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All is Well 16 1/2" x 14" x 4" $375 Made in 2026 
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This rustically adorned metal hand evokes lots of symbolize. Does it stir anything for you? It is mounted on a beeswaxed board that once held vintage button samples (the last few are used in this piece). Made within a chunky wooden bowl stenciled with paint. A vintage metal film canister holds the piece together. Ribbed velvet ribbon edges the side of the bowl.
Little Darling
17" x 9" x 3"
$350
Made in 2026
17" x 9" x 3"
$350
Made in 2026
Sweetest little vintage travel washboard ever! (For washing delicates and unmentionables.) The delightful elements of this Little Darling hung in my studio as eye candy since acquiring them last year. Recently, the treasures all came into focus, like a song or poem. The circular form behind the copper heart mold is a (painted) saw blade! I’m told the ceramic beads atop were used as weights for weaving looms.
Portals
Step into the world of my artist's imagination with my Portal Series. Round and found assemblage wall pieces with familiar vintage items are sure to inspire and delight.
Step into the world of my artist's imagination with my Portal Series. Round and found assemblage wall pieces with familiar vintage items are sure to inspire and delight.
Portal
30" x 30" x 4"
$1600
Featured piece for Art in the Gardens 2025 at
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
30" x 30" x 4"
$1600
Featured piece for Art in the Gardens 2025 at
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Inspiration for me comes from listening and being open for clues, much like a treasure hunt. What sort of ingredients would make an eye catching piece for Art in the Gardens? Big, round, and mandala-like came to mind.
Ah ha, I awoke with an idea. My retired maritime neighbor had a very weathered porthole window I’d admired for years in their yard. He’d salvaged the prize years ago from a boat at our Noyo Harbor. Expressing interest in using it for art, out came his drill and moments later I walked away with my focal point! (It even opens now, thanks to elbow grease!)
More of our community jumped in as I scoured our coast for round forms. Soon, a circle made of reclaimed redwood fencing appeared at my doorstep from a Chico wood building magician.
On a visit to my sister’s, as I dreamily looked out the window, I noticed a large shaped frame near her front door. You guessed it, it’s the outer form that brings even more depth.
Other items include a set of aluminum coasters, painted and sanded, a carved painted wooden flower, an engraved brass plate (found half buried in my backyard one day as I pondered what to put in the center of the porthole). Paper, paint, ribbon, and brass tacks a friend’s mother had carefully pried off of an old chest intended for some unknown project.
Portal invites us to step into new realms of possibility. Much like a walk through our infamous coastal gardens offers.
Special thanks to The Danners, Anthony Montoya Woodworks, and my sister Valerie.
Ah ha, I awoke with an idea. My retired maritime neighbor had a very weathered porthole window I’d admired for years in their yard. He’d salvaged the prize years ago from a boat at our Noyo Harbor. Expressing interest in using it for art, out came his drill and moments later I walked away with my focal point! (It even opens now, thanks to elbow grease!)
More of our community jumped in as I scoured our coast for round forms. Soon, a circle made of reclaimed redwood fencing appeared at my doorstep from a Chico wood building magician.
On a visit to my sister’s, as I dreamily looked out the window, I noticed a large shaped frame near her front door. You guessed it, it’s the outer form that brings even more depth.
Other items include a set of aluminum coasters, painted and sanded, a carved painted wooden flower, an engraved brass plate (found half buried in my backyard one day as I pondered what to put in the center of the porthole). Paper, paint, ribbon, and brass tacks a friend’s mother had carefully pried off of an old chest intended for some unknown project.
Portal invites us to step into new realms of possibility. Much like a walk through our infamous coastal gardens offers.
Special thanks to The Danners, Anthony Montoya Woodworks, and my sister Valerie.
Offering
33" x 33" x 4"
$1400
33" x 33" x 4"
$1400
Ancient Future
17 1/2" diameter x 3"
$650
This fascinating piece is a sister to the large "Portal" I made for Art in the Gardens as the featured artist this year. The small center brass porthole frames an ancient pocket watch (that friends shared with me). This creation is mounted on paper covered wood. I sprayed an aqua wash over layers of subtle colors. Painted and sanded aluminum flower coasters, tatted lace, old buttons, coins, metal bits, and knobs accent the composition.
17 1/2" diameter x 3"
$650
This fascinating piece is a sister to the large "Portal" I made for Art in the Gardens as the featured artist this year. The small center brass porthole frames an ancient pocket watch (that friends shared with me). This creation is mounted on paper covered wood. I sprayed an aqua wash over layers of subtle colors. Painted and sanded aluminum flower coasters, tatted lace, old buttons, coins, metal bits, and knobs accent the composition.
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Fragments of Grace 12" diameter x 4" $400 
Sideview Fragments of Grace
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The ornate metal remnant of a vintage 'fixture' is what began this intriguing piece. I was recently in New Orleans hunting with a friend at a scrap yard that had just closed for the day. There on the ground I spied this treasure, which the owner shook his head and said 'take it! and come back tomorrow.' It has really transformed since scratching my head about how I could use it, stuffing it into my suitcase. Another ring of ornate metal, painted, acts as a backdrop with the tips of a vintage doily and beach combed metal rivets. It is mounted upon a shaped wooden base I painted, reminiscent of a snake skin. A glass knob completes the look.
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Happiness in Blue
12" diameter x 5" $425 Made on a beautiful blue and white vintage enamel pan, with an old blue lid as its center. (Generously given to me from a local artist's estate. Painted bird from a clock, old lace, trim, buttons and international stamps around the side. 
Sideview Happiness in Blue
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Silver Platter 30" x 18" x 4" $850 
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Definitely one of my all time favorites. My sister generously bought me the platter I'd admired for over a year at an antique mall in Chico. Not knowing quite what I'd do with it, the faux vintage metal hung in my narrow kitchen for months as I smiled every time I noticed it. The truly unique tin shell form came from a local artist's estate. Remnants of found spoons (from another collector friend lightening her load) seem to add more to the conversation. The background wash, a recent experiment, creates the perfect atmosphere.
Small Vintage Relic Portals
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Vintage Blue 10 1/2" diameter x 2" $365 |
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Ocean Relic
9" diameter x 2" $225 Made on an old tin mounted upon found metal from my local beach, enhanced with aqua wash. Sea glass, ceramics, vintage doily, beeswax, page from an old Japanese inspirational journal, a small bottle with sand, stamp, button. 
Sideview Ocean Relic
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Shell Relic 7 1/2" x 6" x 1 1/2" $225 Made with two small silver plated shell trays painted in shades of aqua. The central medallion are Indian coins from 1884! And pages from an old Japanese inspirational journal tinted blue and melted beeswax. 
Sideview of Shell Relic
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Celebrate 11 1/4" diameter x 2 1/4" $300 
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A thin round tin with small cutouts and indentations came my way that was perfect to mount an Aqua Delight on. I treated the main surface with a stenciled wash. Found marbles, buttons and good luck coins fill the outer circle. The adorned tin is mounted on a large wooden good luck coin that hung in my studio forever. It’s the perfect diameter and good energy, so I gave it up for ‘the cause’.
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