Naila

2023 – 36″ x 48″ Mixed Media

This is an image of a camel that kept coming to mind. Her name is Naila.

“Huey” 16″ x 20″ Acrylics

“Huey”

I dreamed I had a very small bunny who liked to swim.  He swam all day in the aquarium, popping up for air now and then.  At the end of the day he would climb out to dry off on his towel (a washrag.) His name was Huey.

“I’ll See You In My Dreams” 24″ x 24″ Acrylics

Recently I found the feather of a great horned owl! I was thrilled and then doubly so, when, the very next day I found a 2nd feather from a great horned owl. I looked in my book called “Animal Speak” which talks about the power of feathers and it said that if you hang two great horned owl feathers and the feather from a red-tailed hawk over your bed, it will bring lucid dreaming. I told this to a dear friend and she mailed me the feather from a red-tailed hawk! The images in this painting are of me sleeping and the many animals that have come to me in my dreams for paintings. That is also me, holding a paintbrush, sitting under a tree enjoying the menagerie.

“Tessa” 24″ x 24″ Acrylics

This is a painting of my four and a half year old granddaughter. She asked her mom to text me and tell me that her spirit animal is the leopard and what was mine. Mine is the crow.

“SPIDIE” 16″ X 24″ MIXED MEDIA

When I was in Sedona looking at jewelry, a jumping spider came up to me on the table. I have never been a big fan of spiders, so I walked to the other end of the table. The spider came with me. I must have walked back and forth five times and it kept following me. It was remarkable and felt like a magical communication between me and the spider.

“South” 18″ x 24″ Acrylics

 

 

We traveled to the South and fell in love with Beaufort, SC.  We loved the trees, the houses, the wildlife, the food and the art! Especially the art of Margaret Warfield who is the artist in the foreground. (My version having not seen her.)

“Angel Pie” 16″ x 20″ Mixed Media

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My cat, Angel Pie, often stands on her hind legs.  She looks like she should be wearing a tutu.

“More Please!” 16″ x 20″ Mixed Media 2018

I dreamed I had grown two extra arms and I was turning into the Hindu god, Shiva. Shiva is the Destroyer and the Creator. A python was with me, cheek-to-cheek. In one hand I have the flame of Brigid and in the other hand, a paintbrush.  All of our pets are watching me: Suzie, Sammy, Chyna, Remy, Harry, Angel-Pie and Leo as well as a Brahma bull……

“Henri the Frog” 24″ x 24″ Acrylics 2018

We have a room dubbed The Frog Room because there are different kinds of frogs decorating this room. My granddaughter said, “Grammy, you need to paint a frog for this room!” and Henri was born.

“I Love You, Gaudi!”

24″ x 24″ Acrylics 2018

 

We traveled to Barcelona last fall and I fell in love with all of Gaudi’s creations.  Just knocked me out!  This is my attempt to honor his work.