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BE STILL

AND KNOW THAT I AM DOG

11.5" x16" $200

Ingredients: painting from the Yucca Valley Swap Meet; scraps of wood that almost became fuel in my wood stove; pearls from a JT thrift store; rubber tire things from the ground at Big O tires in Yucca VAlley; glass eyes from Ebay; pull tabs from the cat's food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Charlene Hopey in Santa Monica, CA)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

(FRIENDLY OCTOPUS: "FOR ALL THINGS GIVE THANKS")

10" x 13" $200

Ingredients: board from Randy's art shipping crate for the Rockstar show at Art QUeen; Happy Thanksgiving blocks from Bargain Bazaar thrift store (my old favorite thrift store in Santa Monica); green vintage glitter from Ramona Otto; other blocks from Bianca Juarez of Chicago, and also from friends and sales; buttons from the JT Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Store; pull tabs from the cats; wood from the storage room at Art Queen; pearls from the YV swap meet; eyes from Ebay, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA)

ARF STUDIO

14" x 9.5" $300

Ingredients: board from a puzzle rack from Clare Thrift Store's final days in santa Monica, CA; glass eyes from Ebay; plastic eyes from the YV swap meet; rocks from the JT Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Store; watch bands from Ramona Otto; tire thing from the ground at Big O Tires in YV; letters from Brady Vest of Hammerpress, in KC, MO; spools sent recently by Suzanne Jenkins of MD, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Charlene Hopey in Santa Monica, CA)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

6" x 7.5" $100

Ingredients: sunbaked board from the desert; my old spa sandal; wood craft pieces from a thrift store in JT; green tiny sequins from Rachel Zacks of NYC; rhinestones from gal pal Val Levine in Bellport, NY; pull tab from a can; cardboard from a package, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui)

DOG IS LOVE

10" x 11" (yes, it's elliptical) $180

Ingredients: elliptical carved wooden bowl from Ramona Otto, used a bit for snacks at Art Queen openings until it's upgrade here; wood from the storage room (dog nose); pearls from a JT thrift store; eyes from Ebay; wooden bead from Bianca Juarez; pulltab from the cat's food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui)

ATTRACTER OF GOODNESS

19" x 8.5" $200

Ingredients: scrap of wood from Ralph Gorill's left overs; scrabble tile holders from Ramona Otto and the sales of the desert; aquarium rocks, tumbled rocks, sequins and things from the Yucca Valley Swap meet; other things from friends; pull tabs from the kitties cat food, love from Shari

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

FUNNY BUNNY

3.5" x 5" $60

Ingredients: sequins and painted block of wood from the YV swap meet; bead and little wood piece from Bianca Juarez of Chicago; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass Valley, CA; eyes from Ebay, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Aimee Silk in Colorado)

WELCOME FISHY

13" x 12" $80

Ingredients: piece of broken chair from the desert; scraps of wood from Teri Ramono's chair project; cap from something; wooden beads from Kerrie Howell of Seattle, WA; eye from Ebay; pulltab from the cats, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Harriet Ratner in Santa Monica, CA)

OH HAPPY DAY

6 x 7.5" $105

Ingredients: board from the desert; wood craft pieces from a JT thrift store; rhinestones from gal pal Val Levine in NY; pulltab from someone's drink which I saved; card board on back from some box, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Eva Born in Palo Alto, CA and John Cassidy for telling his friends about my works!)

SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU

7" x 6.5" $80

Ingredients: wooden heart from a YV thrift store; beads from Bianca Juarez; eyes from Ebay; pull tab from a can; wire from electronics packaging, something Randy Polumbo bought, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Shelley Promisel in Playa del Rey, CA)

I LOVE YOU MONKEY

6" x 7.55" $135

Ingredients: sunbaked wood from the desert; buttons from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica and also from Barbara of JT and her great yard sale; eyes from ebay; my old spa sandal; marquee letters from Brady Vest of Hammerpress, KC, MO; wooden bead from Bianca Juarez now of Chicago, IL; pull tab on back from the cats' cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

