May showers, new contests, anticipation and wonder........

'Cosmos I'...encaustic wax on board with wire

 'Lustro'...mixed media collage on board..string,paper,paint...

Close up of 'Lustro'...great latin ephemera cards from my dear mom up north..

'Profile' series...chalk/pastels, encaustic wax on board...

'Ghost Bird' cute lil' assemblage mixed media piece utilizing fabulous brass mesh compliments of my fabulous artist auntie Kathy Stewart of Bellingham, WA..YES my family is awesome, generous and EVERYWHERE :)

'Summer Crawls' utilizing photo transfer to encaustic wax method, complete with Walt Whitman poem about summer and a few ferns.

'Wish' mixed media utilizing the citrasolv method on National geographic papers..(look it up, sooo fun!) heated/scorched Tyvek paper and ephemera...for 2012 Gallery 360 sping show 'Upcycled'

'Beyond The River' entry into local mural contest, historically representing the Chinook peoples in vancouver, WA circa 1750-1790's...