"i had a telescope case in my pocket" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. George Bates Yuma Prisoner 1889 The Wellington Saloon was opened in 1902 by the McCoy family of Prescott, AZ. Just a few mornings after it opened, George Bates, a young man, made a grab at the...

"mary elizabeth jane colter" this painting derived from original photo of Mary Colter courtesy of the Grand Canyon National Park Service. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter was an American architect who was hired by the Fred Harvey...

Painting derived from original photograph by Patricia Sahertian. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.  Painting derived from original photograph by Patricia Sahertian. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper. Standing amid tumbling adobe structures and...

"unknown boy" 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.For the accompanying portrait to the Marist College I am using a created character in this Mexican boy to pose as one of the Marist College alumni. Marist College, a grammar and junior high school was opened in...

Painting derived from original photograph by Patricia Sahertian. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.Heading south to Tucson for a look at old adobe construction, our first stop is right off the highway. The Marist College is a landmark building in Tucson, Arizona...

"gaylord perry" this painting derived from original photo of Gaylord Perry courtesy of the Mesa Preservation Foundation and the Mesa Historical Museum. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.You might not recognize this baseball player sitting in a tub filled with hot...

Painting derived from original photograph by Patricia Sahertian. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.I am becoming fully immersed in Arizona history (pun intended). The landmark Buckhorn Baths, found on U.S. Route 89, was an oasis in the desert for tired travelers...

Painting derived from original photograph by Patricia Sahertian. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper. When a history landmark gets destroyed by a storm the city rallies to restore it.In this case it is the Diving Lady Sign of Mesa, AZ. Created as a beacon for weary...

Me at First Studio, First Friday May.Jacob and I had a good opening at First Studio, the work was well received and the turnout was great. It is nice, because the space is a creative office building, that the work will be up and seen all month. It was enjoyable...

"frank lloyd wright", this painting derived from photo in the Library of Congress public domain image base. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.The second part of the diptych featuring the David and Gladys Wright house will be the image of his father and building's...

Painting derived from original photograph by Patricia Sahertian. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.Continuing with my series based on the Arizona Preservation Foundation's endangered buildings list we find a story with national recognition and a happy ending.If...

Jacob and I will be showing at First Studio, along with printmaker, David A. Higgins, on first Friday, May 3. There will also be live music provided from 7 to 9 by Mary Petrich, Mike Ozuna, and Will Goble. We hope to see you there. Here is all the info: first...

"JFK", this painting derived from photo in the Library of Congress public domain image base. 2.5 x 4 inches, acrylic on photo paper.The second part of the diptych featuring the Westward Ho will be the image of John F. Kennedy. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly...

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...

Here is my little baby mold using the down and dirty method shown by John Britt on YouTube. I cast the first half last week and here is the result. Today I turned it all over and made the second cast. I hope my little baby does not float up into the plaster. This...

"marshal's son kills his prostitute girlfriend" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Nabor Pacheco Yuma Prisoner 2991Nabor Pacheco, Sr. was sheriff of Pima County and Tucson city marshall, with his dog, Jack, his constant companion on the beat. On March 16, 1909, his...

"mr. courthorpe dreams he was an english gent" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.The SportsmanNo. XIWe have already adverted to the extraordinary number of accidents that have occurred this season from hunting. Last week added two serious ones to the number. On...

"they put me in a ball and chain" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Sidney Smith Yuma Prisoner 2968Sidney Smith, sentenced to 4 years for burglary in the 1st degree. This was not his first offense.His legitimate occupation was laborer and he is also listed as a...

"he just got married one year before" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.This is the beginning of a new series of paintings, entitled Prison Hill, featuring inmates of the Yuma Territorial Prison. The prison opened in 1876 housing a total of 3,069 prisoners over its...

pinch pot using soldate clay body, with "patina" glazeOne of the things I love to make in any clay studio is a pinch pot. If I am waiting for something to happen, or I have extra time, or just a ball of extra clay, all of a sudden I am making a pinch pot. In this...

b-mix clay body with linseed oil and black mason stain transfer, glazed with "angel spit" It's always fun when a glaze firing is done. Today I got to the studio to find the pieces that had the linseed oil transfers had been fired. The studio has a glaze called...

"this jolly young mermaid plunged into the waves" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Swimming Apparel on Southern Beaches Is Not Likely to Prove a Bit Cumbersome to Lassies Who Love Active Water SportsI wonder sometimes if we moderns realize how short a time ago it...

"times three" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. No one wrote about it in the news when Spot broke his paw. Terrence Ryan, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ryan, received what the doctors called a "bad break" when he fell after his foot caught in the slide at the...

"all americ • hen" collage on vintage wall paper, 4 x 5.5 inches.Playing with printing on vintage wall paper backs. This time with an ink jet printer. I found this chicken image and, I don't know why, thought American... Americ-hen. Well, after that, I made an All...

"c/o alexander pearson" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.More transfers, this time on paper. Am I obsessed with transfers? Maybe this week I am.Here was another test of my patience, but this time it was waiting for the UPS delivery of decoart americana matte...

Trying some new ceramic techniques that I have been wanting to do for a long time: this one was image transfer onto clay. As you can see in the photo, my first try was not successful. I followed along with a wonderful video on the ceramic arts daily blog from the...

"the douglasses come back" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.In 1907 a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Douglass, were released from jail. They served almost two years for "conducting a disorderly house" and when they tried to find lodgings that night, they were turned away...

"one, two, three, four cake" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.I love all the ephemera I have collected over the years and there are lots of times that I just don't want to use it up. Then I remind myself that the reason I bought or found it was so that I could...

