Welcome to the Elf galleries of November and December 2007

William McDonough at TED 2005. Here is an inspiring video of McDonough speaking at the TED Conference. His sustainable design architecture firm is designing 16 GREEN cities in China to be based on his book "Cradle to Cradle." I just noticed the shipping packages on US Postal Service packages now have "Cradle to Cradle" Certification! Check it out at the USPS web site here.


Randy Polumbo and Shari Elf are excited to present to you our Rockstar show. I hope you'll have a look at all of the art works in this fun show and links to the artist's web sites. Much of the art is for sale, too!

 

Sometimes I have to quote my delightful friend-customers. Cynthia was happy to get to purchase "Cynthia and Steve" last week.

"thanx shari!, I won! I won! You are a lucky blessed angel of light and song. May you walk in the sunshine and your hair smell like clean laundry and peace in the new year love love love cynthia"

I love this nice new review written December 17, 2007 of my CD(I'm Forcing Goodness Upon You) by Aleksandar in Gradiska, Republika Srpska, Bosnia.

 

 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TREE

17" x 4.5"  $100

Ingredients: Ingredients: board from Ralph Gorill of JT Music; buttons from Ramona Otto and a JT thrift store; german green glass glitter from ebay; sequins from Val Levine of NY and Ramona Otto and other friends including Tobi Taboada; pull tab from kitties, glittery star pin from a sale or a friend, I've had it for awhile and it's pretty, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA)

 

 

 

 

PEACE ON EARTH

6.5" x 11" $100

Ingredients: board from ARt Queen storage; building block (nose) and wooden bead from Bianca Juarez; pipe cleaner and crayons from some estate sales in Yucca Valley, CA; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass Valley, CA; eyes from Ebay, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Christine Smith in Laguna Beach, CA)

 

 

 

BEE HAPPY

6" x 7"  $80

Ingredients: board from Art Queen storage; green german glass glitter from ebay; silver glitter from a sale or a friend; felt and old glove leather from an estate sale; eyes from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; broken plastic cup or something from the ground, it just looked like a wing!; pull tab from the cats' cat food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui)

 

 

 

BEE HAPPY

6" x 6"  $80

INgredients: board from a broken drawer I found in an alley in Santa Monica, CA; silver and red glitter from a sale or a friend; felt and old glove leather from an estate sale; eyes from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; clear ceiling glitter from a YV estate sale; pull tab from the cats' cat food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Chuck Wild in Hollywood, CA)

 

GLITTER PUSS

6" x 6.5" $90

Ingredients:old drawer from an alley in Santa Monica; bead and block of wood from Bianca Juarez; vintage green german glass glitter from Gilda on Ebay (just kidding about Gilda); eyes also from ebay; rhinestone trim from the YV swap meet; pipe cleaner from a YV estate sale; pull tab from cats, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Vickie Trancho and her cat Monet in Glen Oaks, NY)

 

 

 

DOG IS MY CO-PILOT

   7" x 10" $160

Ingredients: Oak shelf from the YV swap meet, same for the pearls; scabble letters from some sales and Judy Wishart; other wood from some yard sale; cap from glitter; eyes from Ebay; red plastic tubes from Ramona Otto, not sure what those are from; pull tab from the kitties and their cat food.

SOLD (thank you cousin Joyce Davis in Culver City, CA)

(this one was suggested by Bob Schancupp and Fran Katzman in NY)

 

 

 

BEE YOURSELF

6" x 6" $80

Ingredients: board from a drawer from an alley in Santa Monica, CA; green german glass glitter from ebay;silver glitter from a sale or a friend; leather skirt hem from some sale; eyes from Sandy Crouse or ebay; other clear ceiling glitter from an estate sale in YV; pull tab from the cats' cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Nancy Daly Riordan in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

JUST BEE

8" x 5.75"  $80

Ingredients: board from Art Queen storage; green german glass glitter from ebay; silver glitter from a sale or a friend; leather skirt hem from some sale; eyes from Sandy Crouse or ebay; broken plastic cup or something from the ground, it just looked like a wing!; pull tab from the cats' cat food, love from shari CA, love from Shari

 

SOLD (thank you Randy Polumbo in NY)

 

 

LITTLE MERMAID

   11" x 3.25" $80

Ingredients: wood from Art Queen storage; vintage green german glass glitter from ebay; sequins from my gal pal Val Levine in NY; yarn from a sale; beads from Rachel Zacks of NYC; pearls from a necklace; pull tab from kitties, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

DO NOT FEAR YOUR DEPTHS

21" x 5.5" $160

INgredients: scrap of wood from Ralph Gorill of JT Music; buttons from Ramona Otto and a JT thrift store; necklace and shells and craft rocks from the YV swap meet and the sales of my life; pull tab from the cats and their cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Vickie Trancho in Glen Oaks, NY)

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2007 Happy Veteran's Day. Thanks for stopping by and looking at my new works!

