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Prejudice for the Insect & Animal World....

12/12/2020

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I thought, if I can sell a pretty mushroom or butterfly ornament....would someone buy a cicadea pupae ornament?? Seen Above


For sure I can sell a pretty winged butterfly or exotic tiger moth....   look right
   Making Porcelain Insects in the studio has led me to think about the prejudices we have towards the animal king/Queendom. For instance, most people love butterflies but hardly notice moths. They love caterpillars if they are fuzzy and soft but 'ew!' .....hate spiders.
    And some folks love to tell me how yucky snakes are! How they won't sell-as if they have made snakes or tried to sell them. It is a constant surprise to me how we always turn things to bad /good, hate/ love, Black/White.
    I mean where is just the love for life! The amazing genesis of diversity in our beautiful world. All animals, all insects have their place in the world and as we quickly dispose of them -60% of all animal life is gone in the last 100 years- we replace their beauty with plastic, phones, nano-beads from beauty products and on and on.
   Even just one life is valuable. How can we give more love and more credence to those who live with us? ​I think its when we as individuals are ready in our consciousness, it brings us to study and observe all of life. And it is this that brings about understanding and tolerance. Without the balance of our animal brothers and sisters in nature, we are lost as well.
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New artwork for Christmas at Splash Gallery

12/4/2020

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COME PURCHASE NEW smaller works AT A WONDERFUL LOCAL ARTIST COOP
Always striving to produce artwork that is unique and seen no where else in the world. The prices are very accessableAmong my work now showing at Splash Gallery in Olympia, WA are:
-  Hand sculpted porcelain mushroom and acorn ornaments that have been carefully china painted 

-  'No Kill' butterflies and moths mounted in studio made wood boxes that have 4 coats archival paint with uv and dust protection, and a sturdy hanging wire. (See on upper right a china painted               Indonesian Owl Moth)

- Unique and marvelous forest floor still life's alive with butterflies, mushrooms, snails, mosses, and snakes.

-  Snake, mushroom and mice figurines

​-  Amazing and ornate mirrors with minute metal work and porcelain and Crystal details.

If you are in the other states and see this work, you are welcome to contact me at the CONTACT PAGE on this site. I can send close ups of your favorites and if you want to buy, I can take your credit card # and ship most pieces.

ENJOY!

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  • Home & More
    • Works in Progress in pics
    • Contact & commisions
    • About the Artist >
      • Off Grid Blog
  • NEWS
  • Studio Stories
  • WILD ORCHIDS 2022
  • Portfolio
    • Crystalis 2022
    • Vera Flos 2021
    • Orchidea Imaginarium 2021
    • Tulipa Imaginarium 2021
    • Dutch Master Studies
    • FOREST SPIRITS 2018 mini show
    • RISE 2017
    • DARK FOREST Spring 2016
    • FORESTMEN Fall 2016
    • SEAWOMEN 2015
    • Post Apocolyptic Icons Fall 2011
    • REBIRTH 2009
    • series pre 2009
  • Gallery Shoppe