https://www.bunnycalifornia.com/portfoliogallery/portfolio daily 0.75 2016-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932173343-78K3F0XQ3ZHSOAFJHLA7/Birth_of_an_Idea_01.jpg PORTFOLIO - Birth of an Idea Birth of an Idea Bust made from wire armature, plaster wrap, varnish. Hat shaped like an upside-down person, hand-sewn with felt and seed beads. 14" tall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932168830-HDK50VF7VIYVYNSKI7EY/WaterisLife.jpg PORTFOLIO - Water is Life Water is Life acrylic, 24 x 30 The connectedness of everything in nature is beautiful, inexplicable, and vital to our connectedness. Water is Life. Whatever we do depends on our ability to be part of a thriving whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932169129-1OLAQRDHO78ZSTB1ZYR3/Ascent+Series+Bunny+California.jpg PORTFOLIO - Ascent Series Cross-Pollination, Ascent, Theatre, Trippy, Peacemaker, Triumph acrylic, 18 x 24 each The focus of these paintings is hand-done form and color: both geometric abstraction and graphic representational design, as well as modulation of color, clear movement, and the human touch. I want to interpret, in a new way, the tradition of hand-painting. I'm influenced by folk art as much as by modern art. Working in acrylic on canvas results in a punch of color for me that I wouldn't be able to achieve in watercolor or oil. The matte simplicity is naïve, and the plasticity is modern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932175730-RQCPR7EX8YUT8GTW5A64/ScandinavianSeries.jpg PORTFOLIO - Scandinavian Series Prillarguri, acrylic 30 x 15 Varangian Trade Route, acrylic 30 x 24 Midnight Sun and Strawberries, acrylic 30 x 15 The focus of these paintings is hand-done form and color: geometric abstraction, modulation of color, graphic representational design, and the human touch. I was partly inspired by Scandinavian Rosemaling. I wanted to interpret, in a new way, the tradition of hand-painting, but to keep the continuity of certain elements, such as: flowing shapes derived from nature, uneven layering of paint, and the use of geometric scrolls, dots, and thick and thin forms, which are created by the skill of the human hand rather than a soul-less stencil/ template. Also in the tradition, the design springs from the person-- with brights or pastels juxtaposed against neutrals or darks. My palate is more modern, but not too far from a Scandinavian palette. There's an exuberance, but a contemplative moodiness as well, to the Scandinavian spirit. This series explores the Scandinavian quarter of my heritage. In the first painting, Prillarguri sounds the Prillar horn, warning the peasant town of the invading Scotts. In the second, Norse ships of the Varangian Trade Route float on the waterways toward new worlds, resulting ultimately in trade and cultural exchange with the Byzantine Empire and modern-day Ukraine. In the third painting, I explored the degree of light exposure. Depending how far north the location, Norway's midnight sun can bring thirty days to four months of glowing perpetual light during the summer. Norway is also known for their flavorful strawberries-- here they lighten the mood in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932169929-9REMKYP22R3LRREV7BA4/Family+Tree+Jukebox+of+My+Genes.jpg PORTFOLIO - Family Tree, Jukebox of My Genes Family Tree, Jukebox of My Genes acrylic, 18 x 24 Do you ever stand by a gravestone and notice it’s shaped like a jukebox? Do you hear the music they heard, smell the food they celebrated? Hear the laughter and the character of their humor? Do you know the hardships they overcame with that humor? If you don’t, maybe you should look into your family tree, or ask any living relative about those who came before. Not only may it surprise you, but it may answer many questions, such as why the diverse food and drink and music preferences of your family are such a puzzle. Why your heart pounds when your eyes see the land, sky, sea, or cityscape associated with where they came from, or where they arrived. I was born San Franciscan, but with roots in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Korea, Hawaii, Russia, France, Cherokee America, Scotland, Ireland, and England, my jukebox has many catchy tunes. On any day, I don’t know which one will be playing in my head. But it’s a party of ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932170030-DXTOMMX79VJMLBT90IHJ/Welcome.jpg PORTFOLIO - WELCOME WELCOME acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932173230-K47DSOX11TP0YI778ZK6/Physics.jpg PORTFOLIO - Physics Physics charcoal, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932172929-1KL2J38HLZQYO4W51BIJ/BeeLinocut2.jpg PORTFOLIO - Bee Linocut Bee Linocut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932173730-VA2LKQCWNWJ7F85AY9C9/BrushtailPossumsBC.jpg PORTFOLIO - Brushtail Possums Brushtail Possums Woodcut Parody of Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet players dying each night before the audience and then rising to repeat the performance the next night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932169329-ASTG3T6D690YQRIU2RTL/mitzywaterfalloflove.jpg PORTFOLIO - Mitzy Waterfall of Love Mitzy Waterfall of Love charcoal and acrylic, 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932176329-2NLZWJIM0MX4QGHRAY5Z/Shell.jpg PORTFOLIO - Shell Shell india ink, pen, 36 x 24 from life-- a 2 inch black murex seashell, also called hexaplex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932172229-1FVF42JESBF8U2VP71FJ/GrandmaAnna.jpg PORTFOLIO - Grandma Grandma charcoal, 30 x 20 My Grandma Anna circa late 1940's when she was about my age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932166832-1AGSIMHZK55UPZMI8IXN/TheActiveMind.jpg PORTFOLIO - The Active Mind The Active Mind acrylic, 30 x 20 Every living thing enacts its character through posture, countenance, movement-- through the body. Women whose bodies are seen are seen as bodies. Some assume that the strength of a woman's intellect is inversely proportionate to the degree to which her body is exposed. Her mind is forgotten by the average viewer. People are less likely to make these automatic assumptions when they see unclothed men or animals. It is important to realise that there is intellectual activity, sensitivity, dreaming, and pensive planning that animates the body. Women are no exception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932172630-N51K6I0XB0VJE1KX8I4Q/Source.jpg PORTFOLIO - Source Source acrylic, 24 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932175836-WN52J7EGUTHYLVOAZ8OX/fruit+series+together.jpg PORTFOLIO - Fruit & Pie Series Fruit Paintings and Fruit Pie Sculptures for Mission Pie, SF: Pear, Strawberry, Peach acrylic, 18 x 24 each Banana acrylic, 30 x 30 Apple Pie, Berry Peach Pie, Plum Frangipane wire armature, plaster wrap, gesso, paint, glaze, about 5 x 7 each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932169630-TRBYFKBDLU2B7EIV7I2E/water.jpg PORTFOLIO - Water Water acrylic, 5 x 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932173030-Z2WPEAF2B2JH4TFS8OYP/heresloookingatyou_bc.jpg PORTFOLIO - The Walls are Watching: Here's Looking at You The Walls are Watching: Here's Looking at You acrylic on my cut 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932169230-NMXJATB622VICBRVZSWP/Word_Series.jpg PORTFOLIO - Word Series Watch Repair, Vent, Caution, No Parking in the Park, Hold Request acrylic, 8 x 10 each Word Series: Painting words with multiple meanings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932173829-MIHONV88CSNZ5Y5H8U2R/Urban+Wildlife+cover+Bunny+California.jpg PORTFOLIO - Children's Book: Urban Wildlife Meet the URBAN WILDLIFE of San Francisco: A Children's History of City Animals What are the stories of our wild animal neighbors? Where were their first homes? When did they first arrive in San Francisco? Have some of them lived here longer than the city itself? Meet the Urban Wildlife of San Francisco introduces children to the natural history of the city, focusing on seven animals: Raven, Skunk, Raccoon, Pigeon, Squirrel, Opossum, Conure. Meet the increasing variety of animals who have shared San Francisco, as it has changed and grown into the place we know today. Nine sample illustrations from the children's book, which has 40 illustrated pages total: Meet the Urban Wildlife of San Francisco is natural history for children ages four to eight. Most city animals came from other places, moved here over time, and are still coming here today. This book takes kids through the stages of San Francisco, from when it was Ohlone Native Land, to a Gold Rush town, to a Victorian city, to today. Local wildlife is shown in historical contexts by being anthropormorphized in the illustrations. Younger children will have a sense of the different eras and the different cultures from the visually engaging costumes. Older children can understand the timeline. This book tells the story of the animals who represent the spirit of the city. The dynamics of a changing city environment and its animal inhabitants is different for every place, so I've begun with my hometown San Francisco. A flux of wildlife is relevant in an urban setting. It acts as a metaphor for the human immigration which grows and sustains cities. Considering this concept through appealing animals supports neighborhood diversity from an early age. A natural history with animal protagonists not only fosters environmental sensitivity, and a better understanding of local history, but also encourages appreciation for how cities continue to be created through unique groups coming together, each with their own gifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932169431-EB0AAUXBYYPW43513SZY/sftimedevelopment.jpg PORTFOLIO - SF Time Development SF Map acrylic, 18 x 24 The development of San Francisco from pioneer era, through Gold Rush, through expansion, through the Depression, through post-WWII era. Hand-painted lettering and map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932172730-MP461XX0HY42YSAKDW4C/animalplantmineral_bunnycalifornia.jpg PORTFOLIO - Animal Plant Mineral ANIMAL PLANT MINERAL acrylic, 24 x 36 We’re all parts of the whole. What we do to the environment, the animals, the plants, the earth, we do to ourselves. Here, in the shape of a hand that’s making the sign for “love”, are the words “animal, plant, mineral”. Human hands have great potential for goodness or for destruction. Let’s choose the goodness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932169729-WNKP17AXTT3BO3KENRBP/SHOWMEMAGIC+full.jpg PORTFOLIO - SHOW ME MAGIC SHOW ME MAGIC acrylic, 24 x 36 Many artists paint their desires, their hopes. I am pro-peace. Peace is seen as impractical by those who are intimidated by the work it requires. Magic is sometimes illusion, but when something is accomplished that was formerly thought impossible, that is also magical. What may look easy and beautiful often comes at a high cost of good practices. We’ve sacrificed so much for war, but can’t we, instead, actively work toward peace? If we want to survive financially, emotionally, and spiritually, we have to make the effort. I want to inspire others to break from the lock-step mode that has become a “tradition” of war. It begins with educating ourselves about peaceful alternatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932173629-PL0U26YD2PT6INCKUF6C/AreYouHumanBC.jpg PORTFOLIO - Are You Human? Are You Human? acrylic, 24 x 36 (magnifying glass hangs vertically at side; thumbprint in center of canvas) Most people identify themselves as human, but what does that mean? Physically we have certain traits— i.e. hands, opposable thumbs, finger prints— but what does it mean to think or to feel like a human? In “Are You