Thanks for visiting my good and sturdy art gallery! My art is 95% trash, made from stuff I find on the ground, at yard sales and thrift stores, broken stuff and stuff friends send me.

I had fun with my open studio at the 6th Annual Morongo Basin Open Studio Art Tours October 26 - November 4, 2007. Thanks to the nice folks who stopped by to say hi and Tobi Taboada who bought "Buttons the Cat" and Tracey and Brian who bought a whale ("Greetings"), and also came to our show at the Palms! and Kathy Morrison and her charming son who bought 2 fishies "Save us all" and a fish with lots of things on it. Thanks, Kathy for showing your students my art when you do your recycled art projects in class!

Randy Polumbo and Shari Elf are excited to present our Rockstar show at Art Queen in Joshua Tree, CA. I hope you'll have a look at all of the art works in this fun show and links to the artist's web sites. Much of the art is for sale, too!

Pharmer's Market. This is how I feel, too. Said so well by Bill Maher. In Hilary Clinton's health plan, the words nutrition and exercise appear once, the word drug, 14 times. "We wont stop being sick until we stop making ourselves sick." I hope you'll watch this video.

Would you like to know when I post new works on this page?   Yes I would.   Prices below include shipping. 

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CATS OF JOY

9" x 29" $400

INgredients: wooden thing with wheels from a sale in the desert; boards from Joanne Licardo's old shelves and her recent move to portland, OR; other wood (noses) from Art Queen storage; wooden beads from Bianca Juarez; pipe cleaners from a sale or Sandy Crouse of Ohio; watch bands from Ramona Otto; eyes from ebay; scrabble games from sales; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Randy Polumbo in NYC and Joshua Tree, CA)

note from Shari: I am very happy with this weeks collection, especially this piece! This is a picture of Tigger, Inky, and Fluffy, 3 of the current 5 feral cats living at Art Queen, and which I am trying to tame and they now have access to my studio thru a kitty door I installed for them. I want them to be warm in the winter, it is getting cold here

 

 

CHER OF THE SEA

15.5" x 6" $160

Ingredients: board from AQ storage; sequins from my gal pal Val Levine in NY; beads and a necklace from Joanne Licardo of Portland; chord from a shopping bag, one of these days I'd like to figure out if I'm spelling it right, cord or chord?; pull tab from the kitties; empty and cleaned out pens from Stephen Braziller and his class at Indian Township school in NE Maine, thanks for cleaning the pens!,

love from shari

I want Cher

 

 

 

 

 

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

10" x 11" $185

Ingredients: my old oak shelf from the YV swap meet; pens from Stephen Braziller's class at Indian Township school in NE Maine; wood from art queen storage (nose wood); watch band from Ramona Otto; cap from glue from the Los Angeles Zoo's Earth Day festivities; pearls from the YV swap meet; pull tab from the kitties; eyes from ebay,

love from shari

I want this happy dog

 

 

 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

   12" x 10.5" $275

Ingredients: board from Art Queen storage; broom handle pieces from Ramona Otto; eyes from ebay; Gumby made by  Joanne Licardo (I love it!) and given to me when she moved to Portland, OR; aquarium rocks and pearls from the Yucca Valley swap meet; wood bead from Bianca Juarez, who moved to Chicago; jewels and goodies from sales, Mrs. Otto, Tobi Taboada, Joanne, Bianca and other friends; pulltabs from the kitties, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you John Cassidy in Palo Alto, CA)

 

 

QUEEN

   13" x 20" $225

Ingredients: cupboard door from Teri Romano of Landers,CA; bottle caps from Marian Treger of Los Angeles, CA or Hans Riecke or some other generous friends; necklace from the YV swap meet; satin chord from something; metal found in the desert or the santa monica recycle yard years ago; pulltabs from the kitties; love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke of Maui, HI)

 

 

 

 

