Two of My Favorite Things

McKenney and Hall Indian Portraiture.  I became enamored of this cultural portraiture in the early 1990s upon seeing a layout of a home in Architectural Digest. A few years later, I found two mid-20th Century lithographs in an antique shop in Elmira, NY. Through my research I have found that the original drawings commissioned in…

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The Glorious Jack Rabbit: High Desert Hopping

On several occasions while hiking in the morning, Susie Grace (precious dog companion) and I have been seeing this glorious New Mexico jack rabbit. I never knew ears could be so grand!  I rendered this character behind a clump of blooming high desert chamisa, which is also called Rabbitbrush. Quite appropriate, don’t you think?! This…

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Headin’ for a Weddin’!

Designed and created these very pretty evening purses for dear friend Sherry Sue! She is attending a family wedding in Colorado. One accessory is for the rehearsal and the other for the wedding. To-the-Trade textiles were used: Highland Court woven ikat (pronounced ee-cot), actually utilized the reverse for the shell, and Beacon Hill jacquard. Love…

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Flame Stitch Ombré

This Santa Fe Pouch is displayed at the Gallery Opening, Eldorado at Santa Fe Community Center this weekend. Embellishment is an arrowhead; the strap is four leather thongs set in a simple twist and each connected with a stair-step braid, both Spanish derived. The shell is a double-cloth ombré and the lining is Ralph Lauren…

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Studio Art Tour 2016!

Please come visit my creations for this year at Studio 34 Eldorado at Santa Fe for the 2016 Eldorado Arts and Crafts Association! Also a piece of every artist’s work is displayed at the EACA gallery at La Tienda. I am sharing a studio with three other artists and designers, each one of us unique…

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