"AS needed" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.

"Mrs. Harry Blue" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.

"phenobarbital" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.

"wild cherry" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.

"3Xs" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.

While searching for some doll house people on ebay I came across this wonderful collection of doll parts and had to buy them. There were 45 pieces in all, including one large stuffed doll without a head and one medium German doll (see previous post) which were the odd...

Just a little hint of what we're up to as we printed this year's batch of holiday cards. This one is sort of like a riddle. Jake did the block cut for the fronts of the cards, then I printed a mystery line for the text. When you get one and you figure it out, let us...

"she died of shock" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Follows Wife in DeathDr. Jordan regained consciousness for a brief period Saturday morning. His condition was such that he was not informed of the death of his wife, who passed away in the Dalton hospital about...

"patient at bluefield sanitarium" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Personals:Miss Katherine Guthrie, Raleigh terrace is a patient at Bluefield sanitarium, under treatment for a broken wrist sustained in a fall, Thursday afternoon.source: BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH,...

"she was still not out of danger" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.In this series I will select random photographs and crop out their identities then paint them with an X on their "broken arm". I have done some research and found unconnected but relative stories,...

"mia" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper."liam" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Christmas gifts for my sister-in-law.

"kiana" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Jacob's Aunt Dolly sent a photo of her granddaughter, Kiana. I cropped it and painted her cute face. I will send it off to Indonesia soon.

"girl with a j necklace" 5.625 x 3.75 inches, acrylic on photopaper.I did a series of casual, random shots at the state fair with the intention of making some paintings from them. This is the first trying a horizontal format.Did you know: In November of 1884, a group...

"sticks and stones" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Not being sure what I would work on, I started to look for stories of broken arms. I found an account of a riot in Glasgow dated April 25, 1821. It was in anger against the celebration of the birthday of King...

Took some photos at the AZ State Fair so that I could do some experimenting with wax and crayons on original images.Some failures: transferring image onto wax coated board did not work. Same goes for trying an acetone transfer, it was very blotchy. And a heat transfer...

"Ena" 5 x 7 inches, acrylic on canvas.There are three Rosena McLarnon's in my family. My grandmother, (who was born a McKee), her daughter (my father's sister), and then my sister.This is my aunt, whom we all called Ena. She was the first in my father's immediate...

"l'amérique du sud" 6 x 4.33 inches, collage on paint chip card"the country wife" 6 x 4.33 inches, collage on paint chip card

Continuing to publish my series on issuu and MagCloud, here is the newest release which can be read online and downloaded for free. If you purchase a printed copy from MagCloud, I donate all the profit to the Tenement Museum in New York City, which preserves the...

"wilma and melvin's clothes go to the fair" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Leafing through the archived news pages for 1942 not only did I find a nice little story about the Joplin 4-H club to support the blue dress, but I also found some other interesting...

"all for knickers" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.  The closest I came to golf myself, was playing on the football field at my high school for gym class. I only had to think of my gym suit then (yes, we had a special outfit just for gym). I had no idea that...

"black smock" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. The black smock is worn by all women who work outdoors, such as street car employees, street cleaners, market women. It is worn by women who sew, make artificial flowers and do similar handwork in shops. source:...

"she detested the orange dress" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. And why was he always requesting her to wear certain dresses, most of which he had aided in selecting? She detested the orange dress for it was cheap in appearance in spite of its cost.source: The...

"moorhead laundry" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. As usual I was looking through newspaper archives for something inspiring. I came across a 1933 ad for Moorhead Laundry and thought it would make an interesting "layer" for this composition. Of course I just...

"thank you, jimmy stewart" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Sometimes I have no other motivation but to create a painting. Today, I just liked the suit jacket and the hat so much. After i finished with it, I thought, I wonder if I can find an article that has the...

"house dress" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Click on article for better legibility.Source: The Daily Chronicle, Saturday, October 25, 1958, Centralia, Washington View complete set on flickr.  

"bad boy" 4.75 x 2.5 inches, collage on paint chip card.When I was little my grandparents lived in Greece and my grandfather would write me letters. They came in airmail envelopes on onion skin paper, so light, so as not to cost too much in postage. Intrigued by...

"captain henri rochard" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. I am an alien spouse of female military personnel en route to the United States under public law 271 of the Congress.View whole series on flickr. 

"bride and prejudice" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Broadway success story: Lois Wheeler is being implored by her folks in California to come home and forsake Broadway. Lois has been in only three plays... The first was "The Innocent Voyage." In it she was...

"clann one" approx. 1.6 x 1.6 x 0.7 inches, antiqued copper plated box with framed glass door hinge, featuring handmade accordion book.So many choices – can I make anymore iterations of these series? I sure hope so. I plan on making at least one of these accordion...

"mrs. crandall later got a job as a nanny" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.  As the old saying goes "truth is stranger than fiction," then this story is well suited.Source: Indiana Evening Gazette, February 17, 1934View whole series on flickr. 

"What kind of camp is this?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.post script: new york times magazine article this past weekend: what's so bad about a boy who wants to wear a dress?View whole series on flickr.

"frankie loved lipstick" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. View whole series on flickr.

"who saw you coming?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.I found a very interesting article explaining the relatively new idea of gender specific clothing colors. Here is an excerpt: For example, a June 1918 article from the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants'...

Escape Artist web addendum page starts with Norris H. PyronI have decided that I want to make my work accessible on several platforms. So I am creating what I call "web addendums". The first one will highlight the painting series PRISONERS.  When I started...

"i can't believe mother let you go out like this" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.View whole series on flickr.