"Lite Ride"

This spring-mounted child's riding horse was found abandoned in the "free" pile at a local garage sale last year. Somewhere within him, I felt life still stirring, so I hefted him up, brought him to my studio, freed him from his springs, and mounted him on an antique brass floor lamp. Thus we began our ride down the pathways of my art room. To my sheer delight, my horse found strength and beauty with each step we took together, and beneath my fingers, he slowly but surely recovered his glorious spirit.

He is done in iridescent glass, hand painted ceramic tile, cracked marbles and antique jewelry. This horse is my first large scale 3-D mosaic. He stands 6 1/2' tall, and is 2 3/4' wide. 

Enjoy the ride!

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"The Soul of A Woman"

The Soul of A Woman captures what lies beneath the surface of all of us, or those we adore. She is a compilation of the many women in my life whose souls have touched and changed me, molding me into the woman I have become. Having no preconceived notions for her destiny, beneath my hands I found her leading me through all of the emotions of the female condition.

When at last I placed the handcuffs across her heart, signifying our ties between past and present, jobs and kids, work and home, old families and new, the cuff on the present side of the heart fell open, making a new heart shape of its own. I knew in that moment that she had come into her own, and was free to stand as a soul separate from me. I believe art is a process where God can work through us, and in that moment, when He freed her heart, I truly felt blessed.

She stands 4 1/2' tall, and is about 2' wide. Her mosaic pieces include irridescent glass, ceramic tile, beads, handpainted tiles, jewelry and mirror. 

I hope that you will feel in her some of yourself or someone you hold dear.