the things that matter

melodie stacy sent me this portrait spoon and mini fabric bunny doll. the past two weeks i have been showered with gifts, my mail box has been packed with little boxes and packages gifted to me by so many of my online friends.

you see, they know it's not all about me.....i draw from them way more than from my small imaginative world. so, i finally get to share with you some of the work by my favorite contemporary artists that i have slowly collected over time.

first and foremost

lynne hoppe! she literally lives in wonderland with little escapades into the east and many an escapade into the garden of eden. i love everything she does and finally asked her for one of her mini paintings.

molly meng

julie ippoliti

susan buchanan

my sudio at night, quite abandoned at the moment since i have been mainly stitching

ellen benson

me

more me

guatemala

bobi & bobi

more of my studio with work by mary stanley, ruth harris, syd mccutcheon and myself

a piece i bought long long ago from canada i believe

one of my son's first pencil drawings

i have yet to own one of dana's

nola hart

a bunny from england

quite eclectic in my tastes but all spell outsider, handmade, homemade

and ofcourse there are the hundreds if books on my bookshelfs, illustrated mainly

so the days rush by

imbued with beauty

touched by friendship

as i, too, reach for the stars

and the things that truly matter