PEACE IN THE GARDEN

7.5" x 7.25" $105

Ingredients: old sunbaked board from the desert; string and craft pieces of wood from some sales in the desert; pulltab from am can; eyes from ebay and friends; rhinestone from gal pal Val Levine in Bellport, NY, love from shari

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

QUEEN OF THE SEA

detail of queen of the sea's little fishie she is taking for a swim

31" x 16" $400

Ingredients: Corks from Susan Kuhlman and friends; cupboard door from the desert; broken window found on the ground someplace; shells and rhinestone necklaces from the YV swap meet; little green glass beads from Joanne Licardo when she moved to Portland; cat food lid crown; rope found by Sandy Crouse in Ohio; pretty rhinestone pin is from Amy Pikarsky of Chicago I think; glass eye and green vintage german glass glitter from Ebay; scrabble letters from friends and sales in the desert, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you PJ Nidecker in Mountain View, CA)

MERMAID OF SHOW BIZ

detail of mermaid of showbiz, little fishies say things like yellow, green, free, short....

19" x 8.5" $200

I want the mermaid of show biz

BIRD OF PLAY

14" x 3.75" $80

Ingredients: scrap of wood from Ralph Gorill's project; my old paint brushes; big paint brush from Nancy Fuller of Los Angeles; eyes from ebay; my old spa sandal; marquee letters from Brady Vest of Hammerpress in Kansas City, MO; pull tab from the kittens; yard from someone, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Nichole Fromm in Madison, WI)

DON IN HIS SWEATER

9.5" x 11.5" $80

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy Polumbo used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; frame from a JT thrift store; pom poms from a YV estate sale; aquarium/craft rocks from the Yucca VAlley swap meet; yard from something; pull tab from the cats' food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Don Shaw in Los Angeles, CA)

FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE AUDIENCE

18" x 7" $250

Ingredients: carved wooden game board from the Boys and Girls Club thrift store in Yucca Valley, cA; pulltabs on back from the cat's food; green painted wood pieces from Ramona Otto; girl with pig tales was my old keychain which Nico LeMoal-Polumbo gave me; bear was in the Art Queen storage room before it became Art Queen Gallery west; pom poms from Nancy Fuller of Los Angeles; eyes from thrift stores, Sandy Crouse and Ebay; other things from generous friends and sales, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Jonathan Scott in Boston, MA)

Tired of wishing your audiences were more friendly and supportive? Why take a chance, when you can take along this Portable Friendly and Supportive Audience! I do it all the time. Don't wait for the perfect audience, take one with you!

BRIDE

8" x 6" $80

Ingredients: carved wooden bowl which Randy found for me in that local junk heap; old glove; tabs from the marquee letters Brady Vest of KC, MO gave me; rocks from the Yucca Valley swap meet; string from something; pull tab from the cat's food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Jackie Winower)

LOVE IS REAL

10" x 14" $190

Ingredients: rusty metal lid from a bread box or something, which Randy picked out for me at a private local junk heap in Joshua Tree; wood from Art Queen storage; felt from the YV swap meet; wire from someone; pull tabs from cans; card board from a package (on back),

love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

My watching "The US vs John Lennon" influenced some works this week, and I'm glad.

IT'S FUN TO BE ME AND YOU

9.5" x 9.5" was $85 on SALE $40 now!

Ingredients: puzzle rack from Clare Thrift Store in Santa Monica, CA; plexiglass pieces from Ramona Otto also of Santa Monica; pom poms from Nancy Fuller of Los Angeles; doll head from a JT thrift store; building block from Bianca Juarez; twistie pipe cleaner from an estate sale in YV; dowels from Hans Riecke of Maui; Nico LeMoal-Polumbo's hem from her school uniform; trim things (shoes) from a friend; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Shelley Promisel in Playa Del Rey, CA)

HERE ARE SOME FLOWERS FOR ME

24" x 18" $250

Ingredients: frame, pearls and scrabble letters from the Yucca Valley Swap Meet; smashed can from REd Hook, Brooklyn with Randy Polumbo and Weezer the dog; beads from Joanne Licardo of Portland, OR; water faucet things from some sales and Bianca Juarez of Chicago; chains from Ramona Otto, love from shari

