Purple Mirrored Mermaid

acrylic on cabinet door

8 x 24 inches

SOLD

We had a wonderful time in Richmond at Arts in the Park this past weekend. Lots of art went home with new adopted families, and we got to make people smile and laugh a little through the heat. It's a blessing.

Blonde Bombshell Mermaid

5 x 20 inches

acrylic on wood

SOLD

Living near the beach has its advantages. Shells, for example.....

Bottle Cap Mermaid

5 x 20 inches

acrylic on wood

SOLD

Scallop and Dove Mermaid

approx 6 x 17 inches

acrylic on wood

embellished with scallop seashells and Dove chocolate wrappers

SOLD

This is a new twist on my Dove mermaids. I had a wonderful birthday. I'm truly blessed.

Big Scallop Shell Mermaid

8 x 24 inches

acrylic on wood

sealed and ready to hang

SOLD

Peggy Ann's Mermaid

SOLD

This was a commission done for a friend's Carolina Room.

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
~Harvey Mackay

Bonnie Mermaid

5 x 21 inches

acrylic on wood

SOLD

Emerson's Dove Mermaid

approx 8 x 27

acrylic on wood

embellished with Dove choclate wrappers

sealed and ready to hang

SOLD

"Our natures are alike; it is our habits that carry us far apart."
~Confucius

Soul Therapy Mermaid

approx 7 x 15

acrylic on wood

embellished with Dove chocolate wrappers

sealed and ready to hang

SOLD

I adore Dove choclate, can you tell?

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tabletop Mermaid in Orange

36" across
acrylic on wood table top
sealed and ready to hang

I had fun painting this mermaid on an old coffee table top. I have it wired and ready to hang on the wall.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.
~Stephen Covey

Pink Dove Mermaid

10.5 x 17 inches

acrylic on wood

embellished with Dove wrappers

sealed and ready to hang

SOLD

Genius is the power to express individuality.
~Elizabeth Barret Browning

Lorelei Mermaid

approx 3.5 x 10 inches

acrylic on wood

sealed and ready to hang

SOLD

This one has real shells and starfish as embellishments - a bit of the ocean for your home.

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
~Ecclesiastes 2:26

Dove Chocolate Mermaid in Pink

acrylic on wood

embellished with Dove Chocolate wrappers

SOLD

There is just something about a mermaid, isn't there? I'm busy with commissions this week, and looking forward to Thanksgiving.

The most important opinion is the one you have of yourself, and the most significant things you say all day are those things you say to yourself.
~Zig Ziglar

Dove Chocolate Mermaid

10 x 20 inches

acrylic on wood

SOLD

This piece was a fun challenge. The Dove Chocolate wrappers were graciously given to me by my friend Allison. She and her hubby have a fondness for Dove chocolates!

I find I'm luckier when I work harder.
~Dr. Denton Cooley

Lorelei the Mermaid

17.5 x 17.5 inches

acrylic on found wooden board

safety coated with clear gloss

embellished with bits of mirror

ready to hang

SOLD

I had a blast playing with my neice this weekend, so I feel rejuvinated and ready to hit the easel hard for my fall shows. I've got four coming up. It promises to be fabulously fun!

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~Mark Twain

Mermaid Making Waves

5.5 x 23.5 inches

acrylic on wood,

embellished with mirrors and seashell

SOLD

I had so much fun at the beach yesterday doing sand painting. You'll probably see the results pretty soon.

“The soul is healed by being with children.” ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Golden Girl of the Sea

3.5 x 10 inches

SOLD

Thought for the Day:
Consistency is the foundation of virtue.
~Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British statesman and philosopher

Thought I'd show you a work in progress today. Here's the sketch on paper, as you can see, it's very rough. I'm just basically doing outlines, and I add all the details later.

Here's the sketch transferred (to the wood table top that is 30" in diameter) first with charcoal, then with paint. At this point, I decided to make both fish face their friend!Here's the finished product. I get so engrossed when I'm painting that I forgot to take more "in progress" pictures. Bits of broken mirror serve as her scales. This piece is on top of an armoire at The Big Tuna, and is for sale there.

Thought for the Day:

It all begins when the soul would have its way with you.

~Emerson

Mermaid with Shells

approx 7 x 25 inches

acrylic on wood

embellished with seashells

SOLD

My friend Kate's husband, Mike, is in construction, and saves wood for me. This piece had an interesting hint of blue to it, and was uneven on the end, so I used those things to my advantage. Thanks, Kate and Mike!

Thought for the Day:
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
~Frederick Langbridge

McKenna Mermaid

approx 12 x 9 inches

acrylic on wood

safety coated to enable

hanging outdoors or in bathroom

sides painted, no need for a frame

SOLD

I love painting mermaids!

I have a friend that calls Mary Magdelene "Mary Much-maligned." I think it's funny, but true. Pope Gregory is the one that commanded that she be associated with the prostitute. Anyway, I've been reading in Proverbs. Over and over again, it refers to wisdom as "her" and "she." Seems pretty clear to me that wisdom is a woman:

Prov 1:20Wisdom calls aloud in the street,she raises her voice in the public squares;

Prov 4:66 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;love her, and she will watch over you.

Prov 7:44 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"and call understanding your kinsman;

Prov 8:11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies,and nothing you desire can compare with her.

Prov 9:1Wisdom has built her house;she has hewn out its seven pillars.

Prov 18:4The words of a man's mouth are deep waters,but the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.


Thought for the day:
Goodness without wisdom invariably accomplishes evil.
~Robert Heinlein