MERMAID WITH AQUARIUM ROCK TAIL

16" x 5"  $150

Ingredients: Ingredients: board from AQ storage; sequins from a YV estate sale or a friend; beads from a necklace from Joanne Licardo of Portland; yarn from something; pull tab from the kitties; empty and cleaned out pens from Stephen Braziller and his class at Indian Township school in NE Maine, thanks for cleaning the pens!; aquarium rocks from Nancy Fuller of Los Angeles; metal found in the desert or the Santa Monica recycle yard years ago, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA and in Brazil)

 

 

CARRIE AND DAN/CYNTHIA AND STEVE

(note from Shari: I made this for someone but can't seem to contact them, maybe they will see it here, but I will make a waiting list in case I don't hear from them. I can easily put new names on this piece for you.)

6" x 7"  $80

Ingredients: board from AQ storage; frame, old sock, skirt hem (leather), flet (ha, I like my new word flet, but I meant felt) and wooden things from the thrift stores of my life; eyes from Sandy Crouse and friends; thread and pebbles from some yard sales; pull tab from a can, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Cynthia and Steve)

 

 

 

YOU ARE A DOLL

9.5" x 9.5"  $80

INgredients: puzzle rack (piece of) from Clare Thrift Store in Santa Monica (their going out of business sale); ruler pieces from RAmona Otto; my old paint brushes; block from Bianca Juarez; doll head and some letters and stuff from my local thrift stores; buttons also from Mrs. OTto; my old spa sandal; other letters from sales and friends; pull tab from the kitties cat food, love and goodness from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Margaret Fox in New York, NY)

 

MAN LISTENING TO HIS WOMAN

8" x 8" $110

Ingredients: board from Art Queen storage; brush from a thrift store in the desert; branch, dowels, wedge, ice cream spoons and koa wood block from Hans Riecke and Annette Scognamillo on Maui; ribbon from a friend; my old western belt that broke; pull tab from the cats' cat food; eyes from ebay, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Curlin Sullivan in Texas)

 

 

 

I LIKE CATS

11" x 11"  $200

Ingredients: watch band from Ramona Otto; scrabble letters from sales and friends; board from Art Queen storage; eyes from ebay; wood carved things (frame), tassel and wooden scoop from Annette Scognamillo and Hans Riecke of Maui; piece of a wooden picket fence found in Santa MOnica years ago when I lived there; pipe cleaners from a Yucca Valley yard sale; orange and red beads from Bianca Juarez; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass Valley, CA, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Nanni Jacobson in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

SOME BUNNIES WHO LOVE YOU

6" x 3" $50

Ingredients: board from ARt Queen storage; dice from the Yucca Valley swap meet; rhinestones from Val Levine of Bellport, NY; string from here and there; my old painting towel (on back), love from shari

SOLD (thank you Joyce Deep in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

 

HOW 'BOUT A HUG?

8" x 8.5" $110

Ingredients: board from Ralph Gorill of Joshua Tree Music; ruler pieces from Ramona Otto and also from sales; golf tees also from MRs. Otto; threads from a Yucca Valley estate sale; same for the toothpick skewers; eyes from ebay; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love and good wishes from Shari

 

SOLD (thank you Robyn C in New York)

 

 

U R A DOLL

5" x 7.5" $60

Ingredients: board from the storage room; buttons from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; building blocks from Bianca Juarez of Chicago these days; my old paint brushes; doll head and scrabble pieces from the sales and thrift stores of my life; trim from Bell Air Swap Meet; pull tab from a can, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui)

 

yes, really enjoyed the doll theme

 

 

 

I KNOW I CAN

7 x 4.5" $75

Ingredients: smashed can and U from the ground in the desert; sequins from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; chord from something; chain from something; german glass glitter from ebay, love from Shari

 

SOLD (thank you Rosann Mathias in Wisconsin)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BATHING BEAUTY

3" x 12" $120

Ingredients: Ralph Gorill's leftover wood scraps; buttons from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; glitter and beads from Tobi Taboda of YV; string from a bag or something; pull tab from a can, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Lauren Waxman in NY)

 

 

REMEMBER TO PRAY TO YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR TODAY

10.5" x 13.5" $110

Ingredients: painting by Ruth Reed and from Angel View Thrift Mart in Yucca Valley, CA; pom poms from Nancy Fuller of Los Angeles, CA; eyes from ebay,

love from shari

SOLD (thank you Sandy Banks in Playa del Rey, CA)

 

 

 

