JOE LOUIS

JOE LOUIS

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...
COMMISSION

COMMISSION

“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...
LEFT OVER PLASTER

LEFT OVER PLASTER

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?
PLASTER PLAY

PLASTER PLAY

           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...
MILLIONS OF BABIES

MILLIONS OF BABIES

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...
HUNGARIAN JOURNEY

HUNGARIAN JOURNEY

“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...