Painting derived from original photograph by Patricia Sahertian.The Westward Ho (featured above) was originally going to be called the Roosevelt Hotel. Jim McPherson of the Arizona Preservation Foundation said "In recent years the Westward Ho has hosted the Evans...

This painting is derived from a recent photograph of the Mountain View Officers Club (2012). Image courtesy of Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.Continuing the series, this is the exterior of the Mountain View Officers...

This painting is derived from an historical photograph courtesy of Fort Huachuca Museum. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, entertained troops at the Mountain View Officers Club at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in the 1940s. Originally termed...

"sheila's daughter" 6 x 6 inches, acrylic on canvas board.Commissioned work usually starts with one small "sketch" but in this case when my friend asked me to do a portrait of her daughter, she also found a portrait of her kids together when they were little and she...

When you have some plaster left over it cannot go to waste, so I pressed some babies into clay and made these today too. I am debating whether to clean up the edges or not. What do you think?

           Thursday morning we decided to try something I learned while working at Anthropologie. So Shari came over and we made up a batch of plaster and dipped in some fabric flowers. Voila, instant porcelain... well, not exactly.It...

One really freaky thing here is that this photo, to me, looks like a relief instead of a mold, but take my word for it, these figures are recessed. From them I spent a few hours on Tuesday morning making the following babies. So far I have added some of them to a...

"wednesday" collage on prestamped postcard, 5.5 by 3.5 inches."monday" collage on prestamped postcard, 5.5 by 3.5 inches.A while back I was given old family documents belonging to a Hungarian woman, named Magda/Magdolna/Magdelena, by her daughter. She said she had no...

"how did kevin crawl out on the gravel?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photo paper.BABY HAS BROKEN ARMKevin Wayson, 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wayson of Center Point, is a patient at the Virginia Gay hospital here. The baby suffered a broken arm, bruises and...

Here is the second half of my two part mold making. The baby figure did stay put, that was good. But the plaster that I cast the first go round was not smooth and especially in the leg area it makes some nasty streaks that don't look nice. Also because I did not let...

"deadly assault in jerome" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.George Roop Yuma Prisoner 1897 Found guilty of assault with intent to kill ____ Carpenter, George Roop was put on the Saturday evening train on July 14, 1902 to Yuma, along with James McKay and Wm....

"life sentence commuted" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Frank Delaney Yuma Prisoner 1402After serving seven years for the murder of Ed Madden, Frank Delaney's life sentence was commuted by Governor Brodie in 1905 to 25 years. Prominent citizens and lawyers for...