Artichoke Fairy

This is a design I did several years ago as an entry for the Castroville Artichoke Festival's poster contest. I did not win... /sigh... I guess there just isn't a large market for artichoke fairies... :) This design was done with various mediums on canvas. I had no idea that artichokes were so pretty, until I decided to try to paint one. I also ate my first whole artichoke while I worked on this project. I'd had pieces of them before on pizzas etc... but this was my first time digging into a whole artichoke. It was somewhat messy... but very tasty!

Isis Belly Dancer

 This was painted with fabric paint, on fabric... Design can be found at http://www.cafepress.com/IsisBellyDancer

Fire Poi Painting

 Here is another painting, of fire poi, painted on cloth with fabric paint. This print can be seen at http://www.cafepress.com/Firepoi

 

Jezebel Butterfly

 Here is a design I did for a gift project for my friend's baby daughter Jezzebelle. This is hand painted on fabric. Its a woman with Jezebel Butterfly wings. This design can be found at... http://www.cafepress.com/Brighttemptress

Bumbug Will Work For....

This design was drawn by my very talented friend Raven. We stood around her table talking about how a fly would look. Her house didn't have any live models like mine does... And she managed to come up with this sketch freehand rather quickly. I painted her design, on canvas paper with oils. I think it looks great, and speaks volumes about todays current economy. This design can be found at...

http://www.cafepress.com/Bumbug

Wire Fox Terriers And Siamese Cats In Oz

Siamese Tin Man, Balinese Lion, Wire Fox Scarecrow, Wire Fox Dorothy and Yorkie Toto on their way to the bone Emerald City

http://www.cafepress.com/Dogsinoz

Siamese Cats In Oz

Here are my mom's cats on their way to the Emerald Bone City.

http://www.cafepress.com/Dogsinoz

Wire Fox Terriers In Oz

Here is a painting of dogs with less wrinkles. My mom's dogs are in Oz. They are on their way to the Bone Emerald Castle...

These designs can be found at

http://www.cafepress.com/Dogsinoz

Shar Pei In Wonderland

Here is another painting of Shyla, The Shar Pei Caterpillar in Wonderland. The quote is one of my favorites, from Lewis Carroll

Alice But I don't want to go among mad people.
Cheshire Cat Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I’m mad. You're mad.
Alice How do you know I'm mad?
Cheshire Cat You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.
Alice And how do you know that you're mad?
Cheshire Cat To begin with, a dog's not mad. You grant that?
Alice I suppose so,
Cheshire Cat Well, then, you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.

This design can be found at
http://www.cafepress.com/TabbyCheshire

Tabby & Shar Pei Yin Yang

Print of a hand painted oil painting of Tabby and Shar Pei , Cat and Dog, Yin Yang.




http://www.cafepress.com/tabbyandsharpei

Dogs In Dresses

So... When I am not painting politicians, I am usually painting dogs in dresses... I have told people that I paint, and then I show them my art work... and sometimes they say .... "Oh.... You paint dogs with clothes on..." Maybe people prefer their dogs less fabulous? Well whatever I end up painting... I hope to get something painted before Christmas... I will work for paintbrushes... So here is a dog in a dress... Well a sweater... This painting is in memory of Shyla. She was quite the lady. These designs can be found at http://www.cafepress.com/dogsindresses

Sarah Palin Aerial Hunting Close Up

Here is a close up of the Sarah Part of my painting. ..  http://www.cafepress.com/Ifpigsfly