I LIKE RAIN

11" x 10.5"  $190

Ingredients: watch band from Ramona Otto; letters from Brady Vest and my old spa sandal; wood for nose and board from Art Queen storage; rulers from Ramona Otto  and a sale; aquarium rocks from Nancy Fuller; pearls from the Yucca Valley swap meet; eyes from ebay; toothpick from a YV estate sale; flowery beads from Tobi Taboda of YV; nose from the ground at Big O Tires in Yucca Valley; pull tab from a can, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Carla Kaplan in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

YOU ARE A DOLL

4.5" x 17" $130

 

Ingredients: left over wood from Ralph Gorill and his projects; buttons from Ramona Otto; doll heads from a JT thrift store in the crafts section; blocks from a store in NYC that's always going out of business, according to Randy; letter from my spa sandals, Brady Vest and friends; pull tabs from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Mary Regas in Pasadena, CA)

someone mentioned I was a doll last week and I got inspired to do an art piece

KITTY CAT

   8" x 5" $90

Ingredients: board from Art Queen storage; chain from Ramona Otto; hard wood block from Hans Riecke of Maui,  HI; eyes from Ebay; wire and wooden bead from Bianca Juarez; pulltabs from the kitties; love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in NY)

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE IS A BIG DANCE

9" x 11" $140

INgredients: board from Art Queen storage, broom and other handles from Ramona Otto; my old paint brushes and toothbrushes; scraps of wood and stuff from here and there and Hans Riecke and some sales; scrabble letters from the same place and Judy Wishart; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jackie Monkarsh in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

PEACE FISH

23" x 10"  $70

Ingredients: left over wood from Ralph Gorill and his projects; metal from the desert or it might be from long ago at the Santa Monica recycle yard; buttons from Ramona Otto; pull tab from the kitties; eyes from Ebay, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous in Santa Monica, CA)

 

 

 

BUTTON FISH

11" x 27" $75

Ingredients: BOARD from my yard; metal found in the desert buttons from Ramona Otto; eye from ebay; pull tab from the kitties cat food cans, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Marilyn Green and Rosie the Cat in Menlo Park, CA)

 

 

 

WELCOME FISH

8" x 20" $70

Ingredients: left over wood from Ralph Gorill and his projects; Lid from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; buttons from Ramona Otto; pull tab from the kitties; eyes from Ebay, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Debra Boylan in Houston, TX)

 

 

 

BUTTONS the BUTTON FISH

 

8" x 22" $100

Ingredients: wood left over from Teri Romano's chair cushion project; salsa lid from our Art Queen Rock Star art opening party (and High Desert Test site party); eye from Suzanne Jenkins of MD; buttons from Meredith, Stuart Watson's fiance; pull tab from the kitties cat food cans, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Linda Schieber in Berkeley, CA)

 

 

 

 

WISH FAIRY POODLE

9" x 9" $190

Ingredients: Joanne Licardo's old shelf cuz she moved to Portland, OR;other wood from the storage room eyes from Ebay; wooden bead from Bianca Juarez who is moving to Chicago; pearls and pom poms from the Swap Meet in Yucca Valley, CA; tin foil from an old YV thrift store years ago; diamond button from Ramona, Bianca or perhaps Joanne, that one got away from me; scrabble game trays mostly from Ramona Otto; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love and good wishes from Shari

 

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke in Maui, HI)

 

 

I'M HEALING

12" x 12" $150

Ingredients: door from my shed; ruler and yard stick pieces from Ramona Otto; craft stick from arts and crafts at the barn in Bellport, NY; plastic socks things from my new socks; someone's old belt, I think it was Randy's; metal thing from the ground, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Tim Carter in West Palm Beach, Florida)

 

IT'S GOOD TO BE TIDY

   33" x 18" $140

Ingredients: board from Joanne Licardo when she moved to Portland, OR; old paint brushes from sales and Hans Riecke; my old broom; my old kitchen sponges, many of those date back from before the dinosaurs; eye is buttons from Bianca Juarez; pulltabs from the kitties; letters from Ramona Otto, Suzanne Jenkins and friends, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Patti Neighmond in Los Angeles)

 

 

 

MAKE A WISH MAGIC FISH

7" x 4.5" $70

Ingredients: smashed can from Ramona Otto; rusty wire found in the desert with Randy Polumbo; sequins from Val Levine, our gal pal val of ny; glitter from Ramona, Maxine Mick, friends and Steve's Office Supply in Yucca Valley, CA; eye from ebay; aquarium rocks from the swap meet, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Patti Neighmond in Los Angeles)