SOLD (thank you my sweet boyfriend Randy Polumbo)

BUTTON FISH

16.5" x 8.5" $85

Ingredients: piece of broken chair, it's heavy, from the desert; oatmeal lid from Marian Treger of Los Angeles, CA; buttons from Barbara's yard sale in Joshua Tree, CA; pull tab from the cats; plastic O from a friend (eye), love from Shari

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

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

12" x 17" $200

Ingredients: board from Joanne Licardo's old shelves from when she moved to Portland; dominoes from the JT Hospital Auxiliary thrift store; measuring spoons from the Beaumont Swap meet with Randy Polumbo; caps from my Elmer's Carpenter glue; eyes from Ebay; bag from avocados or lemons; pull tabs from the cat's food, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

GOOFBALLS

7" x 8" $85

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; puzzle pieces that someone had written "orange" and "green: on and I thought they were nice; crayons from a Yucca Valley church rummage sale; pipe cleaners from the sales of the desert; pieces of rulers and yard sticks from Ramona Otto; eyes from Ebay; other things from my collections of things; my studio towels and string from a sale, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Megan Crowder in Columbus, IN)

this could be available, i'm waiting for Megan's confirmation

FLOWER POWER

6" x 7.5" $65

Ingredients: old sunbaked board from the desert; wood craft pieces from a thrift store in Joshua Tree; thing from a chair I found on the ground; old nail from some old wood I found; pull tab from the cats, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

REMEMBER TO PLAY

11.5" x 9" $185

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; dominoes from the JT Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Store; other wood from the storage room; bead from Bianca Juarez; plastic guitar from Alice McCoy in Georgia; eyes from the YV swap meet; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass Valley, CA; scrabble letters from friends and sales, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Heather Reed in Santa Monica, CA )

GOOFBALLS

7" x 8" $85

SOLD (thank you Megan Crowder in Columbus, IN)

IT'S FUN TO BE ME AND YOU

9.5" x 9.5" was $85 on SALE $50 now!

Ingredients: puzze rack from Clare Thrift Store in Santa Monica, CA; plexiglass pieces from Ramona Otto also of Santa Monica; pom poms from Nancy Fuller of Los Angeles; doll head from a JT thrift store; building block from Bianca Juarez; twistie pipe cleaner from an estate sale in YV; dowels from Hans Riecke of Maui; Nico LeMoal-Polumbo's hem from her school uniform; trim things (shoes) from a friend; pull tab from the Art Queen kitties cat food, love from Shari

I want ME and YOU

OH JOY OF JOYS

15" x 19.5" $250

Ingredients: board from Art Queen storage; frame from Nancy Fuller of LA; shell and gold painted wooden sun rays from a sunshine from Ramona Otto, who brings sunshine into our lives; curlers and doll head from the thrift stores of the desert; smashed and cool can from out in Red Hook with Randy and Weezer his chihuahua; old paint brush from Clare thrift store in Santa Monica, CA; my old small paint brushes; eyes from the YV swap meet; glass eye from Ebay; glitter from a friend; white plastic tabs we had to break off the back of those marquee letters from Brady Vest of Kansas City, MO; wings from my old broken christmas angel decorations, scrabble letters from friends and sales, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

WHEE!

6" x 6" $70

Ingredients: board from Randy shipping art to Art Queen; red plastic tubes, not sure what they were used for, from Ramona Otto; beaded bee from Boys and Girls thrift store in YV with Randy Polumbo; cool piece of glass I found on the ground; thimble I also found; other stuff from the friends and sales of my life; my old studio towel; string from something, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Georgina Roche in Dublin, Ireland)

HOME SWEET HOME

19" x 16" $250

Ingredients: board from Joanne Licardo's old shelves; vintage green german glass glitter from ebay; toothpicks, sequins, and pencils from the thrift stores of Joshua Tree, CA; sequins from my gal pal val in NY; wooden block from Bianca JUarez; pulltabs from the cats cat food; picture wire from an old picture from some sale; eyes from Ebay; scrabble tiles from Suzanne Jenkins in MD; things from friends and here and there; refrigerator letters from Suzanne Jenkins, Ramona Otto and friends; love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Denise Price in Mechanicsville, VA)