Human?” I’m exploring conflicting factors in the human psyche. Culturally, we use fingerprints as an identifier. From one point of view, a fingerprint can identify a criminal. Are we, as humans, criminal in general? Doomed to repeat political and social injustices because we are flawed, being “only human?” Conversely, the fingerprint can also be a symbol for individuality. No two fingerprints are the same. People are not identical machines. We each have our own conscious mind and our own emotions. We can feel sympathy and empathy. Humans perform a balancing act, desiring to be unique, and also desiring to belong in a community. The hands represent interaction between people. Are we going to hurt each other, or help each other? Will we crucify each other, or will we heal each other? Political and cultural conflict between groups of people on a national scale, and genocide and wars between nations on a global scale, are examples of infighting between what is biologically one species—a species which is still developing what it means to be human and to share resources evenly. We are all in this together, and must draw on our optimistic ideas of humanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932170129-MCY2EK5YZ1QUXRHN7YAR/BucketsofBlood1.jpg PORTFOLIO - Buckets of Blood Buckets of Blood 40" wide x 69" high x 20" deep I’ve used whichever technique fit each part of this project. Painting: The stripes are painted on fabric. Assemblage: The stars are made from 50 milk or orange juice carton spouts, sewn to burlap. Sculpture: Pouring from the stars, large 3D blood drips are made from wire armature, plaster-wrap like that used in body casts, gel medium molding paste, and paint. Pen: The lettering on the reverse side of the project is written in permanent laundry marker sharpie on fabric. Green foam sheet and paper: the cartoon money below the bleeding flag has computer printed logos of the top U.S. defense contractors applied to the center of each foam sheet bill. Art can work best when a variety of materials are considered for a variety of purposes. Many people within younger generations are interested in retaining our humanity. This can branch into valuing what is hand-done, local, natural, or unedited, especially as there is a perception that these things may become rare in the future. For some people, this branches into how we see politics. We approach political subjects with the intent of honesty, rather than treating the subject in a glossed-over or glamorized way. The United States has continued to spend more money on the defense budget than any other country. The majority of U.S. discretionary spending is allocated for military use. We are also home to the biggest defense contracting company in the world, Lockheed Martin. With “Buckets of Blood,” I hope to bring attention to the mutilation and loss of life caused by this militarism. I hope to draw people’s attention with the visuals— visuals which can then ask, “What are the priorities of America?” https://www.bunnycalifornia.com/collegework/college-work daily 0.75 2017-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932187530-91NI5SX9WNL50IG49B2W/quilt+continued.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Modern Nostalgia Quilt Modern Nostalgia Quilt Overall size about 50" by 64" Each circle is 7 inches in diameter These are dried palettes on which I had mixed paint, for some of my paintings, over a span of two years. These palettes are a secondary product, not intentionally created to be seen. They're a result of my using plastic wrap around a plate as a space to mix paint for canvases. I later collected the palettes and photographed them. Palettes represent the process of making paintings, but they also represent an instinctive approach to color and form. There is little or no concern for representational depiction or for philosophical content in the colors and shapes. Palettes exist only for people to easily explore value, tone, and shade, through making their own mixtures and through making physical marks with a substance. This draws from the back of our minds-- from a part of our thinking process that is more involuntary and less focused. Palettes show unpremeditated expression through pigment. They are subconscious art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932187530-91NI5SX9WNL50IG49B2W/quilt+continued.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Modern Nostalgia Quilt Modern Nostalgia Quilt Overall size about 50" by 64" Each circle is 7 inches in diameter These are dried palettes on which I had mixed paint, for some of my paintings, over a span of two years. These palettes are a secondary product, not intentionally created to be seen. They're a result of my using plastic wrap around a plate as a space to mix paint for canvases. I later collected the palettes and photographed them. Palettes represent the process of making paintings, but they also represent an instinctive approach to color and form. There is little or no concern for representational depiction or for philosophical content in the colors and shapes. Palettes exist only for people to easily explore value, tone, and shade, through making their own mixtures and through making physical marks with a substance. This draws from the back of our minds-- from a part of our thinking process that is more involuntary and less focused. Palettes show unpremeditated expression through pigment. They are subconscious art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932204730-XU5DRF3ON0DHVBK7IB0V/FourStylesArchitecture.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Four Styles Architecture Four Styles Architecture (1230 Sacramento) 1. Realism 2. Formal Order 3. Emotion 4. Fantasy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932207929-RWG0ETWULCD3N5CRZZE4/takemeforaride.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Take Me for a Ride Take Me for a Ride acrylic, 14 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932207230-5VRKE04MAACVNQK1TGBB/IDontSting.jpg COLLEGE WORK - I Don't Sting I Don't Sting acrylic, 14 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932183829-A25UENYPO91JKIGMQH2Z/BreathingUnderwater.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Breathing Underwater Breathing Underwater acrylic, 14 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932208029-JCZT9EE8D4F5GEEL4Z2C/LullabyofBirdland.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Lullaby of Birdland Lullaby of Birdland acrylic, 14 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932208238-W332ZN7UIJFYO2UNWBNF/bunnyburro.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Bunny Burro BUNNY BURRO Designer Animal: Donkey Rabbit, or Oryctolagus Asinus (acrylic on watercolor paper) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932184329-XN7DWBKGRTDSZZE5KP5K/lastlaugh.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Last Laugh Last Laugh acrylic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932180829-3CENIX38VMEN0NA7VTYL/Part1Detail.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Part 1 First part for my poem Plexi Drypoint, small format (series of 3) See below for full text of my poem which I illustrated though printmaking-- (the first two lines being in tribute to Simon & Garfunkel's "America"): https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932181031-00HX5OR8OB6ZJJ44KAH2/Part2Detail.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Part 2 Second part for my poem Plexi Drypoint, small format (series of 3) See below for full text of my poem which I illustrated though printmaking-- (the first two lines being in tribute to Simon & Garfunkel's "America"): https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932180930-71H5HRG2DTNQQR9OR7DE/Part3Detail.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Part 3 Third part for my poem Plexi Drypoint, small format (series of 3) See below for full text of my poem which I illustrated though printmaking-- (the first two lines being in tribute to Simon & Garfunkel's "America"): https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932207530-SRDEH8AL4XT7CHNVID9U/BrushtailPossumsBC.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Brushtail Possums Brushtail Possums Woodcut (series of 3) Parody of Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet players dying each night before the audience and then rising to repeat the performance the next night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932191730-7S019EZ1L0M4M1O6E4LJ/BeeLinocut2.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Bee Linocut linocut (series of 3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932190229-DOB6KU1RFUHEZ8UIM8HU/chemolizzy06.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Chemo Lizzy Chemo Lizzy -- Clay, 15 in. height -- my first large sculpted head-- Scroll for 12 alternate views: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932207830-JSTZBO1V06GEIZ3OJGG1/power1.jpg COLLEGE WORK - power of peace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932176930-QDUYV99OO8QKT2Y20N04/BigPeace_BC.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Big Peace Big Peace chalk, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932177131-EERV9KSNDT9J3WYBOSN9/leftrightleftright.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Left, Right, Left, Right Left, Right, Left, Right wood and found objects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932176530-0TLC30EA9337S79VJHL0/Ephemeral11.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Ephemeral Class Assignment: Site-Specific Ephemeral Art (please SCROLL DOWN for 14 alternate views, showing bleach process and shaving cream) Peace movements emerge and grow and become clearer through time. The camouflage pattern represents the military and the obfuscatory lexicon which is used to camouflage the intent of invasions. Bleach was the method used to produce the emerging peace symbol on tissue paper which I cut and collaged onto coreboard. I used shaving cream in the second part of this project, because with coming of age also comes the threat of being drafted (for young men in America). The process of the bleach, the consistency of the shaving cream, and the effect on the tissue paper make this project ephemeral. I chose a recruiting center for the site of my piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932197829-KVS6GFUYQ9FW9DBIHC6B/peacewish2.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Peace Wish Peace Wish pen, vel-transparencies, saran wrap, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932193431-3YLZOZ2B80356UWAKV2O/patrioticway1.jpg COLLEGE WORK - The Patriotic Way close-ups of the women: close-ups of the symbolic fruit (wax) and cornucopias (plaster/wire) the clock (wire armature, plaster strips, a little stucco patch, white house paint, acrylic paint): original drawings of women which I drew with a mouse in a very basic computer SuperPaint program: "The Patriotic Way" plaster strips & wire armature, papier-mâché, foam core board, wax This represents American jingoistic support of the military industrial complex, and the gradual fading of that attitude as we acknowledge our mistakes. (Mistakes, e.g. roundup and torture in Guantánamo or Gitmo, redirecting the focus of our over-reaction into Iraq, skewed/fraudulent U.S. election practices, excessive surveillance of our civilian community and loss of some basic "guaranteed" rights-- all this has been more recognized in the recent past compared to the time directly following nine-eleven. Did I mention Haliburton, Enron, and other "missing money" problems?) The symbolic "fruits" by the cornucopia on the left represent our bounty; the rotten ones on the right hand side represent our waste. The woman is also younger on the left hand side and older on the right. I drew her in high school for a chapbook of poems I wrote during America's bombings in Afghanistan and war in Iraq. She represents the loss of glorification of a certain type of lifestyle/ belief system. She is flying through the center ring, which is a clock representing time. She is riding a missile which represents our penchant for spending money on destruction and pollution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932187830-NCUYKB9M128AC9MNJMS3/evangelicalhellfire01.