I seem to recognize ......................

A Face Without a Name....

I wanted to try something new with this glamour girl. She is very much a '40s bombshell but this time with a twist of Patrick Nagel the legendary artist of the 1980s. She remainds untitled. Her gaze is spellbinding. She's a mysterious beauty. Hmmmm? What shall I name her?

Blackbird Rising

Summer is here.

I imagine mermaids splashing and singing along the bubbling seashores. On the blazing horizon the sun radiates new lights.

I emerge from the blissful isolation of my melodious art studio nearly prepared to introduce a new series of paintings. But, since the collection isn't quite complete I will wait to write more. I will unveil them when the time is right.

I've been so inspired lately but not painting as much. I sketch more than ever. I adore the ever changing outlets of creativity, I am not hindered or stifled or bored, I am constantly inspired and in motion.

Things in my life are growing and deepening therefore my soul expands like the Archangel's wings. There is excitement and anticipation in the air falling all around like soft summer rain. The golds and silvers of days & nights glisten on the wings of the blackest blackbird.

"Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise..."

"Boudoir Mermaid"
24"x18" Acrylic & Glitter
Stretched Cotton Canvas
Ready to Hang!
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NEW *GLITTER GIRL* PAINTING FOR SALE

"Star Light, Star Bright"

Size: 20" x 16"
Acrylic, Metallic & Glitter Paints on Stretched Canvas

$200.00
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Miss Bettie Page

Here's a painting called SEA SIREN a pin-up mermaid inspired by Bettie Page. She was exhibiting at the CAP Studio for a little while but the day she came home I walked in the door and heard the news that Miss Bettie Page had passed away. Here is what I wrote in my journal that day:

Saturday, December 13, 2008 ~ Goodbye, Miss Bettie Page

I'm sad. Bettie Page is gone.

I know many people didn't even know she was still alive but for those of us who knew of her life we mourn deeply and weep because even at 85 she was still too young to go.
I, for one, wish I had met her. A conversation about womanhood, life, sex, art, faith. At the very least I'd love to have shown her my artwork -- the paintings I've done of her, inspired by HER, along the years. Oh, if only.

Bettie embodied beauty, raw and flirtatious femininity, in all her kittenish, sexy ways she was a true warrior for the sexual revolution ~~~ she personified Girl Power!

Bettie was a women ahead of her time yet she was not only perfectly placed on the covers of magazines but in time. The fifties pin-up was Bettie Page just as Elvis was Rock & Roll. She was a natural. Bettie shall always be the Queen of Pin-Up. There will never be another.

In countless ways she is the Queen of my Glitter Girls collection ~ she along with Marilyn Monroe. These two original beauties ~ the dove and the raven ~ have always been at the forefront of inspiration for my pin-up art. They are true Glitter Girls ~ beautiful rebels of glamour and womanly sexiness.

Goodbye, Bettie Page... I know the heavens won't know what to do with you and Marilyn. In your leopard print, pink palaces on cloud 9 I hope you both rest in peace but stay wild and free as you've always been. Say hello to Jimmy, Elvis, Jim, John and Michael for me.
I love you.

The last painting I created in 2008 was inspired by Bettie... it's called "Sea Siren"... and it exhibited until yesterday when I brought her home and got the news that Miss Bettie had passed away. It's always about timing, isn't it.

Sofie Reed sings about my GLITTER GIRLS!

Beautiful songbird Sofie Reed sings about my "Glitter Girls" with a new original song. Please visit her site and show her love & support. She is a bright star who has a light that shines on for immeasurable miles. Her music will captivate you, her voice will mesmerize you. She personifies what it is to be a true GLITTER GIRL! I have also created a new series of GLITTER GIRLS to dance into the light with this fantastic new song... please stay tuned for the unveiling... soon, I promise! Check her out ... you will LOVE her!

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I'm on CLOUD NINE!!!!