The Painted Artist

My truck does not like this cold weather. I have to agree. It was born and raised in the tropics. It was modified to not overheat while pull...

Just finished moving 50 miles east to La Veta, Colorado. It's a charming little town on the eastern side of the Sangre de Cristos mounta...

They voted NOT to let my polymer clay art in the Clay Continuum show. "They" being the other clay artists. Maybe, by next year, I...

This month begins a new show in at the SPACe Gallery. It's called the Clay Continuum. I dropped by with one of my smaller polymer clay s...

I sat in the little bit of shade that the pickup truck provided. Wearing my boyfriend’s hat and getting the seat of my pants wet from the r...

My animal skull sculpture, "Battle Cry", won the "Best of Show" Award, at the 2007 Colorado Show in La Veta. This show w...

This week end, I will be in my first outdoor art show. Should be fun, and a learning experience. The weather is supposed to cooperate, but I...

Got up one morning to see three female mule deer in my front yard. Ran to get my camera. Just then, one of the girls squatted on her hind l...

My contemporary art sculpture, Speedy, won the People's Choice award, at the SPACe Gallery, Mixed Media Show. I am so excited ! What a ...

Being a city girl, I love pretty shoes. I have many pairs, and shoe shopping is a favorite sport of mine. Winters in Colorado are cold, and...

I'm in my first show in La Veta, Colorado. Very exciting! The gallery has posted pictures on their website. Those of you familiar with ...

> Abstract Turquoise Painting #126 SOLD Here is another small 8x8 Abstract Turquoise Painting, from the Geology Series. I have 7 more of...

Here is another small 8x8 Abstract Turquoise Painting, Turquoise #115 , from the Geology Series. SOLD I have 11 more of these listed on eba...

Like the city girl that I am, I inquired about garbage days. The Grimwoods provided me with an old blackened oil drum, calling it the “burn ...

Abstract Turquoise Painting #114 SOLD I am currently selling my smaller Contemporary Art Abstract Turquoise Paintings on Ebay. They are all...

I have, what I thought, to be the perfect vehicle for Colorado. It is a 4-wheel drive, Chevy Silverado Pickup. Never mind that it has lived ...

24" high x 30" long. Acrylic, April 2007. Painting # 071706 Contemporary Art painting, "Spring Creek 101", is finally do...

Here is the current painting in progress. The rocks are all done. Colorful, huh? Now I have to paint the ice. The 3 big, light blue rocks h...

I went on a hike to Zapata Falls last weekend. The falls were still mostly frozen, but the creek was thawed with a little ice left on the ro...

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat. But not in Colorado!“Watch out for the owls, they will eat your cats.”...