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Evangelical Hellfire Evangelical Hellfire paper, matchbox each hand 7 x 11.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932198030-N2N8J6C10B4N41TM9DME/LetsSin.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Let's Sin! Let's Sin! acrylic, 12 x 12 The emotional background to this picture was my thought that while original sin was Biblically attributed to women, our culture praises "naughtiness" in women. Does this have any relationship to reality? Do women get true representation in how female power is perceived or used? Rather than dwelling on the subjugation of women or on the praise of divas, when considering distortion of female power, I want to look at how different conclusions can be drawn from one image. Is this a traditional Eve? Or is this about fun? Is this a person eating an apple, and nothing out of the ordinary? Part of Who's Got the Ova series: preliminary sketch: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932191130-0UTSIS43JCTEQFKC2G7M/Barbarella+on+a+Halfshell COLLEGE WORK - Barbarella on a Halfshell Barbarella on a Halfshell acrylic, 12 x 12 This derives from "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli and the 1968 tongue-in-cheek movie "Barbarella." The science-fiction character Barbarella was a 20th century Venus, being considered good, powerful, and sexually liberated. Venus is believed to have been based in earlier goddess religions which were replaced by patriarchal religions. The Venus or Barbarella kind of character would be surprisingly compatible with both the current society and those who are generally pro-women's rights. Part of Who's Got the Ova series: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932193629-MQJ75VDMIYD2KCDQOTG4/athenaminusthewar_dreamingisfree2.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Athena Minus the War/ Dreaming is Free Athena Minus the War/ Dreaming is Free acrylic, 12 x 12 Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, and Handcrafts, is shown here with her constructive symbols (owl – intelligence, olives— mythologically the olive tree was a gift to humans from Athena, horse— Athena was said to have promoted human-equine teamwork), rather than her destructive ones (spear, bellicose helmet). I wanted to focus on the positive, creative side of a mythological female archetype who is known for strength. Athena’s horse, olive branch, and owl are gestural and graphic, developing from fantasy. “The truth shall set you free,” while accurate, begs you to take some sort of constructive action, which requires creativity. There is power and freedom in creativity. As Deborah Harry says, “Dreaming is Free.” We dream it to distill a plan to produce something concrete. Athena was also patron to dressmakers. For a previous art project, I sewed the dress illustrated here. For me personally, this extends the handcraft association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932191330-YRWT0TL8YKOQPO697HP2/ReadyforaCatfight.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Ready for a Catfight Ready for a Catfight acrylic, 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932180230-7U2TV5QNY0BDG34U28AE/EarthMotherCanvas.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Earth Mother Earth Mother acrylic, 12 x 12 Earth Mother reads books while quintuplets climb on her. Are women always nurturing? Are the books escapist, or are they didactic? Is she fleeing her current situation, or is she learning to nurture? Is she in denial? Or is she embracing motherhood? Is she boxed-in by the gifts of her body and her intellect, or do they co-exist in balance? A blue moon and terra cotta tones evoke nature and sensual fertility. Part of Who's Got the Ova series: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932180629-02I1EJ6MA186KTX34T34/DozenDivasCanvas.jpg COLLEGE WORK - A Dozen Divas A Dozen Divas acrylic painting of egg carton with collage of 12 colorful eggs representing iconic actresses and fictional characters, all viewed as formidable in their time. 12 x 12 pictured: Jennifer Lopez, Joan Crawford, Elisabeth Taylor, Miss Piggy, Gloria Swanson, Ursula, Cruella De Vil, Wilhelmina Slater (played by Vanessa Williams in "Ugly Betty"), Theda Bara, Siren/Mermaid painted by John William Waterhouse, Angelina Jolie, and Velma Kelly (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Chicago") While divas may be seen as one of many female stereotypes, the effect of their creation is interesting in that it can either aggravate negative views of women or it can serve to empower women. "The opposite of patriarchy is not matriarchy; it's democracy." --Jane Fonda speaking at the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform Part of Whos Got the Ova Series: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932179430-7TSQ22M3LGCCI9UMQ0ZK/Bather.jpg COLLEGE WORK - The Bather The Bather acrylic, 12 x 12 The woman's towel resembles an 18th century wig. It's typically assumed that women devote time to preparing their appearance. While this is part of civilization, the preparation process can become unexpectedly elaborate. For Marie Antoinette, a grooming ritual might edge into madness. Are modern women mentally more playful or just as deranged? Part of Who's Got the Ova series: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932184429-A54LLO8WEQB1EMNAE5T0/self2.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Self graphite, 18 x 24 from life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932198530-XN4S7KUVBCZTYRE0XKF9/VeronaMailService_Detail.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Verona Mail Service Verona Mail Service acrylic, 12 x 16 Preliminary Pen Drawing: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932188238-2PF0SWUH1MPZ72VG22LB/self3.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Self coloured pastels, chalk, ink, 18 x 24 from life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932187930-5EKDNNFZ0V4RC74W3EVN/self4.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Self ink, colored pastels, pencil, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932207730-X498Q2P0UF60S13QN2S0/usf+evening.jpg COLLEGE WORK - USF evening USF evening acrylic, 16x20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932180430-JQJU3XJYFFYJB5R1YMG9/diagonals.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Diagonals chalk, pencil, pen, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932201030-IWZYTZXZB7R8CRM9ICRZ/self5.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Self charcoal, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932198129-SDXS5TGNZQCKHP8Y2LHC/eyecandy.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Eye Candy Eye Candy, beeswax and coloring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932190630-11OFQXXXKL6GARYNTULH/sweetfattyfix.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Sweet Fatty Fix acrylic hand-painted lettering and brown pen, 14 x 17 "Get your celebratory dry skin causing, diabetes worsening, cancer growing sweet fatty fix today! Refined sugar refinement. Product of the plantations." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932194430-GYWOL90XBT639U4NDJAI/toomuch.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Too Much Too Much string, disposable utensils, cardboard, acrylic paint In our attack on the planet, are we making our home inhospitable to ourselves? Are we aware of the scale of humans’ greed and waste—of our planned obsolescence, disposal, and pollution? Will we take stock of the sustainability of our habits, before we destroy our resources, and engulf ourselves in debris? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932186629-SMR14MAAEEJ0EMV51IUA/c%27est-tout.jpg COLLEGE WORK - c'est tout c'est tout acrylic, 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932188053-93J3CKXVC9294JHLN40G/hunkamunka_1.gif COLLEGE WORK - HunkaMunka Pg 1 HunkaMunka, Page 1 (Adobe Illustrator) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932188130-UT3XJS9A5PQQDK7FWLXZ/hunkamunka_2.gif COLLEGE WORK - HunkaMunka Pg 2 HunkaMunka, Page 2 (Adobe Illustrator) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932202030-X9V1ZOFM9OJ0T0C7AWPN/PencilRocketBC.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Pencil Rocket Pencil Rocket (Photoshop) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932207430-R15QUN4TMXELIZ540A89/WritingthePaper.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Writing the Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932183330-41VFL95ZOZLF97D5XPTK/advertisersview.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Modern Existence  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932195030-DY2K9NGXNFLLBULSHG9M/disruption01.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Disruption https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932202129-GDIIXW01CV8R1D7YAQLZ/harmony.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Harmony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932203430-ZCRAH1RW02ZPR8QVQ1Q8/opposition.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Opposition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932201529-UIDH1DCMD8S4IBFMGQD0/foodchain1.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Food Chain #1 Food Chain #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932201729-P9YPRS2THAG2T4QS4N7W/foodchain2.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Food Chain #2 Food Chain #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932204829-LEOR2JXWHAOBPWP8X36R/fortunecookielink.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Fortune Cookie 20 SECOND SHORT BELOW : 20 SECOND SHORT BELOW : https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932191529-HFLWD0TG99XV6QGMUL7X/strawberry.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Strawberry Strawberry acrylic, 18 x 24 When in doubt, look for the label beginning with “9,” which means a product is organic! Strawberries are one of the most pesticide-absorbent fruits when not grown organically. They are also one of the most nutritious when grown properly. This piece is a portrait of a particular strawberry. Its uniqueness and individuality echoes our uniqueness and the fact that, as individuals, we are responsible for making informed choices about what goes into our system. We need to support organic farming, in order to bring down the cost, so that everyone can get a shot at the good stuff and the health benefits that come with it. Non-organic farming has negative health repercussions for those who harvest and transport our fruit, and for those who ingest the pesticides along with the fruit, which is often included in processed, and in even so-called health, foods. Buy fresh. Buy organic. Support your organic farmers. Part of an Organic Fruit series: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932191430-IKXH1RCE0VKHFBFCZI69/apple.