Music, memories, and RBG.

Remembering those who have passed, and looking at new priorities.
Fading….

When death and destruction are pretty.
An autumn surprise.

Flowers and insanity.
Odds, Ends, and Ordering

Adventures in printing…
Thinking of loved ones

Still stitching memories.
Shared magic?

Inspiration from a friend.
Patchwork memories.

Memories as art. Painted patchwork.
Oops?

Sometimes it is impossible to keep your mistakes to yourself.
Recalcitrant worms and inappropriate butterflies.

“They do have professional flea circuses. Maybe they have professional modeling worms?”
“If they do, would you be union busting if you hired the wrong kind of worms?”
The progression continues.

Improving: Taking the calligraphy to the next level.
Under construction

You never know what you’ll discover in the midst of construction!
Notes from Europe

Art inspired by European adventures!
Possessed by aliens?

Botanical art or alien container gardens? You be the judge.
It’s a progression

I have arrived! More Nature art and calligraphy.
An unrelated tail.

It’s not pudding, and I am sad.
A little fossil fantasy

When you stage a (sort of) break in to the fossil room at the University…
Scissors and Experiments

Scissors and Dragonflies have nothing to do with each other…
Once more into the fray.

Chaos and calm: Just another day in the life.
Painted Lady

Entomologists and farmers are currently my two favorite kinds of people. They both give me such interesting presents! Last year was a good one for Painted Lady butterflies, and one of the spider webs in the greenhouse at the Northern Plains Botanic Garden managed to catch quite a selection. Since the spider apparently died before […]
Of detours and dead things

So in typical fashion I have boldly told everyone to brace themselves for lots of posts and lots of paintings, and then I got distracted. Instead of painting pictures, I have been painting walls. I have rented a new studio space! Naturally it took significant time and energy to get it all sorted out the […]
Third time’s a charm?

Question: What does Georgia O’Keeffe and a bathtub have in common? Answer: New art! Being called into the bathroom by your child to “come look at something” can go multiple ways, many of them less than pleasant. Recently, however, it was quite fun. My daughter’s hair has grown long enough that she discovered that she […]