It has been a very Octopus Summer at Laguna Art-A-Fair! The octopus is having a bit of a cultural moment these days (you've seen the Oscar-winning documentary, right?), and luckily I am genuinely fascinated by them, so I keep painting...and they keep selling!

Not an Octopus--you caught that, I'm sure--but this angry little bird yelled at a passing art lover and demanded to go home with him. Fear the Fluff.

Somebody pinch me!! My diptych won 1st place AND the Division at the Orange County Fair! That's TWO pretty ribbons I get to bring home!!!

Featured prominently in my booth at Art-A-Fair is "Starcatcher"! On a huge 30x40 gesso board panel, I used acrylic and metallic paints, and then layer after layer or pour resin--some colored with shimmery mica powder, some crystal clear--to create depth and texture and suggest the flow of water currents.

"Splashdown" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"The Flipside" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

My first ventures into sculpture/painting/assemblage! This is a diptych, A Heron Ascending. Soon to be showing at the OC Fair, in the Fine Arts competition!

Hummingbird Sonata

La Sinfonia del Coniglietto--at Showcase, and fancy because it's Italian. Multicultural bunny right there. And sorry, this one is SOLD!

"Dreamfish Symphony" is at the Showcase Gallery in Santa Ana until July 16th!

"Hummingbird Ballet" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"Rainbow in a Storm" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"Eloise" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"Sunlit" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"DeTail" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"Dive Deep"--the original has SOLD, but prints are available!

"Albert Breaks Free." Not a bird, in case you were wondering. Also, Albert has sold! But not to worry, I have prints.

"Find the Light"--this one is sold, but I have prints available!

"Flick." Also not a bird. Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"George Points the Way" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

"Feather Finder" Showing in person at Laguna Art-A-Fair! July 2 thru September 3

My biggest piece ever! The Flight of Fancy is 36" x 36"

My bunny artwork on a reclaimed cabinet door, in its new home! Client was so delighted she sent me pictures! I love seeing where my art winds up...

My son is a baseball player. So I support him by painting a giant baseball crashing through his wall over his bed, because that's how much I love him.

No surface in my house is safe from my paintbrushes.

Commissioned by Whittier College as a gift for the President of the College upon her retirement, full of personal details.

A reclaimed cabinet door gets a new life to hang over my bedside table!

Triptych canvases hanging in a church vestibule

Commissioned triptych of canvases, All the Seasons in Bend, Oregon

Customer gave me favorite photographs that she had taken, and I recreated them on canvas!

Commissioned piece for a local hair salon

Customer-owned child's table and chairs getting a makeover, Western style!

The little girl's middle name is Blue--hence, blueberries!

Art installation to go over church doors at Christmas.

Customer-owned table, commissioned custom artwork to make it so much more special!