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Apple Apple acrylic, 18 x 24 When in doubt, look for the label beginning with “9,” which means a product is organic! Apples are one of the most pesticide-absorbent fruits when not grown organically. They are also one of the most nutritious when grown properly. This piece is a portrait of a particular apple. Its uniqueness and individuality echoes our uniqueness and the fact that, as individuals, we are responsible for making informed choices about what goes into our system. We need to support organic farming, in order to bring down the cost, so that everyone can get a shot at the good stuff and the health benefits that come with it. Non-organic farming has negative health repercussions for those who harvest and transport our fruit, and for those who ingest the pesticides along with the fruit, which is often included in processed, and in even so-called health, foods. Buy fresh. Buy organic. Support your organic farmers. Part of an Organic Fruit series: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932177230-Y7TU5XAANVULUJTJOUV5/nectarineorganic.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Nectarine Necartine acrylic, 18 x 24 When in doubt, look for the label beginning with “9,” which means a product is organic! Thin-skinned nectarines are one of the most pesticide-absorbent fruits when not grown organically. They are also one of the most nutritious when grown properly. This piece is a portrait of a particular nectarine. Its uniqueness and individuality echoes our uniqueness and the fact that, as individuals, we are responsible for making informed choices about what goes into our system. We need to support organic farming, in order to bring down the cost, so that everyone can get a shot at the good stuff and the health benefits that come with it. Non-organic farming has negative health repercussions for those who harvest and transport our fruit, and for those who ingest the pesticides along with the fruit, which is often included in processed, and even so-called health, foods. Buy fresh. Buy organic. Support your organic farmers. Part of an Organic Fruit series: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932190829-5AX72T3QWGB19URBKWG8/bellpepper.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Bell Pepper Bell Pepper acrylic, 18 x 24 When in doubt, look for the label beginning with “9,” which means a product is organic! Bell peppers are pesticide-absorbent when not grown organically. They are also extremely nutritious when grown properly. This piece is a portrait of a particular bell pepper. Its uniqueness and individuality echoes our uniqueness and the fact that, as individuals, we are responsible for making informed choices about what goes into our system. We need to support organic farming, in order to bring down the cost, so that everyone can get a shot at the good stuff and the health benefits that come with it. Non-organic farming has negative health repercussions for those who harvest and transport our fruit, and for those who ingest the pesticides along with the fruit, which is often included in processed, and in even so-called health, foods. Buy fresh. Buy organic. Support your organic farmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932183930-WFHV76ZFOTNTG54I8R93/muffinsdream.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Muffin's Dream Muffin's Dream 8" x 8", acrylic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932200730-8LFXAMNJ0IL8WV6GQSBI/napoli.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Napoli Came Cloaked in Night Napoli Came Cloaked in Night acrylic 8x8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932182929-VZG1WR00095P5XA6ISS9/colorrush.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Color Rush Color Rush acrylic, 24" x 36" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932204230-5OEZBB5CFVK7XQYRVTWA/Flashback.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Flashback Flashback acrylic, 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932176430-A3LVT7ML0AKMH5YZLFXQ/01.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 01 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932177530-F89Q061N4ZR2UN4UWJ45/03.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 03 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932197730-2RD1XULB9BSAN0BQU1KV/06.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932179930-9PCJPEYU1DQJID0MM0DB/02.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 02 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932180730-FESTKO36HD6Y6BUK3JGD/09.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 09.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932177429-CIBBGBDA7518B63OXWQU/07.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 07 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932200529-XPSVUB7MOQZE5OC05UBE/12.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 12 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932201430-4QOC53C0KRHKC94RAF72/10.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 10 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932201629-MW7IJKPN23J5NV7ZV9WN/08.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 08 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932179530-XZL67A4F5FN0N3QRRML1/04.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 04 18x24-- charcoal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932190029-I246M8W16PC8WIXW8IWA/05.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 05 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932194530-RQ7VB30BPVBMYSTZ6H8L/20.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 20 18x24-- ink/brush (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932194729-TAAO1LB8UCGZ3Z4FD72N/21.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 21 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932205230-XI0ZLFDFD420MPRFHYAF/13.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 13 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932206830-OQ9C1U970JXT7VUQ43N7/14.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 14 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932200029-7HFFBCB69WAVP4P6HUVV/11.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 11 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932204531-BC0IOB1BX7MUT1F4KYGG/15.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 15 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932204630-VJ8R4NPJQY6R0H29S2YF/16.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 16 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932203929-WNCG4HKV4D4DH6Z38CSA/17.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 17 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932194829-LKEL0YAO3BW45PSE6QD9/18.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 18 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932193830-4Z8ITODW90F04EE5UZAL/22.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 22 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932195233-09NNIJQYJXA5J96ZCLNB/19.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 19 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932194229-6AVZ3FGTEW9IS3I1DRVG/23.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 23 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932197129-PD4AC9EBIFWK42E5J54E/24.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 24 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932197329-SHUV47PJFCTNHRWYIUMZ/25.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 25 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932196529-7G645IEE1PYO64VQRPRA/26.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 26 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932184530-RYLEI05HN8EXOUHWXP23/31.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 31 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932184729-UR25ZU7JRBHWK83AOWOY/29.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 29 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932186730-CVZWGCI0O8VUFLVMAE1Q/30.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 30 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932196830-JAIH7QW70XZ8OEZS75U1/27.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 27 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932184030-04NOQ583D62QKBEAYEL6/33.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 33 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932184629-GRX62P1PL41P08VYYOC5/32.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 32 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932187329-9A8S67MLTA5MOLMMJ73T/28.jpg COLLEGE WORK - 28 18x24-- charcoal (live model from Models Guild) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932198429-B47G6CY2G2LR0NLYJIGU/plant2.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Plant 2 Plant 2 graphite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932191030-X7PN6CUAB6FGS6DLOMZJ/upandout.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Up and Out charcoal, quick sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932204329-A0J2WTJYRGZPZU9204AN/charcoalfruit.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Fruit charcoal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932187130-GSZ6HSR9JZ6APASEE55K/shell.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Shell Shell india ink, pen, 36 x 24 from life-- a 2 inch black murex seashell, also called hexaplex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932205030-JQPQAG99BVINMZCM7VFA/Bubblewrap14.jpg COLLEGE WORK - Bubble Wrap and Plastic Hand sewn dress: bubble wrap, plastic garbage bag, produce netting, packing tape, electician's tape, etc. Class assignment in which we could use any materials in a way in which they were not originally intended. (2008) https://www.bunnycalifornia.com/earlywork/early-work daily 0.75 2014-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932267829-IGEL25TVX75QNJH1IS6E/FaceFace.gif EARLY WORK - Face Face Face Face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932253930-VZY80YZGQ5UQJ9COZILW/macarthurspark.gif EARLY WORK - MacArthur's Park MacArthur's Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932253030-B7WA8VSP63RJ0DOE4N6O/petitepear.gif EARLY WORK - Petite Pear Looking for Mr. Plum 1 Petite Pear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932253530-9DJD1P3K6LN8IQEKIOC4/strawberry+cherry.gif EARLY WORK - Strawberry, Cherry Looking for Mr. Plum 2 Strawberry, Cherry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932242737-EBESXH0NNMWV6YK7CJAC/american+apple.gif EARLY WORK - American Apple Looking for Mr. Plum 3 American Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932239430-QCTTR78L3XP83IZ2000Z/classic+kiwi.gif EARLY WORK - Classic Kiwi Looking for Mr. Plum 4 Classic Kiwi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932239830-8XV5Z8AEB154WHE9JQKM/lemon+lady.gif EARLY WORK - Lemon Lady Looking for Mr. Plum 5 Lemon Lady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932236234-TZE4H5982YPFUH0SR1O1/gone+bananas.gif EARLY WORK - Gone Bananas Looking for Mr. Plum 6 Gone Bananas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932236830-TGZJW2DZHLKUQ66MFONP/watermelon+woman.gif EARLY WORK - Watermelon Woman Looking for Mr. Plum 7 Watermelon Woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932246130-M7FFY974WWXRMXDVIOEI/bluberry+blackberry.gif EARLY WORK - Bluberry, Blackberry Looking for Mr. Plum 8 Blueberry, Blackberry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932246729-FA80CDAUY32C59T87IDO/grape+girl.gif EARLY WORK - Grape Girl Looking for Mr. Plum 9 Grape Girl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932244630-9N2CKYOJU86AMY24XCSJ/pomegranate+princess.gif EARLY WORK - Pomegranate Princess Looking for Mr. Plum 11 Pomegranate Princess https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932243830-ZMNQYNXRRTQFFGE3NGF1/pineapple.gif EARLY WORK - Now Interviewing Pineapples Looking for Mr. Plum 10 Now Interviewing Pineapples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932243030-YB1OXFAZWQT35ZK0BYH9/plum.gif EARLY