 

I KNOW I CAN

7 x 4" $65

Ingredients: smashed can from the ground in the desert; same for the rusty wire; aquarium rocks from the swap meet; yarn from my skirt; sequins from Ramona Otto or Sandy Crouse; german glass glitter from ebay, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Carol Dunn in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

 

REMEMBER TO PLAY

8" x 9.5" $190

Ingredients: Joanne Licardo's old shelf cuz she moved to Portland, OR; pen caps from Stephen Braziller's 7th-9th graders at Indian Township School in NE Maine; pom poms from Nancy Fuller of Los Angeles; eyes from Ebay; red bead from Bianca Juarez who is moving to Chicago; pearl bracelet from the Yucca Valley Swap Meet; letters from Brady Vest and friends and my old spa sandals; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Guy Hankel in the Madison, Wisconsin Public Library)

 

 

 

MRS. WRITE

8.5" x 8" $160

INgredients: board from Art Queen storage, or maybe Ralph of JT Music; pens, carefully cleaned and the ink removed by Stephen Braziller's 7th-9th graders at Indian Township School in NE Maine; pearls from the Swap Meet at Bel Air; string from a shopping bag; aquarium rocks from the YV Swap Meet; letters from Brady Vest and Hammerpress, KC, MO and my old spa sandal; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

GOOFBALLS

9" x 5" $60

Ingredients: board from some yard sale; buttons from Bianca Juarez, I think those stones tiles are from her also; pom poms from Nancy Fuller of LA; eyes from a JT thrift store and Sandy Crouse; letter from Brady Vest, the sales of my life and friends; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass Valley, CA, love from Shari

 

SOLD (thank you John Lundberg in Liberty, MO)

 

LEONARD NIMOY

6.5" x 4" $65

Ingredients: smashed can from the ground in the desert; same for the rusty wire; string from the swap meet; glitter from Maxine Mick of Yucca Valley, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lisa O'Brien in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

I LOVE TREES

8.5" x 9" $150

INgredients: belt from a JT thrift store; Joanne Licordo's old shelf; polished rocks from a friend, Christine, I think, or a yard sale; beads and chains from Joanne, too; white letters from Brady Vest; others from the sales of my life; eyes from ebay; eraser from an estate sale; pull tab from kitties cat food; leaterh from something, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Nancy Daly Riordan in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

THIS WAY TO THE FUN FISH

20" x 7" $100

GOOD THINGS HAPPEN FISH

20" x 7" $75

 

Ingredients: wood from Joanne Licardo's old shelves; raisin lid from Sandy Crouse; smashed tart tin from the ground; game pieces from some sales; eyes from ebay; dice i've collected from sales and thrift stores and friends; letters from my collection and friends and here and there; pull tabs from the kitties; pom pom nose from the yv swap meet, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Lee Gruzen in NYC)

 

SOLD (thank you Nancy Warren in Kansas City, MO)

 

OH HAPPY DAY

8.5" x 12.5" $200

Ingredients: borad from art queen storage or teri ramono; buttons from Ramona Otto; all those beads and goodies are from Joanne Licardo of Portland, OR; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass VAlley, cA, love from Shari who's typing fast so she can post soon

 

SOLD (thank you Deirdre O'Neil in Santa Monica, CA)

 

 

I KNOW I CAN

7.5" x 4.25" $85

Ingredients: smashed can from the ground in the desert; same for the rusty wire; string from the swap meet; german glass glitter from ebay, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Margaret Fox in NYC)

LIFE IS A BIG DANCE

8.5" x 8.5" $175

Ingredients: door from my shed; ruler and yard stick pieces from Ramona Otto; craft stick from arts and crafts at the barn in Bellport, NY; plastic socks things from my new socks; someone's old belt, I thinik it was Randy's; metal thing from the ground, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

JOY

12" x 12" $150

INgredients: board from a hardware store in culver city, from their scrap pile; pom poms and other things from the yv swap meet; a friend's underwire from her bra; my broken mirror i used to carry in my purse; beads, chains and jewelry from joanne licardo of portland, or; pulltab from the kittie's cat food; eyes from ebay; wire from spinach or some greens; pencil and car tail light from the ground in venice, ca,

love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Alexandria Madero in Beverly Hills, CA)

 

 

 

BE YOURSELF

(IT WORKS FOR US)

