Eclectic art from Mt. Pleasant Michigan
Original work and commissions created in my home studio
Original art
Custom cards
Journals and Notebooks
Commissions
Please contact me directly for requests! I’m happy to discuss ideas for a variety of art mediums
Previous Work
"Franzia time" 30"x40" commission. Based on an amazing photo from AZ
"Pure Michigan." My daughter at a beach in Frankfort, MI. Acrylic on canvas. My first entry into Art Walk Central.
"Happy Weekend" is a looser brush stroke image of two boys looking across Lake Michigan to Manitou Island
"Mando Grafiti" New technique for me using spray paint with texture and acrylic
"Every piece of me" Mixed media. Zoom in on this one! Inspired by the studio at Mount Pleasant School of Dance and Save the Last Dance. This was a labor of love and of many pairs of old little dance shoes. Received people's choice top 10 and Juried top 10 awards ArtWalk Central 2022.
A large original with many intertwined religious references. This was donated and auctioned
"Holes 3 and 16" A commissioned piece of the Mount Pleasant Country Club. Acrylic on Canvas. Available in prints!
A special painting on a whiskey stave
You can find these hanging at the Detroit City Distillery after a CMU anniversary fundraising project
"Golf at Twilight" A very colorful 18th hole
"It Should Rot Off in a Few Weeks, Right?" Dwight in a Pumpkin Head; A fun request from a friend!
"Attitude" More about the behavior and less about the dance position! Mixed media
A very large and vibrant floral commission!
"Smoke and water" This 30x40 inch piece was sold and then requested to add gold leaf foil
second view of "smoke and water" with reflections
Coniferous trees across a lake; Acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas
"Best Fwends" My daughter and goddaughter; Acrylic on canvas
Pet portraits! Marker and watercolor
Impressionistic golf green. Acrylic on wooden panel
Sensual Suggestions. Palette knife on black background
Whistling Straits golf course. Watercolor
watercolor leaves trio
Golden Hour mini. Watercolor and gold foil on Yupo paper
Simple monotone watercolor landscape
Carnations may be simple to some, but meaningful in special ways to others
drippy and textured abstract commissioned piece
A large textured abstract commission on canvas
Acrylic on panel. Loved the colors in this one
"Autumn Effect at Argenteuil" This is a limited palette reproduction of Claude Monet's 1873. One of my first paintings from 2002 Art Structure course.
Claude Monet's "Autumn Effect at Argenteuil" shown on right; my reproduction shown on left.
"Seven Sisters" A textured and part impasto row of flowers was sold to make its way into a little girl's nursery. This piece inspired the commission "Caroline" and its sequential "Caroline 2"
Whiskey bottle, slightly abstracted with palette knife
Layered mixed media canvas with corks
Flamingo. Painted with a palette knife, the texture and colors pop in the bird's feathers. Acrylic on canvas
Water color and gold foil; This small work on paper inspired the much larger "Smoke and water"
Textured and iridescent abstract pieces customized to match a rug in a nursery