WORK - Mr. Plum Looking for Mr. Plum 12 Mr. Plum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932257730-CSK7U97G0TWW4THQKEBA/air.jpg EARLY WORK - Air Air (Spaceships) acrylic, 5 x 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932265641-9BUI7W09HAWTSOKYRRI0/bunnyformural.jpg EARLY WORK - Bunny bunny for highschool mural (2005) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932245929-X1PTTBTLB7LX5UZ7J1J6/headoverheels.jpg EARLY WORK - Head Over Heels "...talk about the weather this is my four leaf clover funny how time flies" --Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932268030-2Y2KBLIENVZHEXP4OHWA/discoverer.jpg EARLY WORK - Discoverer Discoverer acrylic, 5 x 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932258130-JE5XJNRZ9R6YK7X8D3L6/water.jpg EARLY WORK - Water Water acrylic, 5 x 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932257032-1PONSUPTSH9ZRQZAAFKJ/earth.jpg EARLY WORK - Earth Earth (Juggling Bird) acrylic, 5 x 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932264930-UQUVGRODANEXZ9CPZVMZ/fire.jpg EARLY WORK - Fire Fire (Heat) acrylic, 5 x 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932242829-BPSL6UFE7GDLBW7J28E1/sketch2002.jpg EARLY WORK - Sketch sketch, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932254530-CMK3ER4OWPYA1NQ2GGPF/CollateralDamage.jpg EARLY WORK - Collateral Damage-- Support Médecins Sans Frontières Collateral Damage-- Support Médecins Sans Frontières (SCROLL down for close-ups of this picture) Received an art fair award at school in 2002--It was a plea to consider the civilians in Afghanistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932254329-8J8XKCYX8FX9XGGG4TP1/bigoilbigelephant.jpg EARLY WORK - Big Oil, Big Elephant, Mountain of Debt political cartoon (2004) (SCROLL down for close-ups of this picture) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932247930-4J36XZAGJ2SW2ENYACU2/Textbook.jpg EARLY WORK - Textbook history textbook picture: "Wounded Union troops recuperate after battle near makeshift field hospitals" (2003) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932266830-GN6DVC3XM0ESGHB1TI8O/boy.jpg EARLY WORK - Boy Inspired by U2 CD and one of my little cousins (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932265229-NXL025SKYPMXNHFUKPLO/sketch2001.jpg EARLY WORK - Sketch drawn from imagination (2001) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932267929-7A6Z0EA9WJBQKVYR7ZE3/sketchtree.jpg EARLY WORK - Tree tree (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932251131-X3JO0YM2IHQT9P2LTFSJ/RT.jpg EARLY WORK - Royal Tenenbaums sketch from Royal Tenenbaums (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932239630-1MXWG4AH4DYN8RODETZV/jumpinghurdlesracingtime.jpg EARLY WORK - Jumping Hurdles, Racing Time Jumping hurdles, racing time. Drawn from an old 1960s yearbook. (2005) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932268330-GTLMO4S8M9UB58BM9GQ4/sanchezadobefeb.jpg EARLY WORK - Sanchez Adobe for high school calendar (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932246530-KZDV8VCC834QJ1FI5MO4/Tatum.jpg EARLY WORK - Tatum my sketch of my fellow artist Tatum (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932237040-1WKWR80AH0K7QM0LEU31/sketchfromcalartsphoto.jpg EARLY WORK - Sketch from Photo Sketch from CalArts Performances photo (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932240240-XBI793ZAY35562AEJ04D/sketchfromrolandorzabalphoto.jpg EARLY WORK - Sketch from Photo Sketch from Roland Orzabal photo (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932254129-ADOQYK53K9SYM1D4KXNQ/aliens.jpg EARLY WORK - Aliens Aliens, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932246930-CUWKZCNXH0SZCEUXJO0G/gloves.jpg EARLY WORK - Gloves Gloves made for Day of the Dead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932247130-AIALV9ODRAAZON5TUA9N/BunnyCalifornia_BeadedBrooch.jpg EARLY WORK - Jewelry Design: Beaded Brooch Jewelry Design: Beaded Brooch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932246830-BL420K7FMRWQ9YH4FS2K/BunnyCalifornia_Necklace1.jpg EARLY WORK - Jewelry Design: Necklace Jewelry Design: Necklace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932247229-3BC7ZUZIOCTSHNRCI77K/BunnyCalifornia_Necklace2.jpg EARLY WORK - Jewelry Design: Necklace Jewelry Design: Necklace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932261729-1CAQ5V6O8UZ0WJXXRVPD/egg1.jpg EARLY WORK - Egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932263530-3L6S40TF7CBBVBM0PAFP/egg2.jpg EARLY WORK - Egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932264429-D5CRTVN8U8V89892O3Q2/peacepie.jpg EARLY WORK - Peace Pie Peace Pie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932261530-VHCCZ7T2X5TGP4W3BPR1/popandcircumstance.jpg EARLY WORK - Pop and Circumstance Pop and Circumstance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932236134-D5GM7FDKPY0ANK2AHL9V/OurFlamingEconomy.jpg EARLY WORK - Our Flaming Economy Our Flaming Economy mixed media collage, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932254637-48ZDXTF8ZK3YUHWGJC3R/peacepercussion.jpg EARLY WORK - Peace Percussion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932260729-KZX9Q0VEDXK8TDSZJ6FJ/bermudatriangle.jpg EARLY WORK - Bermuda Triangle Bermuda Triangle (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932264030-UXEV0EO3BTUJAXV2TG37/civility.jpg EARLY WORK - Civility Civility https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932268429-U4BQ4NXB7GLYP4D8I9W4/Minatures.jpg EARLY WORK - Minatures cotton candy, crackerjacks, pop corn-- ready for a performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932249884-TXUSLMTU6E7G32Y724PF/barefoot1.jpg EARLY WORK - Theatre Tech-- Minature Set Design Theatre Tech-- Minature Set Design, Barefoot in the Park. 1/2 in = 1 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932264130-MLH7N5IUR9JSQLVL401Y/RockOn.jpg EARLY WORK - Rock On (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932265175-A7S31WEM5H4P1X1TRDHH/RockingHorse.jpg EARLY WORK - Rocking Horse (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932261429-OVC7110RZ7OOUOX1NJ2N/Spring_watercolor.jpg EARLY WORK - Spring Spring watercolor (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932264530-D65LFAQE4WH2AGNBYP6A/Summer_watercolor.jpg EARLY WORK - Summer Summer watercolor (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932262084-SDS6AYU0JJ8GXOLUCU9J/Autumn_watercolor.jpg EARLY WORK - Autumn Autumn watercolor (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932261629-P8MWPFPI4D6AKKZASZRT/Winter_watercolor.jpg EARLY WORK - Winter Winter watercolor (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932239230-OS43H9E67EE164UT5M13/Self_Inventory.jpg EARLY WORK - Self Inventory Self Inventory Oil pastels, pencil, moonberry nail polish. Lifesize hands and foot-- "layers" of circles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932264830-J29RCEQDDCX0H3RY1O23/seahorse.jpg EARLY WORK - Seahorse seahorse for highschool mural (2005) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932238929-CHGGQT7CJGN5BMQW93Y4/bigcat3.jpg EARLY WORK - Big Cat (detail) big cat for highschool mural (2005) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932239729-UK6U3XUPQ2NI5CJS7X45/bigcat1.jpg EARLY WORK - Big Cat big cat for highschool mural (2005) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932242330-JS77HYCCAGAC2FKI7SFR/bigcat2.jpg EARLY WORK - Big Cat big cat for highschool mural (2005) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932236429-SYSZ5NJ4O9AF1GELZGUG/acrylicshells.jpg EARLY WORK - Acrylic Shells acrylic, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932244130-GEQ0WYC4BLK4FUOU4BU4/watercolor2.jpg EARLY WORK - Watercolor watercolor, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932243130-9E9VQ5DYXPYLWBGXO2XN/watercolor1.jpg EARLY WORK - Watercolor watercolor, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932242030-QZUDO8963N9AQ8M7LOSX/deerskull.jpg EARLY WORK - Deer Skull Deer skull found by Eel River, and drawn from life, r.i.p. (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932238729-VJR881JY8OLWVYLG7L4F/deerskull2.jpg EARLY WORK - Deer Skull Deer skull found by Eel River, and drawn from life, r.i.p. (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932267729-6JQV979N3JTWTWNNEZPD/vikinghelmet.jpg EARLY WORK - Viking charcoal (2005) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932257530-9YPBQII6QG8NNV4FTIL4/quench.jpg EARLY WORK - Quench Quench https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932256529-T1G3DQTBSUCOFRWLSARI/artdecodesign.jpg EARLY WORK - Art Deco Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932247730-UZQUKCC9RUCET665MKJO/decoarchitecture.jpg EARLY WORK - Deco Architecture Chrysler, Empire State (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932239530-WLGRNXTWHJ9IYEJVAZY6/footloose.jpg EARLY WORK - Footloose Footloose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932260930-3THUZXZZRHEX0PTXFY7S/geneblue.jpg EARLY WORK - Gene Tierney Gene Tierney (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932260230-Q7LFG37RLL4P7ICSBAWK/genegray.jpg EARLY WORK - Gene Tierney Gene Tierney (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932261230-F4UP4L5TS1WXQYQCIMJD/genepink.jpg EARLY WORK - Gene Tierney Gene Tierney (2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932254730-764U1JB4MW88JYLE8DMP/BusterKeaton.jpg EARLY WORK - Buster Keaton 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932257429-2GYGD4P6CVG8R1D7AIJA/DouglasFairbanks.jpg EARLY WORK - Douglas Fairbanks 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932254029-OJFV7Y37Y33KFU7ERG8R/ClaraBow.jpg EARLY WORK - Clara Bow 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932257333-XIJ1TRAEPC1UV8B69QXP/GretaGarbo.jpg EARLY WORK - Greta Garbo 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932261129-M9PNCLICPT2VI8ONHT5H/walk.jpg EARLY WORK - Walk Walk graphite, 18 x 24  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932242929-RNH5FYXOGMKCD10US8KQ/interflowdecovariation.jpg EARLY WORK - Interflow Art Deco variation on "Interflow" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932250330-W4WEAYG7NN8L0PPGBUHB/chanceoccurrencelinedrawing.jpg EARLY WORK - Chance Occurence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932257829-MQYCLRG49JUX361LCJT5/ascentlinedrawing.jpg EARLY WORK - Ascent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932254429-MC85OZZ4IZEXGE1FJBZA/imagine.jpg EARLY WORK - Imagine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932250729-RZ86SVME6VXHKD16Y9IW/consent.jpg EARLY WORK - Consent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932257930-NNAEF81K0884V8QBAUKG/fertility.jpg EARLY WORK - Fertility https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932250651-B8RWCZSQL6V4DQ9TKGOY/interflow.jpg EARLY WORK - Interflow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932250930-K434FVHMWHQ8895NJEDT/theatrelinedrawing.jpg EARLY WORK - Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932240530-K030JEU6WRO4OW392EXP/moxie.jpg EARLY WORK - Moxie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932250147-B7LRLNWHKFCYFBAULYUR/peacemakerlinedrawing.jpg EARLY WORK - Peacemaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932249954-WL3SLGO2QB0XO41GCL5R/crosspollinationlinedrawing.jpg EARLY WORK - Cross-Pollination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932250230-ITTQJBY7C23C6WOI84DT/elements4.jpg EARLY WORK - Elements 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932250530-UBSWXOIB7S6MW2UA0Q9K/liturgy.jpg EARLY WORK - Liturgy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932258030-E95UJ9F40XE4WQ59ARUS/etal.gif EARLY WORK - et al. https://www.bunnycalifornia.com/slideshow/slideshow