Posts Tagged ‘mural’
RED CROSS – HURRICANE KATRINA
In my “other life”, I was a nurse working first at St.Joes in Phoenix as a newborn nursery nurse, then in Mesa at Desert Samaritan as a med/surg nurse. I retired, but before I did, did a stint as a Red Cross nurse. This was most memorable… and in many ways, life-changing in that I’ve…
Read MorePHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MURAL
Y This is one part of a wall of 3 for a small mural I did for a women’s/children’s homeless shelter clinic for Phoenix Children’s Hospital. I love those guys because they saved the life not once but twice of my husband’s sweet son Scott. Our family will always be grateful to them for what…
Read MoreANTI-HOA PLANT MURALS!
l This first mural was one I did on my own house. My daughter and I were out digging up the latest crop of burned plants we had attempted to plant in hellish Phoenix. Sweet Katie said in her cute little voice, “you know Mommy, we can’t grow them, but we CAN paint them!”…an idea…
Read MoreMURALS FROM THE 'WAYBACK'!
The images for these murals were before the age of digital. I wish I’d taken more pics of the work I did, but just wasn’t thinking! I did manage a few photos though. Here’s a few! This one was quite awesome to do! It’s done with CANS OF SPRAY PAINT, plus a power sprayer for…
Read MoreROMANIA
Okay, this was my first water painting, and may I say I impressed myself? I love the reflections and the way the light dances on the water. The resource I worked off of, a photograph the client gave me from when her son was there, needed fixing. I added more buildings and cleaned them up.…
Read MoreMOM'S PANTRY
NO! IT’S NOT MY PANTRY! AS IF I’D HAVE A BIG MIXING BOWL OF BREAD RISING ON MY SHELVES! But do you like the way I “signed ” the mural? In the R lower corner is my can of campbells “Juliana” sopa that my mom got me from Mexico! I read the ingredient list…
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RIDE OF MY DREAMS
“Ride of My Dreams” was created after a trip to the Jackson-Barrett car show in Scottsdale AZ. The place was a sensory banquet of color, texture and people passionate about their cars! In this acrylic on deep canvas painting, I worked on integrating the cold hard steel and bright colors of the car with…
Read MoreKOLB STUDIO, WELL FRAMED
Kolb Studio is located at the top of the Bright Angel Trail at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was sold and is in the permanent collection of the Grand Canyon Association. (see below painting for more of the story!) The idea for the title of this painting came from one of the…
Read MoreMESA CENTENNIAL HALL DIORAMA
THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MURAL. Scroll down for the right side. There were also other elements of the mural on the side walls and such. Someday, I’ll figure out how to just post a movie of the murals I do so you can see the whole thing at once! Till then….here’s some…
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