Does she make it to color?

Architecture of my heart...should she get colored?
There's an unfinished drawing on my desk of
architecture of my heart as hat.

The building she's holding is the Vista House. It sits on a beautiful cliff above the Columbia River in Oregon.
It's just a few minutes drive from where I grew up. It's gorgeous. That's Multnomah Falls behind her, and
swimming around are the Chinook.

Family Reunion 2011

It was the best ever family reunion...of the best ever family. I love every one of y'all. We had as much fun as we could pack into a weekend. Planning the next one already. Love love love!

my lovely husband

I'm having fun with my iphone camera...and Marvin was having fun at cousin Joyce's birthday party.

Nobody's gonna snatch my kids...

Multnomah Mermaid

I try being serious and before I know it I'm drawing a mermaid with the Vista House on her head. I believe every body of water should have it's own mermaid, so I'll be assigning this one to Multnomah Falls...and maybe to my friend Jan who raises lavender.

Unity

My church (clearcreek.org) is doing a summer series on the book of Ephesians.
And, bless their hearts, they are trying to feature the work of some of the church's
visual artists. So, this is the piece I will be submitting for their use. It's different for
me in some ways, and in others not. I've always used symbolism in my work...
granted not usually in such simple forms as this. But the idea came, stayed and
got itself on a canvas. The collage areas are from the same old Bible that belonged
to my precious mother-in-law. Old and worn and stained up pretty well...kind of
like a lot of us. And now being renewed. Like a lot of us. I'm happy with it. Hope
it works in the context it's intended for.

girls with wings

Angels? maybe. I found an old Bible
with no cover and some serious stains.
I like it. Some of the pages became wings.