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Everything Stops For Tea 200

Everything Stops For Tea is based on an old popular song from WWI, if I have my facts right. I’ve heard several versions of this song throughout the decades, and I’ve always liked it’s charm. So this is my painting about the virtues of putting aside one’s differences, and trying to find common ground, although I’m not entirely convinced that our wolf friend is sincere. Available

Requiem 200

Requiem is about remorse, reflection and redemption. SOLD

The Poacher 200

The Poacher - this little fellow has been caught red handed in the cacao patch. Can’t say I blame him. Available

Green Magic200

Green Magic SOLD My spirit animal, a Celtic stag, painted for La Bodega Gallery in San Diego’s “Spirit Animal” group show.

Secrets 200

Secrets SOLD some things are better kept to oneself. Prints are available.

Practicing Magic 200

Practicing Magic - available Any resemblance to the witch in the painting is purely out of necessity.

Vainglory 200

Vainglory-This is the second in a series of Seven Deadly Sins available

Greed 200

Greed-This is the sixth in a series of Seven Deadly Sins available

Gluttony 200

Gluttony SOLD This is the first in a series of Seven Deadly Sins

Wishing On a Star 200

Wishing On a Star -I painted this for Cactus Gallery’s “Sticks and Stones” show. available

Picnic 200

Picnic SOLD What else could a squirrel want? Prints are available

Flight of Fancy Fish 200

Flight of Fancy Fish SOLD This is how inspiration works. Really. Prints are available

The Monkey's Orchids300 copy

The Monkey's Orchids SOLD I recently saw (and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw) flowers called Monkey Orchids. These flowers are so whimsically wonderful, that I started to wonder about their origins. As near as I can figure it, there was once - in a place that existed a very long time ago-a wise and all-knowing Monkey guru-so wise, in fact , that he just became known as "The Monkey", and he guarded the entrance into monkey paradise. Monkeys would flock to him, hoping to enter into the mythical land that the Monkey guarded- which was full of barrels and banana trees . Some would actually get to enter, if they had led a life of charity and kindness. Sadly though, as we know, most monkeys don't lead such lives...they quarrel amongst themselves and fling poop at each other and just engage in the most outrageous monkey behaviors. And those monkeys-right on the spot-were changed into the orchids that we can still see today, doomed to gaze into the entrance to the wonderful world of bananas and barrels, but unable to enter. So sad. Prints are available


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