial by Fire
24X36

Some Beach, Somewhere
16X20

Swan Dance
Watercolor Markers on paper

Summer Downdraft (sitting in a chair--this is a little painting!)
6X6

Set--Rain Blocks 1 and Rain Blocks 2
Each one is 8X10. 

 See close-up below

Close up Rain Block 2

Spring

Earth, Air and Water
16X20 Acrylic
No Frame

River of LIfe
April 2005
16X20 Acrylic
No Frame (Creative Edge)

SOLD!

Heaven and Hell and Everything in Between

Designs on You
April 2005
6X6 Acrylic
No Frame (Creative Edge)

Trash Day
April 2005
11X14 Acrylic with Gauze
No Frame (Creative Edge)

The Morning After (Don's Idea)
March 2005
8X10 Acrylic and Gauze
No Frame (Creative Edge)
Not Available

Moon Bubbles
Jan 2005
24X36 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Bright Yellow Frame
Not Available

Summer Beach
March 2005
15X30 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
No Frame

In the Pipes
March 2005
11X14 Acrylic on Canvas Board
No Frame

Color Blocks
2 5X7's in Acrylic
No Frame (Creative Edge)
$50.00 for both
Location: Christiansburg, Virginia

Clocks
March 2005
24X24 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
No Frame

Location: Christiansburg, Virginia

In the Beginning
2004
12x16 Acrylic on Canvas Paper
Framed

Desert Reflection
2004
16X20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Wood Frame
SOLD!

Big Moon Rising
2004/2005
16X20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Unframed

Too Close
2005
12X12 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
SOLD

Panic/Tornado Alley
2005
8 X 10 Acrylic on Canvas Board
Framed

Not Letting Go
2004
12X16 Acrylic on Canvas Paper
Framed
Artist's Collection (unavailable)

A Darker Shade of Blue
2004
16X20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Framed

Wild Nature
2005
8X10 Acrylic on Canvas Board
Framed

Family Jewels
16X20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Framed

SOLD!

Information Highway
2004
16X20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Framed

Mexico Sunrise
2004
12X16 Acrylic on Canvas Paper
Framed
SOLD!

Frames of Fire
2004
16X20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Framed
SOLD!

Happy, Color Blocks
2004
16X20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Unavailable

Playful Plaid
2004
16x20 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
SOLD

Desert Moon
2004
12 X 16 Acrylic on Canvas Paper
$75.00
SOLD

Double Dog
2005
2 - 5" x 8" Stretched Canvases
Acrylic
SOLD

Mountain Fire
2004
16 X 20 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Framed

SOLD!

River Stones
2004
12 X 16 Canvas Paper
Acrylic
Framed

All Dressed Up
2005
12X12 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic

Inner Conflict
2005
8X10 Paper, Acrylic
Framed

Beginner's Quilt
2004
16X20 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
SOLD!

Three's A Crowd
2005
12X12 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic

Glass Box
2005
12X12 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
SOLD!

Brand New Day
2005
20X24 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Framed    SOLD!

Dying Sun
2005
20X24 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Framed 

Eden's Garden
2005
20X24 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic

SOLD!

Electric Energy
2005
16X20 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic with Glass Beads 
SOLD!

Fusion
2004
12X16 Canvas Paper
Acrylic
Framed

Ice Mountain Moonlight
2005
12X16 Canvas Paper

Sold!

Open to Possibilities
Jan 2005
30X40 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Artist's Collection
NOT FOR SALE

Snow Moon
2005
12X16 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Framed
SOLD!

Joyful Agony
Feb 2005
30X40 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic

Sticks and Stones
Jan 2005
8X10 Paper
Acrylic
Framed    SOLD!

Wall of Tears
Dec 2004
16X20 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Framed

Rowsets
2004
16x20 Canvas Paper
Acrylic
Framed

Winter Moon
2004
16X20 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Framed

Relax, Couch Potato
Jan 2005
12X16 Canvas Paper
Acrylic, Marker
Framed
SOLD!

Fractured Leaf
Feb 2004
18X24 Stretched Canvas
Acrylic
Framed

Map of Somewhere
Jan 2005
8X16 Stretched Canvas, Acrylic with Stucco
Not For Sale
Artist's Collection

Calm Seas
10X12 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Framed

SOLD!

Quiet Mountains
10X20 Acrylic Stretched Canvas
Framed