My dear husband has been preparing steel cut oatmeal for us in the mornings. This morning he brought me this bowl full and said “you are the almond, in a moat, surrounded by sugar and cream! Ha, I am sure he meant my belly! that is a smalllll pat of butter, don’t judge me…

This is my most recent finished painting:

This piece took a week to complete, she required many layers and repeated drying efforts (in the oven since there is no sunshine the past week). She also required sanding and I like the contrast between the smooth face with its subtle tones and the body with its heavy texture. There is an option to add legs which I do think I will do.

She is about 12 inches tall.

superfetation |ˌsoōpərˌfēˈtā sh ən|
noun Medicine & Zoology
the occurrence of a second conception during pregnancy, giving rise to embryos of different ages in the uterus.
• figurative the accretion of one thing on another : the superfetation of ideas.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French superfétation or modern Latin superfetatio(n-), from Latin superfetare, from super- ‘above’ + fetus ‘fetus.’

See this piece in person on exhibit in Detroit, October, at “Damned”.

oil on canvas, 18 x 24

24 x 24 oil on canvas

“Stick Figure”

I’m not really certain how I got to this little figure, that is, I just started painting without a pr-conceived idea and it evolved on its own. When I stopped trying and thinking, it worked out.

Its a quiet painting.

I am an artist and an intuitive person with the ability to not only see but empathize and recognize the beauty in chaos, the beauty in a single rock and the beauty of the hearts eye. I have a friend who has inspired me by his ability to see beauty in “monsters” and outcasts which always has me trying to see through different eyes and recognize that there are many things and people who at first glance appear to be beautiful but are deadly or evil or ugly in reality. There are people like Ted Bundy who are attractive but a lie and Gacy who pretends to be funny and a friend to children, pure evil. People turned their heads aghast at the elephant man who’s deformity was mistaken for an ugly heart when it was those who tortured and exploited him who were much more ugly. Why we mistake external beauty for goodness is kinda crazy. Crinkles has a twinkle in her eye and offers up a flower and if you look at her expression closely you will see there is nothing menacing in between the lines. XO

The body of the piece is panty hose sewn over clay, great fun and I love painting on the panty hose surface, it has great tooth like canvas although very absorbent.

This photo is dark but I like the way the tear drop shines

Side view

mixed media figure, cast paper pulp, and paper mache over armature