Pure Love

Far off places remembered by ancient maps & cancelled stamps, remnants of gardening tools, and a Budha or two. Created for Sue. Sold.

Our Lady of the Friendly Universe

Yes! We live in a friendly universe and this angel with handmade golf leaf wings is here to remind us every day. Vintage sheet music, hand-written school lessons, doll head, ruler, builders level and other really old cool things! 11x23. $200.

South of Ketchum

Painted from a drawing made on-site by Greenhorn Gulch (Golden Eagle Ranch) looking across the highway towards East Fork Road. Acrylic on wood panel. Sold. Collection of Joan & Hank Upton.

The Last Official Sighting of the Raven King

Vintage weathervane found in Bellevue, Idaho along with old game pieces, printers blocks, coins, jewelry, wonderful and very old maps, paper and sheet music. Top detail: worn pencils, harminca, printers blocks spell 'lost'. 25x22x3. $550.

Our Lady of Ordinary Miracles

A tribute to women who do incredible things, perhaps “ordinary things” that make their life and other peoples lives extraordinary. Vintage game pieces, tiny metal curlers, paper, charms, china doll head and wonderful found objects – like a woman’s life – chaos assembled to make sense. 13 x 24 $200.

Tricks of Escape

Take Paul’s advice…just slip out the back, make a new plan, take a train, hop on a bus… just get yourself free. Vintage doll head, old tiny cage, toys, game pieces and metal flowers. Tiny raven with gold key to right of clock watches over you. 15x21 $240.

Ouch

It's a darn-right risky game, but if you're lucky love can be the best gamble you'll ever take. Loose your balance and watch out -- you'll end up in a bed of nails. Assemblage box with vintage paper, wooden art manequin, vintage game pieces, beads and dice. 13x25. $140.

Fancy Dancer

Some women have all the fun. Assemblage w/ antique doll, vintage coins, beads, glass frames, typewriter keys,1940’s Italian Art-deco gold plated silver butterfly pin/Genova Province. 12x20x2. $300.

My Creative Journey: Making a Valentine

I’ve been ask how I come up with ideas and turn them into an art object. So, you’re going to come along with me while I create a piece of art. The Flying M, a local coffee shop invites local artists to create and donate a piece of art for their annual “Valentines for Aids” fund-raiser.
Day one: I’ve been thinking about love and the natural phases people go through. It’s risky to put yourself out there. What if nobody wants you? What if you get hurt? That’s it --the risk of love! So, how can I show that? Being in love is a great feeling – like you’re walking on air. I want to convey the great feelings along with the tension associated with taking risks.

Day three: Clean out box - scrape, sand, the worn parts. I’m going to use balloons as a major part of this piece so I think a sky background will be just the ticket. Paint the background w/blue, purple, and black and carve out stars with a very high-tech artist tool -- a wooden skewer.

Day five-seven Dig through studio looking for objects of inspiration. Construct the balloons from foam-core. Modge-podge the foam-core with old sheet music, and vintage dictionary pages. In order to make them 3-D I stuffed a bit of paper inside. Type the title “Inspired Risk #1” on my old typewriter, insert it in a tiny vintage metal piece, cover it w/melted beeswax. Glue vintage printer X’s and O’s, old game pieces, dice on the top of the box. I use E-6000 which is pretty toxic so I glue fast, and get out of the studio!

Day eight-nine: This is tricky --I get the humanoid into a pose and glue it down only to have it un-pose itself! Finally it stays put. Nothing says “risk” like falling off a ledge into a bed of nails. I drill holes in the bottom of the box and tap in nails. I attach thin wire to the balloons and glue them to the box. So they appear to float, I glue a wooden block behind them.

Day ten: Is this done yet?? (I usually spend 9 to 15 hours on each peice.) My idea of wrapping the wire around the hands to make it look like the figure is holding the balloons is NOT working. I get out my trusty drill and make holes in both hands to thread the wire through. It looks awesome! I play around with the wire so it appears natural and then curl the ends.

Inspired Risk #1
10 x 18 x 2
Today I delivered the finished assemblage to The Flying M. They usually have about 250 artists contribute pieces which are then displayed in the shop. For a week the public can bid on their favorites via silent auction sheets. The money raised benefits SNAP – Safety Net for Aids Program. If you live around Boise then head down and bid!

Spring Aspens
Inspired by a little clump of Aspen trees nestled into a hillside between Ketchum and Boise. 16 x 20 x 2. Acrylic on wood panel. 250. Sorry, this one is sold!

Board Ranch

Painted from a photograph taken North of Ketchum, Idaho close to where the original homestead was located, and where I once lived. 24 x 36. Acrylic on board. $500. Sold, private collection.

Grace

Assemblage with vintage children's blocks, keys, and kitchen utensils inside antique wooden box. 10 x 16 x 2. $200. Sorry this one is sold.

All Things Will Come

I created this piece for a very special person who is studying Japanese and philosophy at USD in California.

24 x 36, acrylic on board with vintage oriental paper.

By The River

Cottonwood trees line the Big Wood River in Ketchum, Idaho. Painted on wood panel. 24 x 24 x 2. $300. Sorry this one is sold!

Fairfield

Painted from a photo taken out my car window by Fairfield, Idaho. The sky felt so big that day! Wood panel: 24 x 24 x 2.

Sorry this one is sold!

Truth & Justice

Ornate & rare carved vintage box with porcelain angel holding the word "truth" for all to see; old book & watch parts, game pieces, vintage pressed metal, jewelry & other things Canadian born Victoria loves. 9 x 14 x 2. Commissioned. $200. This one resides in Australia.

Reflection Canyon

Returning sound waves and light from canyon walls outside Boise inspired this piece.

24 x 24 x 2 Acrylic,antique paper on wood panel. $200.00

Our Lady of Safe Passage

Antique love letters, foreign stamps, exotic trinkets, vintage jewelry, antique dollhead.

13 x 20 x 2 collage box. $140.00 Sorry this one is sold.

Our Lady of Everyday Miracles

Miracles happen in the most mundane places -- say, like the kitchen where fabulous food is prepared, the laundry room where clothes emerge clean and folded. You get the idea. Antique procelain doll head, clothes pins, kitchen utensils, etc.

12 x 20 x 2, Collage box, $200. Sorry, this one is sold!

Corvus Genus

The Crow is thought to bring good luck and is pictured holding the world in his beak.

Acrylic on canvas , 16 x 20 x 2. $200. Sorry this one is sold!