Christmas Ornaments

these are small watercolors i did for gifts - had prints made and then i laminated them to make double-sided Christmas ornaments - i got a new laminator and am laminating everything that doesn't move...

Commission Painting for the Food Trust, Philadelphia

this is a 4' x 5' acrylic on canvas painting i did for the Food Trust in Philadelphia - in their words...
The Food Trust's mission is to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food. Founded in 1992, the Trust works to improve the health of children and adults, promote good nutrition, increase access to nutritious foods, and advocate for better public policy." Wonderful people.

New Painting at my Studio

This is called Coldish - and i'm sorry it's not the greatest pic of it...it's acrylic on wood with silver foil that represents the snow or dew - whichever you prefer - i have it in my studio for $150 - approx. 12 x 10" - please email me with any questions...

Another Family Tree and Another Spike

these two paintings will be in a show in Lancaster, PA starting this Friday...(in the next day or so there will be another Spike added to the show) - sorry, the colors in the pic are awful - they look a lot better in person...

The Family Tree of Life is one of a series of three:


and this is Spike taking a drive on Route 66 - SOLD:

Cherry Blossoms - 12 x 12' acrylic

ok, i opened my store back up at ebay and am going to try to list a few paintings a week in there...have a big show this weekend but will post as i can...

Recent Art October 2007

I haven't been posting as much so I'll make up for it now...here comes recent work...

Murals at Lauer's Park Elementary School


Tree of Life - My Family 24" x 36" - SOLD


Cairns 12 x 12" - SOLD


Holiday card for the Humane Society of Berks County with Spike and Tilly...


Fingernail Moon 20" x 24" - SOLD


Apples both 12" x 12" - SOLD


Cherry Blossoms Small 12 x 12"


Cherry Blossoms big 24 x 36"


Apple Trees 20 x 20"

Herstory Show - October 2007

Here is the poster of the show i'm going to be in starting October 1 - if you are anywhere near the area, please show up for the opening reception, Thursday, Oct 4, 5 to 7:30 at the Goggleworks(.org) in Reading, PA! Hope to see you!

Humane Society Walkathon was yesterday...

...(the one with Spike on the billboard) and it was fun! Anyone who knows me well must be very proud knowing that i was surrounded by a lot of very big dogs and i didn't pee my pants once! Just kidding - i love all the furry guys - even the ones who's mouths were as big as my head! Some of the dogs weighed around 150 pounds each. They all were having a grand old time sniffing and peeing and making new friends and all the other good doggie stuff . All my doggie lover friends would have been in doggie heaven! I kept searching for the cat peeps but that probably wasn't a good time for them to show up - they were there in spirit. I did see one little farm cat on top of a hill - it was crouched down and i think it thought it died and went straight to hell - it was definitely a day gone to the dogs - Spike would have LOVED it!- here's some pics...

Tilly Sees a Bird - SOLD

here's a new painting of Spike's friend Tilly...she was just relaxing in the flowers and along comes a bird in the near distance...

Click here to Place an Early Bird Bid! (scroll down to the bottom)

Where i have a studio in the goggleWorks(.org) we have a yearly auction. We have to donate a piece of artwork to the cause that will help to generate money to keep this wonderful art building up and running. This is the piece i've donated...it's a large work of one of my tree series called "Harvest" because as you can see it's ready to drop a lot of fruit...


If you click on the link above it will take you to the page where all the artworks up for auction are listed - mine is all the way down at the bottom (alphabetically or did the save the best for last? haha! - ok, probably not but wishful thinking!). Anyway, this may be one way to help the art building stay alive and in the process get some good art cheap! All profits go directly to the Goggleworks - Thanks for looking and have a lovely day!

Spike Hits the Big Screen!!!

ok well not the movies but he's now on a billboard..imagine my surprise today when while looking down adjusting my ipod (like all good drivers do) i looked up and spotted Spike on a billboard for the Humane Society! too funny!



this is the painting it comes from...

Landscape Mural in Calgary

Well, i had the fortunate experience to paint a mural for a patron/friend, Stacey Maddock, who lives in Calgary in Canada. She flew me out there and for five days i painted and painted - we had a wonderful time. The trip to Banff was especially great when the mural was finished. Here is a WIP of the mural...

Something New - Earrings

i haven't posted in a while - to tell the truth i'm a little overwhelmed with projects and the girls being home from school this summer - it's been fun but crazy! anyway, i've been playing with shrinky dinks - i've been printing images of my paintings on them and making earrings, key rings and zipper pulls...they are becoming quite popular! i love doing it - sitting in front of the stove and watching them shrink - just like when i was a kid - fun fun fun!

Rough Draft of Mural - 15' x 7'

Illustration Friday - "Twist" - click here to buy

i've been drawing a lot of these twisty, gnarly trees lately...

Link to my ebay Store and these listings... (SOLD)

some cityscapes...

Marilyn as Eve - SOLD

This image is almost finished - the finished product is at a show at the New Arts Program in Kutztown, PA...it's 12 x 15" acrylic on wood - it's 2nd in my Eve Series...the first was Frida as Eve...

Illustration Friday - Remember (click for ebay auction)

Remembering a trip i took...

Spike's new housemate Tilly