Sometimes I just like to break loose and do something different. I will make something totally whimiscal..... in either clay, polymer clays, build a table, turn a lathe..... just do it......
.These are some of the things I just do for fun. I usually donate these items to Non-Profit Organizations for their fund raisers.
Freedom: Lest We Forget
This chair was painted for October 1st for the Orpheum Theater Art Auction on November 3rd 2001...
I have painted a chair for this auction the last 4 years and this time I was so moved by our national tradegy that I could not let it pass.
As I moved on each day I became aware of this fact, those who live in New York have a reminder everyday of what 9/11/01 means. They can not move without the constant reminder of the towers missing from their skyline. Or the families that were forever changed.
I thought about how I had gone about my daily life. I had turned off the TV to keep from having to face the tradegy every minute. That way I was only occasionlly reminded of that day---by the flags and the ribbons, the flowers out on the street--- When I realized how I was going on trying to move on without thinking or acknowledging, I knew I had to paint something that would keep it permanent --a memorial in my own way,. a way not to let those thousands of people ever be forgotten.
This is in the private collection of Jack Belz
Party Time
hand painted table and chair..... checker board on top of table. Bright colors and whimsical theme to make a corner brighter.
setsold $350
Leopard Fun
hand painted table and chairs with images of leopard's ready to pounce. Checker board on top of table. gold button trim with black legs. Whimsical fun
sold$650
This was a Special Project
Sitting Purrrrr-ty
Painted canvas chair for the Orpheum Auction 2002
Whimsical cats looking out at the world.
Sold $750
They had a bidding war on this chair and I ended up painting another one for the loser's...
mega bucks made that year for the theater.
Another Auction this one for St. Mary's Catholic Church
a bit of whimsy again. this time a birdhouse for cats.
Titled Kitty's Diner sold $ 125 expensive living for a bird...