daily 0.75 2013-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932401629-YTOL9GQ6VD3TIQCS9SMD/peacemaker_slideshow.jpg slideshow - peacemaker_slideshow.jpg Peacemaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932401330-4U1PD645C4OYIGQQ14KY/ascent_slideshow.jpg slideshow - ascent_slideshow.jpg Ascent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932401238-YG73X5IESZSY21JNN6IB/trippy_slideshow.jpg slideshow - trippy_slideshow.jpg Trippy https://www.bunnycalifornia.com/currentwork/current-work daily 0.75 2017-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932117630-OK7CL0K16F1Q5WZ6G28B/WaterisLife.jpg CURRENT WORK - Water is Life Water is Life acrylic, 24 x 30 (2nd variation) The connectedness of everything in nature is beautiful, inexplicable, and vital to our connectedness. Water is Life. Whatever we do depends on our ability to be part of a thriving whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932125637-H6SRX4A8IWY1TERAM41T/Water+is+Life+1.jpg CURRENT WORK - Water is Life Water is Life acrylic, 24 x 30 (1st variation) The connectedness of everything in nature is beautiful, inexplicable, and vital to our connectedness. Water is Life. Whatever we do depends on our ability to be part of a thriving whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932110730-8N2FMB8G2L97GOSPGKE7/ChanceOccurence.jpg CURRENT WORK - Chance Occurence Chance Occurence acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932109431-I4NU5O0BQFRCE0AU7DZV/CrossPollination.jpg CURRENT WORK - Cross-Pollination Cross-Pollination acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932106629-1MZMV08EO67DJ1XWHJY1/Ascent.jpg CURRENT WORK - Ascent Ascent acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932105730-DBO79G287SIXT9AX1Y4Z/Theatre.jpg CURRENT WORK - Theatre Theatre acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932102530-YGWQJIYYBOSETCG83VMU/Peacemaker_BC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Peacemaker Peacemaker acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932103530-AE988NSOQNDK53UJ8IWV/Trippy.jpg CURRENT WORK - Trippy Trippy acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932114630-KXFIW1ZP02HN0SO9AMWZ/Triumph.jpg CURRENT WORK - Triumph Triumph acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932121530-UBG1OFC6O19EY2GZBSFX/Convergence.jpg CURRENT WORK - Convergence Convergence acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932109037-SBZ39BUMLDY81YHH3NVU/Family+Tree+Jukebox+of+My+Genes.jpg CURRENT WORK - Family Tree, Jukebox of My Genes Family Tree, Jukebox of My Genes acrylic, 18 x 24 Do you ever stand by a gravestone and notice it’s shaped like a jukebox? Do you hear the music they heard, smell the food they celebrated? Hear the laughter and the character of their humor? Do you know the hardships they overcame with that humor? If you don’t, maybe you should look into your family tree, or ask any living relative about those who came before. Not only may it surprise you, but it may answer many questions, such as why the diverse food and drink and music preferences of your family are such a puzzle. Why your heart pounds when your eyes see the land, sky, sea, or cityscape associated with where they came from, or where they arrived. I was born San Franciscan, but with roots in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Korea, Hawaii, Russia, France, Cherokee America, Scotland, Ireland, and England, my jukebox has many catchy tunes. On any day, I don’t know which one will be playing in my head. But it’s a party of ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932106530-GFGA897O5POGQQALAAQ5/AnimalPlantMineral_BunnyCalifornia.jpg CURRENT WORK - Animal Plant Mineral ANIMAL PLANT MINERAL acrylic, 24 x 36 We’re all parts of the whole. What we do to the environment, the animals, the plants, the earth, we do to ourselves. Here, in the shape of a hand that’s making the sign for “love”, are the words “animal, plant, mineral”. Human hands have great potential for goodness or for destruction. Let’s choose the goodness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932105429-I6649Q3DY2L6SUT06ILY/show_me_magic.jpg CURRENT WORK - SHOW ME MAGIC SHOW ME MAGIC acrylic, 24 x 36 Many artists paint their desires, their hopes. I am pro-peace. Peace is seen as impractical by those who are intimidated by the work it requires. Magic is sometimes illusion, but when something is accomplished that was formerly thought impossible, that is also magical. What may look easy and beautiful often comes at a high cost of good practices. We’ve sacrificed so much for war, but can’t we, instead, actively work toward peace? If we want to survive financially, emotionally, and spiritually, we have to make the effort. I want to inspire others to break from the lock-step mode that has become a “tradition” of war. It begins with educating ourselves about peaceful alternatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932109929-BQT7RH6G98EV81Y0AIJK/AreYouHumanBC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Are You Human? Are You Human? acrylic, 24 x 36 (magnifying glass hangs vertically at side; thumbprint in center of canvas) Most people identify themselves as human, but what does that mean? Physically we have certain traits— i.e. hands, opposable thumbs, finger prints— but what does it mean to think or to feel like a human? In “Are You Human?” I’m exploring conflicting factors in the human psyche. Culturally, we use fingerprints as an identifier. From one point of view, a fingerprint can identify a criminal. Are we, as humans, criminal in general? Doomed to repeat political and social injustices because we are flawed, being “only human?” Conversely, the fingerprint can also be a symbol for individuality. No two fingerprints are the same. People are not identical machines. We each have our own conscious mind and our own emotions. We can feel sympathy and empathy. Humans perform a balancing act, desiring to be unique, and also desiring to belong in a community. The hands represent interaction between people. Are we going to hurt each other, or help each other? Will we crucify each other, or will we heal each other? Political and cultural conflict between groups of people on a national scale, and genocide and wars between nations on a global scale, are examples of infighting between what is biologically one species—a species which is still developing what it means to be human and to share resources evenly. We are all in this together, and must draw on our optimistic ideas of humanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932098529-M0MOSFK11L5H2ABOU057/Minisun.jpg CURRENT WORK - Mini-Sun Mini-Sun acrylic, 18 x 36 With electric light, we can stay up all night. The stark ridiculously long pull-string shows how high we've put the bulb up on the ceiling, like a man-made mini-sun in the sky. A light bulb is a now common object that's changed our world. The positive side of this is that it's become a symbol for our ingenuity and for our curiosity, and for our freedom to explore beyond the circadian day. We can dance, read, and travel roads and skies by night. Our primordial torches live on today in energized glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932099530-6CNEJMQX5I2OTB4W95ZY/date+night+in+the+city.jpg CURRENT WORK - Date Night in the City DATE NIGHT IN THE CITY acrylic, 36 x 36 A change in perspective often begins with humor. I reinforce the freedom of humor with bright colors and unexpected details within expected traditions. If we want to change the entrenched sexist perspective in our world, it has to begin in the minds of women. The souls of men and women are essentially the same. The education the world has given them is not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932108930-QRS0HHWSIQSZEEC6MZW7/source.jpg CURRENT WORK - Source Source acrylic, 24 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932114130-JUK2OXDF1ORIVB8CR1R7/Welcome.jpg CURRENT WORK - WELCOME WELCOME acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932106230-FSH3J0Q34C7KZ17Q9EOC/wegrewuptogether.jpg CURRENT WORK - We Grew Up Together We Grew Up Together charcoal, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932110530-XGDKJLH827EP9C9KC5SU/Layers.jpg CURRENT WORK - Layers Layers charcoal and graphite, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932122330-EHVLA3CI7RKN9FMWC7XQ/GrandmaAnna.jpg CURRENT WORK - Grandma Grandma charcoal, 30 x 20 My Grandma Anna circa late 1940's when she was about my age. caption: Grandma at Koko Head, Hawaii, her then homestate, late 1940s. Some say, "You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother." Maybe Grandma understands more than you think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932109530-BK3QHPD5VOGP8WYIEMNY/History.jpg CURRENT WORK - History (dried leaves and a shell) History (dried leaves and a shell) graphite  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932113130-OWHX6OQE0E0K3VW2IQ53/Physics.jpg CURRENT WORK - Physics Physics charcoal, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932104830-FYRZ1APWVEUXOAO9K52V/BornReady.jpg CURRENT WORK - Born Ready Born Ready graphite, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932106330-YGJZ8EB94GBGV4BH4N2G/bizarre+love+triangle.jpg CURRENT WORK - Bizarre Love Triangle Bizarre Love Triangle ink, 8.5 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932110330-VLAVHHYRAM6J2M19NKKS/Ducky.jpg CURRENT WORK - Ducky Ducky charcoal pencil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932121630-DDZM7QZ219DSQYBZ55IO/plant1.jpg CURRENT WORK - Plant 1 Plant 1 charcoal pencil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932120931-ST72RNJIXDA5GJLNWTV0/LOVEATFIRSTSIGHT.jpg CURRENT WORK - LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT! LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT! "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT! LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!" graphite, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932105630-OPLPI5BCCSJOMWL53UP1/Prillarguri.jpg CURRENT WORK - Prillarguri Prillarguri, acrylic 30 x 25 first part of a series: Prillarguri, acrylic 30 x 15 Varangian Trade Route, acrylic 30 x 24 Midnight Sun and Strawberries, acrylic 30 x 15 The focus of these paintings is hand-done form and color: geometric abstraction, modulation of color, graphic representational design, and the human touch. I was partly inspired by Scandinavian Rosemaling. I wanted to interpret, in a new way, the tradition of hand-painting, but to keep the continuity of certain elements, such as: flowing shapes derived from nature, uneven layering of paint, and the use of geometric scrolls, dots, and thick and thin forms, which are created by the skill of the human hand rather than a soul-less stencil/ template. Also in the tradition, the design springs from the person-- with brights or pastels juxtaposed against neutrals or darks. My palate is more modern, but not too far from a Scandinavian palette. There's an exuberance, but a contemplative moodiness as well, to the Scandinavian spirit. This series explores the Scandinavian quarter of my heritage. In the first painting, Prillarguri sounds the Prillar horn, warning the peasant town of the invading Scotts. In the second, Norse ships of the Varangian Trade Route float on the waterways toward new worlds, resulting ultimately in trade and cultural exchange with the Byzantine Empire and modern-day Ukraine. In the third painting, I explored the degree of light exposure. Depending how far north the location, Norway's midnight sun can bring thirty days to four months of glowing perpetual light during the summer. Norway is also known for their flavorful strawberries-- here they lighten the mood