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Petales

This organic looking vase comes from the head of a mulberry tree, showing multiple knots and voids.

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Ribbon Ornaments

Oil on canvas. 5 x 5 " plus frame. Still life in my studio. The reflections and read on the colors were a challenge, especially on the gold one. But I captured it well. $75

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Small Town Welcome

This barn was just outside the small town of Tulelake, California. It is a rural area, sustained almost entirely by agriculture, studded with grain silos and sprawling fields. Someone, (or perhaps the town elders) had decided at some point to use the side of a barn to welcome visitors and residents with a hand painted sign with a depiction of the countryside and the words "Welcome to Tulelake". It had seen better days, worn down by hard winters and hot summers, but the words and the sentiment were still there.

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Star Light

Deconstructed Jewelry is cleaned and reconstructed. Each work contains a piece of gold, silver or a semi-precious stone,

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The Stick Collectors

Walking in the wild paths can be as much fun as in a park with play structures. Kids collecting sticks and talking as the decide what to make with them and how to share them captured my attention.

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To Robbie Nell, The Girl I Really Love

I found a 2" x 3" sepia photo in a basket of discarded photos in a curios shop in a small Oregon town. Written on the back of it was "To Robbie Nell, the girl I really love". I wondered who wrote that the gentleman in the photo And was Robbie Nell the woman standing next to him And what did the word "really" mean Was this a long lost, unrequited love Why was the photo discarded, and by whom The mystery captivated me. I wanted the figures to step out of the muted background and ask one to contemplate such questions.

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