Name Bone/Horn Bead Necklace and Earrings 1 Description I spend much of my life in blue jeans and love jewelry that is earthy enough to be worn with ultra-casual clothes.  Several bags of bone/horn pieces found at the Quartzsite jewelry mart netted me some accessories that I could get really excited about! In this piece I used square tile-like pieces interspersed with graduated beads to create a narrow collar necklace and and coordinated...

  Name Bead Necklace and Earrings 2 Description I have collected a sizable collection of vintage jewelry over the years – personal and family – this is the necklace that best indicates the direction I would like to take with my jewelry.  The recycled beads in this piece were wonderful!  By adding a few small beads, some faux pearls and a gem medallion I was able to re-use the ‘matched’ bead vintage pieces and update...

  Name Bead Necklace and Earrings 1 Description This beaded necklace is my first venture with a  variation of a Double Spiral beading stitch, called Arizona Spiral. Each section of the rope spirals rather than appearing vertical as in a regular Double Spiral. The chandelier earring also work with several pieces of jewelry or are great worn on their own.  I frequently turn the closure to the front and hang a black and gold fused-glass...

  Name Bone/Bead Necklace and Earrings 4 Description This is another of my bone/horn bead necklace and earring sets.  I’m still working with the ultra-casual look and really enjoy this light weight jewelry as I pursue my everyday activities.  This one incorporates more of the natural colour beads and has just a hint of red accenting the more neutral beads and medallion. Size Approximately 25″ or 63 cm plus 2″ or 5cm...

Retirement Angst: 2008 in Review     Name Retirement Angst: 2008 in Review Medium Quilt / Fibre Art Description Retirement Angst: 2008 in Review was completed during our first years of travel via motor home and was one of the projects that made me decide to limit the size of my pieces for the duration of our travels.  I started to work on it during the fall of 2008 following our purchase of the RV and before we left on our four year...

  Albuquerque Tiles Medium Acrylic Description This was a fun piece – a birthday present for my son in his Albuquerque home.  It was painted on his kitchen island while we visited.  It was inspired by a more complex piece that I spotted on one of our tours of the area.  I worked with four 12″ square canvases that I had previously prepared and just went with the flow as I worked on it.  I was pleased with the 3-D effect of this...

  Name Canyon View Medium Acrylic Description While in the planning stages for Air, Earth, Fire and Water I worked on a couple of smaller pieces experimenting with palette knife and heavy paint application in my attempt to capture the rugged texture of the desert canyons. While I did not carry this technique into the larger triptych, the smaller paintings became favorites of people who viewed them. Circa 2004 Size 16″ x 24″...

  Name Dry Spot Medium Acrylic Description While in the planning stages for Air, Earth, Fire and Water I worked on a couple of smaller pieces experimenting with palette knife and heavy paint application in my attempt to capture the rugged texture of the desert canyons.  While I did not carry this technique into the larger triptych, the smaller paintings became favorites of people who viewed them. Circa 2004 Size 16″ x 24″...

Name Navaho Art Medium Acrylic Description Through the winters spent in the American Southwest I have developed a love of native art.  I was commissioned to do a piece that would accent a condo decorated with a Southwest flair.  This was the piece I painted in my ‘outdoor studio’, in defiance of the space limitations of my transient life in a motor-home. Circa 2011 Size 30″ x 24″ Status In a private...

  Name Almonte’s Mississippi Medium Watercolour Description It was a bright June day.  The sun was warm and the river was in flood.  The trees were in bud but not in full leaf.  The water sparkled and the birds sang.  Life was good.  When I look at this painting it evokes all the same responses that I felt that day. Circa 2006 Size 24″ x 48″ Status In a private...