8.5 " x 8.5" $180

Ingredients: board from art queen storage; buttons from ramona otto of santa monica; beads and buckle and other goodies from joanne licardo who moved to portland; sculpy poetry thing from Tamara Willet-Johnson of Omaha, NE; eyes from a thrift store, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

 

 

 

EVOLVE

6.5" x 8.5" $120

Ingredients: board from art queen storage; buttons from ramona otto of santa monica; beads and other goodies from joanne licardo who moved to portland and bianca juarez who is moving to Chicago; eyes from ebay; paper clip from Pelf, love from Shari

 

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

DOG BLESS AMERICA

8.5 " x 9" $170

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood (nose) from a YV estate sale; cap from my lip balm; pearls from the YV swap meet; eyes from Ebay; pull tab from the Art Queen Kitties cat food; pieces of rulers and yard sticks and watch band (from her Watch Dogs) from Ramona Otto, the Queen of Folk Art, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Farrel Levy in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

 

 

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

7.5" x 9.5" $170

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood (nose) from a YV estate sale; pearls from the YV swap meet; eyes from Ebay; pull tab from the Art Queen Kitties cat food; pieces of rulers and yard sticks from Ramona Otto, the Queen of Folk Art, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Chuck Wild of Liquid Mind Music in Hollywood, CA)

 

 

CUTE AS A BUTTON FISH

   17" x 6.5" $60

Ingredients: wood from Joanne Licardo's (Paint with Joanne in Portland!) old shelf from when she was moving to Portland; yogurt lid; buttons from Bianca Juarez, who is moving from LA to Chicago; eye from the Yucca Valley swap meet; pull tab from the kitties cat food, love from Shari

 

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

 

SAVE US ALL

8" x 17.5" $70

Ingredients: old broken frame from the swap meet or someone; shoe polishing brush I found at a sale; other bath brushes from Alicia Bay Laurel and some sale; scrabble game from Barbara and Frank's great yard sale in Joshua Tree; eye fro Ebay; pull tab from the Kitties' cat food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Kathy Morrison, I forgot where you live but it's somewhere not too far from Joshua Tree)

 

 

WELCOME HOME FISH

   9.5" x 21.5" $75

Ingredients: old broken frame from the swap meet or someone; brushes I collect from sales and here and there; scrabble game from Barbara and Frank's great yard sale in Joshua Tree; eye fro Ebay; pull tab from the Kitties' cat food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Devon Susholtz in Santa Monica, CA)

 

 

 

DOG BLESS AMERICA with flag

8.5 x 8.5" $180

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood (nose) from a YV estate sale; pool cue tip and pearls from the YV swap meet; eyes from Ebay; pull tab from the Art Queen Kitties cat food; pieces of rulers and yard sticks and watch band (from her Watch Dogs) from Ramona Otto, the Queen of Folk Art; flag from Susan Kuhlman, love from Shari

love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in NY, she's back, and this looks like their dog Pearl!)

 

 

 

STOP THE MADNESS

8.5" x 7" $160

Ingredients: board from my old storage shed in my yard; pvc pipe which someone left at Art Queen; wooden ball from Bianca Juarez who cleaned out her garage in Encino cuz she's moving to Chicago; she also gave me the bead nose; pull tab from the Art Queen Kittie's cat food; eyes from Ebay, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Randy Auerbach in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

MRS. WRITE

11.5" x 11.5" $165

Ingredients: wood from art queen storage; frame from the nice lady who's garage sale Randy and I went to a few weekends ago, she makes them; pencils from here and there and the sales of my life and also my pencil jar cuz I was running out; aquarium rocks from the Ottos, same for the vintage green glitter; yarn from fringe I found at the YV swap meet awhile ago, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Amy Young in Spring Lake, MI)

 

GLITTER PUSS

 

SOLD (thank you Ann Magnuson who came by my studio yesterday and purchased this for her desert cabin. You, too can come by my studio and be the first to see the new Elfs, especially during Open Studios November 3 and 4th this year.)

 

 

HERE ARE SOME FLOWERS FOR ME

SOLD (thank you Randy Polumbo, my sweet boyfriend. He always wanted first dibs if I ever remade a favorite of both of ours. Here is that 2nd try at Here are Some Flowers for Me, thanks to a yard sale in Joshua tree where Barbara and Frank were selling some old buffing and sanding wheels. Randy has added this to his Elf collection but I wanted to share it today)

 

 

 

 

 

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