in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932110230-J25GW3ATSC56CUVCUD2N/VarangianTradeRoute.jpg CURRENT WORK - Varangian Trade Route Varangian Trade Route, acrylic 30 x 24 second part of a series: Prillarguri, acrylic 30 x 15 Varangian Trade Route, acrylic 30 x 24 Midnight Sun and Strawberries, acrylic 30 x 15 The focus of these paintings is hand-done form and color: geometric abstraction, modulation of color, graphic representational design, and the human touch. I was partly inspired by Scandinavian Rosemaling. I wanted to interpret, in a new way, the tradition of hand-painting, but to keep the continuity of certain elements, such as: flowing shapes derived from nature, uneven layering of paint, and the use of geometric scrolls, dots, and thick and thin forms, which are created by the skill of the human hand rather than a soul-less stencil/ template. Also in the tradition, the design springs from the person-- with brights or pastels juxtaposed against neutrals or darks. My palate is more modern, but not too far from a Scandinavian palette. There's an exuberance, but a contemplative moodiness as well, to the Scandinavian spirit. This series explores the Scandinavian quarter of my heritage. In the first painting, Prillarguri sounds the Prillar horn, warning the peasant town of the invading Scotts. In the second, Norse ships of the Varangian Trade Route float on the waterways toward new worlds, resulting ultimately in trade and cultural exchange with the Byzantine Empire and modern-day Ukraine. In the third painting, I explored the degree of light exposure. Depending how far north the location, Norway's midnight sun can bring thirty days to four months of glowing perpetual light during the summer. Norway is also known for their flavorful strawberries-- here they lighten the mood in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932110047-4C5B5MO08AEHZHSX8ZO0/MidnightSunandStrawberries.jpg CURRENT WORK - Midnight Sun and Strawberries Midnight Sun and Strawberries, acrylic 30 x 15 third part of a series: Prillarguri, acrylic 30 x 15 Varangian Trade Route, acrylic 30 x 24 Midnight Sun and Strawberries, acrylic 30 x 15 The focus of these paintings is hand-done form and color: geometric abstraction, modulation of color, graphic representational design, and the human touch. I was partly inspired by Scandinavian Rosemaling. I wanted to interpret, in a new way, the tradition of hand-painting, but to keep the continuity of certain elements, such as: flowing shapes derived from nature, uneven layering of paint, and the use of geometric scrolls, dots, and thick and thin forms, which are created by the skill of the human hand rather than a soul-less stencil/ template. Also in the tradition, the design springs from the person-- with brights or pastels juxtaposed against neutrals or darks. My palate is more modern, but not too far from a Scandinavian palette. There's an exuberance, but a contemplative moodiness as well, to the Scandinavian spirit. This series explores the Scandinavian quarter of my heritage. In the first painting, Prillarguri sounds the Prillar horn, warning the peasant town of the invading Scotts. In the second, Norse ships of the Varangian Trade Route float on the waterways toward new worlds, resulting ultimately in trade and cultural exchange with the Byzantine Empire and modern-day Ukraine. In the third painting, I explored the degree of light exposure. Depending how far north the location, Norway's midnight sun can bring thirty days to four months of glowing perpetual light during the summer. Norway is also known for their flavorful strawberries-- here they lighten the mood in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932124930-STR36ABRBJQZHYVPNV1F/VikingHorse.jpg CURRENT WORK - Viking Horse Viking Horse acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932125330-V6MLQ1E630SZES1RSOQ3/bees.jpg CURRENT WORK - Bees Volunteering at the Insect Zoo, I've developed some close relationships with the insects! Here, Honeybees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932126029-UFGHO2MCW0MVBS6G2FWD/pinktoe.jpg CURRENT WORK - Pinktoe Volunteering at the Insect Zoo, I've developed some close relationships with the insects! Here, Pinktoe Tarantula in her cozy nest, sleeping with her legs out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932125929-CD69E2EJENF0L5IT8RYL/darklingbeetle.jpg CURRENT WORK - Darkling Beetle Volunteering at the Insect Zoo, I've developed some close relationships with the insects! Here, Contemplative Darkling Beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932117829-G98UGPLYP2H7QU5MSKV3/WatchRepairBC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Watch Repair Watch Repair acrylic, 8 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932128630-O6F7GLXPMVU1A8C9HZYL/VentBC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Vent Vent acrylic, 8 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932118130-5X6SY5Z0M9FW1KP5A8YZ/CautionBC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Caution Caution acrylic, 8 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932098730-U5LLM1EZM891GSI7C826/NoParking_inthePark.jpg CURRENT WORK - No Parking in the Park No Parking in the Park acrylic, 8 x10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932103430-6T3F5P8HIXLHV4FR9JEB/group.jpg CURRENT WORK - Book: Between the Lines Between the Lines 11 page handbound book, 5.5 x 7.5 Acrylic on Arches watercolor paper with hand-torn edges Layered punctuation marks and x-acto knife cut holes connect each page to the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932121830-N85GDZS5JGHRZERVZIPJ/Between_the_Lines.jpg CURRENT WORK - Between the Lines Between the Lines Plaster Wrap, Molding Paste, Acrylic, Varnish, Arches Watercolor Paper, sewn to 1-3/8” Profile Canvas 24” x 24” “Between the Lines” shows punctuation marks as symbols for how tone of voice, intonation, and feeling can sometimes convey meaning more than words can. Emotion can transcend vocabulary. We can read familiar experiences and patterns “between the lines” to translate meaning. Here, punctuation marks are paralleled with landscapes as similes, to imply a progression similar to the plot of a story, without words. Beginnings: quotation marks and fertile soil. Anticipation: question mark and climbing a mountain. More information to come: semicolon and a river. Settling into a lull: comma and period, and a valley. Climax: exclamation mark and a volcano. Denouement: ellipsis followed by period and closing quotation marks, and a landscape seen in its entirety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932099730-FW5SDL9H3KCNJ2KPCJXP/paperdolls_arizonachaingangedition.jpg CURRENT WORK - Paper Dolls: Arizona Chain Gang Edition Paper Dolls: Arizona Chain Gang Edition What if We Told the Whole Truth About the Land of the Free Poster of computer-edited ink and acrylic, with accompanying stack of pamphlets Poster: printable at 18 x 24 or 24 x 36 Pamphlets: Informational paper doll booklets, 5.5 x 8 Paper dolls traditionally display either extravagant costumes from theatre, film, legend, or fashion, or the “perfect” girl from the “perfect” setting. In the United States, since the start of the 20th century, paper dolls have been used as a tool to teach a sanitized version of American culture. Here I use paper dolls for the opposite purpose: to show what some people avoid recognizing, or what they haven’t even heard about. Chain gangs were abolished in the U.S. by 1955. However, in the 1990s, they were reintroduced in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nevada, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Most were cancelled within a year, but they continue in Arizona. Members work while chained together, each shackled by their left ankle to the chain. Members clear roadside land, and bury the county’s anonymous deceased in the desert heat. In 1996, the first American female chain gang was begun in Maricopa County in Arizona by the sheriff, Joe Arpaio. This is the sheriff, who, in 2008, and again in 2010, was found in violation of the constitutional medical rights of female and male inmates of Maricopa County Jail (2008 ruling by Federal Judge Neil V. Wake; 2010 ruling by U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals). Arpaio was then found guilty of racial profiling by first the Justice Department, and then by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in December of 2011. Human rights violations and racial profiling are concerns to be addressed, but Arpaio remains sheriff, has not stepped down, and has been allowed to continue practices like chain gangs. Arizona female chain gang members are not murders, embezzlers, or jewel thieves. They are small time violators of the law. They have problems relating to prostitution, drugs, and cars. They are not infamous. Violent people are under higher security, not on the chain gangs near the public. Art can draw attention to a topic. Here, the paper doll format in particular, with a figure and an overlaid costume, can suggest that these women are actual human beings, onto whom only one role as been projected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932125830-QXBS40X1X3FZS8SOZQRS/Zebra.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Zebra acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932099230-HSA172RK2OWW6EMLR2CA/Giraffe.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Giraffe acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932114329-GNKTIL43QW5NBUXNQ7KI/Leopard.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Leopard acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932117047-MJMY7MWHDCLZ0VJ93IOR/TigerTiger.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Tiger acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932112930-L9MN1HZGLUS6SF79YI4B/SnowLeopard.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Snow Leopard acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932106830-3XTM08ZXGS1QUNY1G0CE/Lovebird.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Lovebird acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932113329-MTFVOSTSAMAZEXOPTHIP/Conure.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Green Conure acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932125230-UO9C59TIGLNU5RLJUKU0/JerseyCow.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Jersey Cow acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932128330-NHNZW8H878LEP3ENZR8Q/LeopardGecko.