Custom dish of Freya (d. December 11, 2025), ordered through an Etsy
operation for my parents in a cream and cranberry design to match a
porcelain family china set — and my mother Julie's cardigan, fortuitously! Blue & white toile wrapping (with washi tape "ribbon") was similarly cat-themed, from Etsy.
Exploring our world through the prism of surrealistic imagery and occasional written opinion with a critical eye towards themes in Western media (the fragile female body image in particular) all while embracing life's quirky facets and beautiful imperfections ...with a great deal of glue
Friday, January 2, 2026
Cat Memorial Christmas Project no. 1
Saturday, December 6, 2025
"Screen Shot"
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
“Clara Bow Bows Out”
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!

Thursday, November 20, 2025
"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)
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| 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
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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.
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| 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 ~
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
“Unwrapping A Goldenrod Audrey”
- or -
"I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better (Art)”
Saturday, September 20, 2025
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)...



Monday, July 7, 2025
"Goldfinner"
*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
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