Portfolio

2011-04-03T20:53:00.000-07:00

Saylor Montana

2011-04-03T20:48:00.000-07:00

These name plates are for a girl in Arkansas who loves Hannah Montana....

A & J

2008-10-17T13:13:00.000-07:00

Mylie, Rylee and Trudy

2008-10-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

Mt. Shasta Tree House

2008-08-02T16:53:00.000-07:00

I painted this wall mural in the 1970's in Mount Shasta. We lived in Sacramento at the time and actually stayed at the motel, even though both of our parents lived in Mt. Shasta!
It took several months of coming up every weekend we could from Sacramento. I really enjoyed choosing all the paints as the owner of the Motel was also the owner of the mill and paint company. The new owners recently painted over this mural. But it was there over 30 years, amazingly enough!

Brookings By The Sea

2008-05-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

This is a little picture I painted for my dad who lives in Brookings, Oregon. I wrote a poem about it, too.

Jessica Loves Cats

2008-05-08T05:51:00.000-07:00

My daughter-in-law loves cats. She has two cats and it usually takes them several hours to warm up to me. I'm not a cat person but I like her cats.
This was a picture I painted for her birthday. The cats were similar to some I found on a package of tissues.

Gymnastics, Ballet and the Olympics

2008-05-08T05:48:00.001-07:00

This is a painting I did for a little girl that loves ballet, gymnastics and the Olympics. She also loves pink!

Kids and Sports

2008-05-07T06:45:00.000-07:00

Most kids love sports and these name plates are several I just finished and wanted to share.
The last two are women's names, with unique themes that I really enjoyed painting.

What's In A Name?

2008-03-05T16:42:00.000-08:00

These names were a little more work but fun to paint. I love Disney characters and although I know nothing about hunting, the plaque for Hunter was fun to put together, also.

You Name It!

2008-02-18T13:43:00.000-08:00

Lately, I have had an opportunity to paint more name plaques, and these are three I finished today.
All for boys and you can sure tell I live in Texas!

Kids Just Want To Have Fun

2008-02-10T16:30:00.000-08:00

Here are some more samples of the name plaques I've been painting for friends and family. The themes are given to me and I embelish from there.
It's very interesting to see the responses I get when they see the finished product.
I have enjoyed painting these and am getting work from our community and beyond. I recently sent 5 of these to Oklahoma.

Vincent and Talia

2008-01-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

Recently I painted these two name plates for my niece and nephew. They are completely different forms of the same idea, but show some of the interesting possibilites. It has inspired me to do more artwork of this sort.

Bucket O'Cory

2008-01-09T09:46:00.000-08:00

I often get requests to paint unusual items for customers. This bucket was one of several I painted for a woman who ran a daycare in town, and wanted these for Easter Baskets for her kids.
The farm animals went well with the bucket and I enjoyed doing this job.

'Shrooms, Anyone?

2007-12-29T16:26:00.000-08:00

This little pen and ink drawing was one I did several years ago, and just came across it recently.
I was really into mushrooms for a while....

Love Your Feet

2007-12-29T16:24:00.000-08:00

This mural was one I painted for a Birkenstock Store on Folsom Boulevard in Sacramento, California. It was one I did in trade for a pair of Birks, my favorite shoes!

Guadalajara

2007-12-29T16:22:00.000-08:00

After a delightful trip to Guadalajara with my friend, Randi, I painted this on her patio wall in front of her house in Mexico. It brings back fond memories of our trip.

Love Never Fails

2007-12-29T16:19:00.000-08:00

Several years ago, I painted this watercolor for a woman named Edythe Carr as a birthday gift.

Murals for Friends

2007-12-29T16:13:00.000-08:00

I painted this mural in the kitchen of a friend named Pam. She lived in the Bay Area of Northern California, but has since moved to Southern California.
It was a curio shelf and took about 6 hours to paint.

The Bear mural was one I painted on the nursery wall of a friend in North Highlands, for Peggy Sopher. Her "baby" just got married last year and is in the Coast Guard.

The Teapot Mural was painted for my Canadian friend, Randi, in Baja, California, Mexico. She lived in a house I had lived in for several years, and I painted the mural to set off her clock on the wall.

Murals for Our House

2007-12-29T16:07:00.001-08:00

When my children were small, we lived in an old Victorian house in downtown Sacramento. The house was in need of repair and after painting the rooms, I decided to paint some murals.
These are a few of the murals I painted in their bedroom.

Lady, Tramp and The Elves

2007-12-29T15:55:00.000-08:00

When my children were small, we lived in an old Victorian house in downtown Sacramento. The house was in need of repair and after painting the rooms, I decided to paint some murals. These are a few of the murals I painted in their bedroom.

The Shop At Peacock

2007-12-29T15:40:00.000-08:00

In Peacock, a wonderful woman named June Carlson has a little antique store. There isn't much in Peacock these days, so her place is about the only happening thing going on there.

I painted some Morning Glories on the building, and taught some art classes, hoping to get her some business.

The building used to be a Spanish-Speaking Church, pastored by Ray Flores. When I first moved to Texas, we attended the services and it was wonderful.

It's a quaint little shop, full of unique items from around these here parts, and they serve a wonderful luncheon, with the savory cooking done by June Clark of Peacock. It's a place you have to visit if you come through West Texas. June will tell you stories about her Uncle Joe Matthews who was a character around here for many years.

Cowboy Corbin

2007-12-29T15:23:00.000-08:00

Corbin loves cowboy stuff. Anything to do with cowboys.