"Secrets in the Sea" This 30" round canvas, features 3 enameled domed copper discs mounted on this canvas painted in acrylics, rich in patterns and textures illustrating the depth of the mysterious sea with hidden treasures among the strange sea life such as jellyfish and its endless cool sea landscape. This piece has been in the Akron Prize show of 2016. It now hangs in the office of R & R Time located in Independence, Ohio and is available for sale. Please contact the artist for more information.
"Cerebral Affair" is a 6" enameled domed copper disc mounted in a 7" box frame. A landscape of the right and left brain as it is engaged in a specific experience from the perspective of the Earth. It is actively looking at the Moon reflecting the Earth's feelings - like looking in a mirror and seeing our own reflection, globally. As merging right and left hemispheres, logic and feelings; some places look like war, some peaceful, some abandoned, some rejoicing. How in an instant, our brain can take all this in and become what it sees, to witness and interpret realities. We are the Earth embodied in endless minds and souls.
This piece was in the Kaleidoscope show In Akron, Ohio in 2015. It is available through the artist's private collection. Please contact the Artist for more information.
SOLD "Poppies" is a 6" enameled domed copper disc mounted in a 7" box frame.
This lovely 6" enamel on copper is very impressionistic of poppies in a field. The traditional enameling technique is called Lamoge', simple like painting on a surface. Enamel is melting glass on copper.
"Cacciatore" Enamel on Steel [4” x 6”] with textured mat and wood frame[8” x 10”].
In the wild, an animal hunts his prey. This "hunter" must mentally be prepared for the unexpected, and be the unexpected until that moment of 'catch'! There are also hidden symbols for money. The hunt is on.
This artwork is available through the artist's private collection. Please contact the Artist for more information.
"Dragonfly on Gate" Enamel on Steel [4” x 6”] with mat and frame[8” x 10”].
Approaching a black wrought iron fence can be nostalgic for its anticipation of the wonderful architecture it protects. You can see through it to view the gardens and buildings. It causes you to pause before entering. Perhaps this dragon fly is asking for more. You must ask permission before you enter this gate, before you can experience the garden on the other side and what lies beyond. It’s the pause and the anticipation that gives each new experience that moment of wonder and even excitement. Do you dare to trespass where the ‘dragon’ stands guard?
“Cha Chi" Enamel on Steel [4” x 4”] with double mat and frame.
Do you have nick name? Sometimes a nick name can become your signature! My Cha Chi is someone who must dress and present herself with a certain flair, flash, and fun!! There is this crazy creativity expected when my Cha Chi enters a room, or walks down the street, or does anything - making the ordinary not so ordinary. You can see it in the way she moves and the things she says. Do you know a Cha Chi?
Late at night, riding on a bus, it sometimes feels like your going backwards. The reflections in the large glass windows give that distorted feeling, I find myself staring at the reflections only to find nothing makes sense. Between the lights on the inside meshing with lights on the outside the only way to stay focused on reality is to find the driver’s window. If you are sitting way in the back and in the window seat, even that could be a challenge. Moving along with this light display can be disturbing or entertaining, depending on how well you trust your sense of time moving in space or just knowing the bus is moving forward and these are just the night reflections in the windows.
“Afternoon Shadows" won an Honorable Mention at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center in Florida in the Spring Show in 2015. This is an enamel on steel [4”x 6”] then matted and framed. As the sun light washes over the gardens and structures you can almost remember the smell of the air and where you were. For me, it merges into a feeling of nostalgia more than a specific place.
“Deep Brook" won 3rd Place at the Akron Women’s Art League in the Spring Show in 2015. This is an enamel on steel [8” x 10”] then matted and framed. This piece was fired in a large Ferro Kiln. Notice the glass balls for the ‘bubbling brooke’ as well as the sand, which is a precursor to glass. The enamels used in this landscape were both painted like a wash as well as the traditional powdered ‘frit’ sifted through a mesh screen.
There is a hidden message in this piece as it relates to the name, Tiefen-bach, translated from German, something similar to a puddle of water, but more like a stream. One would expect the puddle to be shallow, but like some personalities, this puddle or brook is deeper than what it appears.
“Deep Brook" won 3rd Placeat the Akron Women’s Art League in the Spring Show in 2015. This is an enamel on steel [8” x 10”] then matted and framed. This piece was fired in a large Ferro Kiln. Notice the glass balls for the ‘bubbling brooke’ as well as the sand, which is a precursor to glass. The enamels used in this landscape were both painted like a wash as well as the traditional powdered ‘frit’ sifted through a mesh screen.
“Mind on Meditation [4” x 6”] with double mat and frame.
Have you ever experienced Transcendental Meditation? It is as though your thoughts rise and shrink and dissipate into nothingness. Each thought becomes nothingness, until all you have is the purity of nothingness. Like a prayer that rises beyond your mind to another dimension or plane. There is a calmness, an opportunity for healing to naturally realign with what is good. And then, sometimes the joy of colors and patterns emerge and vanish, just like the thoughts, but now we are transcending deeper to a calmer state, so calm that your breathing becomes shallow and undaunted by your surroundings. A peaceful state for a short time. A time to recharge, renew, re-awaken your mind on meditation.
"Antique Impressions" Enamel on Steel [4” x 8”] with mat and antique wood frame.
What is Antique? We look deeper and longer in hopes of finding a story. We look for clues- How old is it? Are symbols used? There is a history and a mystery. We look and even touch in hopes that we will discover the clue that will reveal something beyond the ordinary. How old could this be and where has it been. Could it be thousands of corroded coins worth millions at the bottom of the sea? Like a fossil, it has left its impressions on history.
A rare happening here on Earth, but recently on 5.1.2012 in Australia two full moons appeared. And almost in 8.27.1015.
My Dua Luna in my interpretation of this rare event. The surface is full of textures and patterns, colors that blend like atmosphere, and there is even another distant rising sun, still in its rising phase so it too can see the two moons.
“Zebras of a Different Pattern"
"Zebras of a Different Pattern" Enamel on Steel [4” x 8”] with mat and orange frame.
Why must zebras be striped? Oh perhaps in nature it works well, but just for fun, can we just imagine some other patterns for our zebras! Hope this made you smile!
“Three Crosses "Enamel on Copper 4 X 4 inches “Three Crosses ” is beautifully matted and framed by Framer’s Gallery. This intricate design was created using the traditional technique of cloisonné. The copper cloisonne’ against the black enamel adds an antique feel to this composition. There is a search for meaning behind the mystery of the Three-s. There is the Trinity, three crosses on Calvary and Three dimensions of existence, Heaven, Hell and Earth. How do these Three-s relate to this composition? Hidden in this linear design are three crosses, one for Jesus, one for the thief who will be damned and the thief who will see Jesus in Paradise. Also hidden in this design is the relationships within the Trinity. The Cross connects Jesus to the Father as he spoke to his father from the cross, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”. The Resurrection cloth that floats through the background also draws the eye to the circle, the Eucharist, the body, blood Soul and Divinity of Christ which connects us to the presence of the Holy Spirit within the our 'church,' the blocks that build our temple, which resides in each of our very souls.
This piece traveled in a show with the Akron women Artists. Contact the Artist for more details.
Available -Leapold’s Furniture Store in Brecksville Near Fitzwater and Brecksville Rd.
Please add my email to your list!