"Screen Shot"

9 in. x 12 in. mixed-media analog abstract collage of photo reworked from a discarded TIME Magazine utilizing acrylic paint, glitter dust, and Mod Podge on a mounted black canvas

 

“Clara Bow Bows Out”

9 in. x 12 in. analog collage of hand-cut paper imagery over a background of black textured acrylic paint dusted by fine black sparkle glitter on spray-painted, mounted canvas with ice blue metallic washi tape side trim + Mod Podge sealant

We’re in gingham kingdom as satin ribbons commingle with glitter, bay leaves, cranberries —and exhaustion.

#retrostyle #mixedmediacollage #holidayart #ginghamdress 

 

Holidays got you on your knees?  

It’s never a bad time to inquire about handmade art!

"Merrily Millee": A Quick Pet Portrait

* When I say this is a rough sketch

 I also mean literally a “ruff” sketch! 

(For the owner, met & roomed with in semi-routine E.D. hospitalization)

9 in. x 11 1/2 in. hand-drawn pet portrait on Strathmore blonde charcoal paper using standard no. 2 mechanical pencils, a white chalk wand, a tortillon smudge stick, and gum eraser

#petportrait #pencilsketch #strathmorepaper #pomeranianmix #dogparents

Marin "Seagirl" Celia

Portrait of a young woman in bloom, my niece

 (age 17) four months to the day of her passing

not long after sunset on July 5th of this year.

9 in. x 11 1/2 in. Strathmore charcoal paper in dove gray using standard no. 2 mechanical pencils, a graphite wand, a tortillon smudge stick, & gum erasers

 

~ May 7, 2008 - July 5, 2025 ~

“Unwrapping A Goldenrod Audrey”

- or -

 "I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better (Art)”

8 in. x 10 in. analog collage depicting a dramatically backlit Halloween flower-maiden Audrey Hepburn of paper cut-outs and acrylic paint (I wouldn’t know the first steps to generate AI imagery even if I wanted to) on spray-painted, silvery, canvas + marbled washi tape and Mod Podge

#butterflycollage #surrealart #butterpats 

#manymonarchs #audreyhepburninspired

Caught Up

Stashing my rolling duffel away in the attic following two months out-of-town, I happened upon this piece from the end of my junior year at Georges Valley High School (June 1999, age sixteen)...

“Caught” - a painted cut-out on watercolor paper secured in place with sewing thread and tape, the image itself measuring 11 in. x 5 in., the entire rectangle of white mat-board being 20 in. x 11 1/2 in.

"Goldfinner"

— Because the sea’s sunken treasure
isn’t limited solely to gold doubloons!

10 in. x 10 in. hand-cut analog collage on square black canvas with enamel black latex paint, Mod Podge, and bronze & white striped washi tape side trim (Fourth of July Weekend 2025)

*Remnants of a liquid gold gown worn by Tyra Banks

 in a magazine that I sourced the drapery from.  Smize!

#lobsterart #maineartist #golddipped  #midastouch #thegildedage #diamondsareforever #tyrabanks #bling