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Walls are Watching Here's Looking at You: Leopard Gecko acrylic on 1/4" plywood, 6 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932103230-VTF3E7761MOP48FJ8N4D/eric_and_phil_1.jpg CURRENT WORK - Eric & Phil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932101930-77PBAE43OIH4QT0Z3NE9/GimmeShelter.jpg CURRENT WORK - Gimme Shelter Gimme Shelter acrylic on Arches watercolor paper, 12 x 16 Opposites attract. One can be like night, one can be like day. But love, for cats, it's just a purr away, it's just a purr away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932102043-5B4VQALHRXOQPLFOF8XQ/mitzywaterfalloflove.jpg CURRENT WORK - Mitzy Waterfall of Love Mitzy Waterfall of Love 16" x 20", charcoal and acrylic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932114729-H7CUDRSJPRFH0CDORGF5/sftimedevelopment.jpg CURRENT WORK - SF Time Development SF Map acrylic, 18 x 24 The development of San Francisco from pioneer era, through Gold Rush, through expansion, through the Depression, through post-WWII era. Hand-painted lettering and map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932122030-FT5TGJ2KDHE6233JVJOT/primaryresidence1.jpg CURRENT WORK - Primary Residence Primary Residence wood cut with jigsaw acrylic on wood hand painted lettering 24 x 40 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932114230-6TUZAAMEMC4EGMVLLP6K/Peach_BC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Peach Peach acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932101130-ZII93CNJMKNB19AE0KQ7/Banana_BC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Banana Banana acrylic, 30 x 30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932118629-DTZ18GO58UH5M3AHB0OP/Pear_BC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Pear Pear acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932100029-RNDZGHUE2JOJMZO98C3B/Stawberry_BC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Strawberry Strawberry acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932117729-0QRQ3XSKOSO7F8RNA071/pies2.jpg CURRENT WORK - Pies Pie Sculptures-- Apple, Berry Peach, Plum Frangipane about 5 x 7 each Recipe: Wire armature with plaster wrap, gesso, acrylic paint, glaze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932120830-BMAUTG766LW32SKFTJZ9/ItsIt_StrawberryRhubarbPie_FortuneCookie.jpg CURRENT WORK - It's It, Strawberry/Rhubarb Pie, Fortune Cookie SF! It's It, Strawberry/Rhubarb Pie, Fortune Cookie Made with wire armature, plaster wrap, gesso, acrylic, varnish-- It's It and Pie about 6" x 6" x 2.5", Fortune Cookie 6" x 6" x 5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932121729-ZLPY2SVGGTR7ABWVOLLF/InTheAir.jpg CURRENT WORK - In The Air In the Air Sculpture: 17” wide, 23” high, 18” deep Including lizards: 43” wide, 36” high, 18” deep Black Light Project These are neon models of flying-saucer-shaped objects which I made with metal armature, plaster, gesso, foamboard, clay, and paint. The flying saucers “float” in a 1960s/70s outer-space atmosphere of color-changing fiber optic lamps, green light, and plastic sheeting. The saucers are: a yellow spaceship with pink wings, a blue-green jellyfish, two vinyl lps (reading “The Jimi Hendrix Experience” and “Low, David Bowie”), a clock, a chocolate donut with sprinkles, a red blood cell, eastern and western astrological wheels, a rainbow peace sign, a blue spider, a circular saw, and a lime green spoked wheel. Two neon pink lizards float above, behind the light sculpture. They glow fuchsia in the black light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932125730-YO1FSI79WUWID1HSZF5V/BucketsofBlood1.jpg CURRENT WORK - Buckets of Blood Buckets of Blood 40" wide x 69" high x 20" deep I’ve used whichever technique fit each part of this project. Painting: The stripes are painted on fabric. Assemblage: The stars are made from 50 milk or orange juice carton spouts, sewn to burlap. Sculpture: Pouring from the stars, large 3D blood drips are made from wire armature, plaster-wrap like that used in body casts, gel medium molding paste, and paint. Pen: The lettering on the reverse side of the project is written in permanent laundry marker sharpie on fabric. Green foam sheet and paper: the cartoon money below the bleeding flag has computer printed logos of the top U.S. defense contractors applied to the center of each foam sheet bill. Art can work best when a variety of materials are considered for a variety of purposes. Many people within younger generations are interested in retaining our humanity. This can branch into valuing what is hand-done, local, natural, or unedited, especially as there is a perception that these things may become rare in the future. For some people, this branches into how we see politics. We approach political subjects with the intent of honesty, rather than treating the subject in a glossed-over or glamorized way. The United States has continued to spend more money on the defense budget than any other country. The majority of U.S. discretionary spending is allocated for military use. We are also home to the biggest defense contracting company in the world, Lockheed Martin. With “Buckets of Blood,” I hope to bring attention to the mutilation and loss of life caused by this militarism. I hope to draw people’s attention with the visuals— visuals which can then ask, “What are the priorities of America?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932118035-Z2FGQHQODBSRKOFXGFX6/PeacePiece_BC.jpg CURRENT WORK - Peace Piece Peace Piece acrylic, 28 x 22 Since I’m pro-peace, I want to inspire people to consider the power of peace. The vibrant peace sign hand reaches with a perspective that encourages the viewer’s eye to go beyond the canvas. I want to make a positive impact with this directness. Living in the United States, I’m aware of the role of the U.S. in supporting war and global inequality. If we want to survive financially, emotionally, spiritually, ecologically—if we want to live fully— we need to focus on the power of peaceful alternatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932118530-53SM16H8VJOETMM5CFW4/Tessie+Visits+the+Scuttled+SS+Tahoe+Steamer.jpg CURRENT WORK - Tessie Visits the Scuttled SS Tahoe Steamer Tessie Visits the Scuttled SS Tahoe Steamer ; ) acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932125431-6E1KM2S2GBI3QGXP8DUD/Paradise.jpg CURRENT WORK - Paradise Paradise acrylic, 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932116930-REQGU7XR9NVEC3CWZQAA/surprise2.jpg CURRENT WORK - Surprise SEE A VIDEO OF THIS PIECE HERE: Surprise! UV-reactive neon acrylic on Arches watercolor paper, foam-core frame, LED light strip with timer 30 x 23 A variety of neon fish are attached to the front of the paper. Behind the paper, a shark lurks. When back-lit by an LED light strip, Shark makes his presence felt! He is revealed for 7 seconds at a time, with 5 seconds of calm between these appearances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932098930-97L5HN1WYL6V78FC5LLQ/TheActiveMind.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Active Mind The Active Mind acrylic, 24 x 30 Every living thing enacts its character through posture, countenance, movement-- through the body. Women whose bodies are seen are seen as bodies. Some assume that the strength of a woman's intellect is inversely proportionate to the degree to which her body is exposed. Her mind is forgotten by the average viewer. People are less likely to make these automatic assumptions when they see unclothed men or animals. It is important to realise that there is intellectual activity, sensitivity, dreaming, and pensive planning that animates the body. Women are no exception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932122430-GUQUVHZJ282AF23QXXC4/The_Three_Graces.jpg CURRENT WORK - The Three Graces The Three Graces acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 Characters that have now become classical are often recognizable archetypes. Art from different eras can have different styles in communicating a character, but the essence of that subject can remain the same. Here I've updated The Three Graces as contemporary outer-space aliens, sitting in festive red chairs, in a dream-like landscape. They still have their associations of nature, elegance, and appeal, but through a 21st Century lens, that accentuates the cartoon-like quality of archetypes, for your amusement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932124630-2DZ72MTYAAQTXS2WH9T2/dishing_the_dirt_search_these_words_01.jpg CURRENT WORK - Dishing the Dirt: Search These Words Dishing the Dirt: Search These Words assemblage, 24" x 48" Written in wooden letters on dishes of dirt, are eight examples of threats to the environment. Viewers are invited to “dish the dirt” about these topics—to talk about, and to research, some of the factors that put our planet, and ourselves, in danger. Our own survival is linked to the health of the land, our crops, our fresh water, the oceans, the air we breathe. This assemblage is a visual pun on the idiom “dishing the dirt,” but the dirt in this piece is also a material that references Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932122230-VOT8NV1A4XVEFWKBU7BT/SFHaightSt.jpg CURRENT WORK - Haight St Pencil Study for Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932113730-QSXBP4C3CLLKXP1JW1LS/SFFog.jpg CURRENT WORK - Fog Pencil Study for Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932102130-LDJD64UK9JWDYQLA9V0Q/SFWaves.jpg CURRENT WORK - Waves Pencil Study for Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932113032-KM9Z7UXLLL7PLCHFITJV/SFCableCars.jpg CURRENT WORK - Cable Cars Pencil Study for Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932102630-LDDD6OKGYOMSBIGWGW7E/SFNorthBeach.jpg CURRENT WORK - North Beach Pencil Study for Painting detail-- from North Beach to Financial District, San Francisco (Coit Tower with Filbert Steps, Saints Peter and Paul Church, Mama's, Cafe outdoor seating, City Lights Bookstore, Sentinel Building/ Francis Ford Coppola's studio, Transamerica Pyramid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932107047-GZMDDAFF6C7NLCMA0JH0/SFGoldenGatePark.jpg CURRENT WORK - Golden Gate Park Pencil Study for Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932118429-1PMP3SWMY10246T59CV2/Birth_of_an_Idea_01.jpg CURRENT WORK - Birth of an Idea Birth of an Idea Bust made from wire armature, plaster wrap, varnish. Hat shaped like an upside-down person, hand-sewn with felt and seed beads. 14" tall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932099429-79K6M3VTJID8H9CH3WOT/EndangeredAnimalsCalendar.jpg CURRENT WORK - Endangered Animals Calendar 2016 Endangered Animals Calendar Thirteen illustrated months, including a bonus 2017 New Years illustration at the end of the 12 months calendar. Also posted here is the January spread, to show the overall format when the calendar is opened. For each month, the numerals and type are color-coordinated with the illustration. Printed on heavy glossy stock. 8.5 x 11 when closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589fc2409f745664e6a40642/1486932103130-WGNYBJB6HRYPF5QFCPBC/Urban+Wildlife+cover+Bunny+California.jpg CURRENT WORK - Children's Book: Urban Wildlife Meet the URBAN WILDLIFE of San Francisco: A Children's History of City Animals What are the stories of our wild animal neighbors? Where were their first homes? When did they first arrive in San Francisco? Have some of them lived here longer than the city itself? Meet the Urban Wildlife of San Francisco introduces children to the natural history of the city, focusing on seven animals: Raven, Skunk, Raccoon, Pigeon, Squirrel, Opossum, Conure. Meet the increasing variety of animals who have shared San Francisco, as it has changed and grown into the place we know today. Nine sample illustrations from the children's book, which has 40 illustrated pages total: Meet the Urban Wildlife of San Francisco is natural history for children ages four to eight. Most city animals came from other places, moved here over time, and are still coming here today. This book takes kids through the stages of San Francisco, from when it was Ohlone Native Land, to a Gold Rush town, to a Victorian city, to today. Local wildlife is shown in historical contexts by being anthropormorphized in the illustrations. Younger children will have a sense of the different eras and the different cultures from the visually engaging costumes. Older children can understand the timeline. This book tells the story of the animals who represent the spirit of the city. The dynamics of a changing city environment and its animal inhabitants is different for every place, so I've begun with my hometown San Francisco. A flux of wildlife is relevant in an urban setting. It acts as a metaphor for the human immigration which grows and sustains cities. Considering this concept through appealing animals supports neighborhood diversity from an early age. 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