Influence: Flavor & Food
No Two Cranberries Are Alike
Created twin paintings for twins using cranberries as my inspiration. And even though the paintings have same colors, applied in same manner, they are not identical.
Kitchen Towels
Strips of canvas, dipped and line dried, were added to a canvas with colors from my gardens. I meant to finish it but once I hung in … Read more
Plated Sushi Went Bad
This piece was created from a recycled canvas “sushi” is made from paint scraps, rolled into a baseball size, dipped in semi-gloss and cut by hand. Slicing … Read more
Cotton Candy For Two
Wanted to create a pair using same colors of semi-glosses, eggshell, flat and paint pigment. When they were done, they reminded me of cotton candy. No summer … Read more
Ribbon Candy
The texture reminded me of ribbon candy, a favorite of my mother & my grandmother. It looked incomplete until I “framed” framed the edges with drips.
Charred Condiments
This wasn’t what I planned for the canvas. I applied latex with painting knife and stroked it along. Something about it disturbs me yet feel comforting.
Swirls & Twirls
I have looked at this piece every time I’ve been in the studio for the past couple years. Initially I wanted to do more with it, but … Read more
Cranapple
The green color reminds me of a delicious apple meeting cranberries. It’s only 2 colors, very simple, but the contrast is what I find fun.
Pepto Swirl
I really just wanted to play with unusual colors and rotating the canvas gave the piece great swirls and blends.
I Have No Idea
Playing with flat paint as a base which i flattened like plaster. Applied the next layer in same fashion but with semi gloss. The layering affect wasn’t … Read more
Candy Cane Bridge
Used a flat latex with an eggshell and brushed with basting brush once dried some. When the light hits right, the contrast in texture makes me smile. … Read more
Who Put Grape In My Orange Freeze?
Got inspired with by marshmallow and this time used leftover orange paints using my fingers over an old canvas. This left the purple cracks when the paint … Read more
Lemon Meringue, light on the meringue
Paint was poured onto canvas and applied with fingers over course of 3 days. Yellow symbolizes the mind and the intellect. It is optimistic and cheerful and … Read more