Organic Grid

colored pencil on paper, 5.5" x 8.5"

Squiggle Grid

colored pencil on paper, 5.5" x 8.5"

Flame Fan

This is a painting I worked on while my students worked on their projects. At a certain point I just stopped.

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

Fiber Pink

mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Fleck Pink

mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Pumice Pink

mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Matte Orange

mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Matte Brown

mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Garnett Brown

mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Mica Orange

mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Bead Orange

This gel medium has little clear glass beads in it. When I started adding acrylic to it, I decided to go with a “Jurassic Park”-like effect.


mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"

Inside/Outside

mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"

Oops/Deliberate

mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"

Morning/Evening

mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"

Dirt/Fog

mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"

Pink Brows

watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"

Rose Brows

watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"

Blue Brows

watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"

Gold Brows

watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"

Super Flat Stool

Some years ago while browsing the Art section of Barnes and Nobles, I happened upon a book called The Japanese Experience: Inevitable. The book featured the work of a group of artists that call their art “Super Flat.” It is a Japanese Pop Art movement. I bought the book, which traces the art movement’s history to earlier Japanese art – sometimes described as a “floating world.”

The students, I was teaching at the time, were very excited about Japanese Animé. So the content of the book fit the kids’ interests. I had the idea to take an unfinished stool and add a Super Flat-like painting to it. Although I wasn’t successful in getting the students to paint their own stools, they liked seeing me paint my design.