ANCESTRY

I'm calling up the past -- working from some black and white photos. This painting measures 24"x 24".

POODLES -- TEDDY AND OLLIE

A portrait of Teddy and Ollie -- an 18" x 24" painting commissioned by a Cape Cod couple.

SADIE ON THE SOUND

This is a 24" x 18" painting, commissioned as a Christmas gift. An image of Sadie, who has since passed away, doing one of the things she loved: skipping over the sound.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

measures 24" x 24"

FLORIDA SUN

A 28" x 16" commissioned portrait for a Florida client.

SURF'S UP

This painting measures 24" x 18." It was commissioned by a Maine client: her three favorite kids doing one of their favorite things. 

A GREAT SMALL MOMENT

This is a 24" x 18" portrait called "A Great Small Moment." It's a painting of Judy Prescott and her mother Cecy (done with permission, from a photo found on facebook.com/searchingforcecy). Not long ago, I purchased a book called "Searching For Cecy: Reflections on Alzheimer's" by Judy Prescott. I could so relate to much of what Judy expressed in her moving poems about her mother's journey through Alzheimer's. The fact that she used her creativity to find peace around it all, struck a chord with me. My mother and father's stories weren't Alzheimer's -- theirs was cancer -- but loss is loss, love is love, and creativity is a wonderful way to work with and through it.

"In this beautifully written and illustrated tribute, poet Judy Prescott reflects on her mother’s unexpected journey through the rough seas of Alzheimer’s and her own struggle to find peace. Prescott’s poignant and intimate words offer solace to those facing the challenges of Alzheimer’s today."

You can purchase a copy of the book via Judy's site judyprescott.com or order it through places like Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

CUBA: LEANING ON A '54

"Cuba: Leaning on a '54"

20"x 20"

CUBA I

"Cuba I" 28" x 20"

TIRE SWING

"Tire Swing" 18" x 24"

PLADO

Plado: a sweet boy, and one of the few dogs my dog is truly happy to see and play with.

*this painting measures 18" x 24"

THE REST

"The Rest" 18.5" x 16.5"

PATIENT IS THE HARDEST THING TO BE

"Patient Is The Hardest Thing To Be" 34" x 48"

STARK

"Stark" 22" x 32"

SELF PORTRAIT

A 14" x 18" self portrait.

MOM

A painting of my mother.

3 1/2' x 6 1/2'

MIA AND SPOOKY

This is a 24" x 20" commissioned painting I did for a family in Hawaii. I'm curious what Mia and Spooky are fixated on.

EL RAYO

This was a fun project. El Rayo Taqueria (Portland, Maine) wanted to do a calendar this year and presented me with the assignment of painting a 20" x 24" portrait in the style of the 1930's Mexican Calendar Girl portraits: Chicas de Calendarios Mexicanos.

SUMMER'S SUN, SPEED, AND SPRAY

An 18"x 24" painting commission marking the last of summer's sun, speed, and spray.

7-ELEVENS AND DAIRY QUEENS

"I so wanted to be, but just wasn't one of those kids who could celebrate the impulsive, unbridled lawlessness of youth. My brothers could; they reveled in the freedom every used-horse under the hood allotted them by breaking speed limits, blowing engines and speakers, burning rubber and clutches, and stopping at 7-Elevens and Dairy Queens minutes before dinner. They too made wrong turns and got lost, but they did this deliberately. For them, losing their bearings was fun and not a reason for fretting over gas gauges going down or heat gauges going up. If dilemma presented itself, they'd cobble a solution. I, on the other hand, followed the rules and worried about calamity, circumstance, and all that could go wrong with things that had multiple moving parts - like cars and bodies." *an excerpt from my illustrated cancer memoir "Car Dealer's Daughter"