I'd like to thank my 9 year old friend Lily Rose Liatart for her idea to add a bird to this tree and Nico Le-Moal Polumbo for suggesting it needed some words

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

7" x 8.5" $90

INgredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; crayons from a Yucca Valley church rummage sale; sequins from my Gal Pal Val Levine in NY and Ramona Otto and friends; green german glass glitter from Ebay; yarn from someone; shells and take out food container lid (on back for the ingredients list) from Ramona Otto; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass Valley, CA), love from shari

SOLD (thank you Val Gomes in NY)

ROCKSTAR

40" x 14" $300

Ingredients: Ingredients: guitar that was too hard to repair from the Yucca Valley Swap meet, leather from a hemmed skirt also from there; felt from a YV estate sale; wood from here and there; scrabble letters from friends and sales; glass eyes from Ebay; Nico LeMoal-Polumbo's skirt hem from school; brown leather (shoes) from an old glove or something; old paint brush from Ramona Otto;

love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Ian Rogers, VP and GM at Yahoo! Music for their Santa Monica office!)

QUEEN OF THE SEA

15.5" x 6" $150

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!; left over tin from Ramona Otto,

love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

STOP THE MADNESS

10" x 11" $160

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

SOLD (thank you Bob and Fran (Bob Schancupp and Fran Katzman) in Bellport, NY)

TWO NICE DOGS ON CAN

11.5" x 9" $150

Ingredients: smashed can from the junk supply area at Noah Purifoy's Art Environment in Joshua Tree, CA; sequins, rhinestones and leather skirt hem from the YV swap meet; bead and wooden blocks from Bianca Juarez; eyes from a JT thrift store and Sandy Crouse of Ohio; old broken heating element from my water heater, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in Center Moriches, NY)

DOG IS MY CO-PILOT

9.5" x 11" $225

Ingredients: oak shelf from the yucca valley swap meet, same for the pearls, eyes and scrabble letters; other scrabble letters from Judy Wishart and other sales; wood from Art Queen storage; rubber tire thing from the parking lot at Big O Tires in Yucca Valley, CA; pulltab from the Kitty's cat food; craft sticks from Ramona Otto, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Julie Benson in Parker, CO)

(this one was suggested by Bob Schancupp and Fran Katzman in NY, this is my second go at it)

PEACE IN THE GARDEN

9" x 11" $135

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; shells and things from Ramona Otto; old elastic from something of mine that needed new elastic; bee from the Boys and Girls thrift store in Yucca Valley, CA with Randy Polumbo; wire from an old painting or frame; other things from friends and the sales of my life, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

TREE HUGGER

8" x 3.5" $50

Ingredients: metal rusty plate from the desert; someone's old file, maybe that was Alicia's mother's; glitter from Ramona Otto; buttons also from Ramona; plastic doll from someone, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jeannie Elias in Montpelier, Vermont)

COME FLY WITH ME

3" x 14.5" $90

Ingredients: scrap of wood from Ralph Gorrill of Joshua Tree Music; old paint brush from Ramona Otto; my old small paint brushes; cap from glue; eyes from Ebay; old nails from some wood I found; fringe from a sale; pull tab from the kitties and their cat food; card board from Randy's lights, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Lisa Lenthall in Los Angeles, CA)

REMEMBER TO EVOLVE

5.5" x 6" $70

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; plastic tubes from Ramona Otto; things from the ground, the swap meet and my great collections in my small and wonderful studio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jackie Monkarsh in Los Angeles)

PINK DOGS

8.5" x 5.5" $110

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; crayons, wire and rhinestone necklaces from a Yucca Valley church rummage sale and other sales of the desert; bead and blocks from Bianca Juarez, who moved to Chicago and cleaned out her garage; eyes from Ebay, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in Center Moriches, NY. Susan should win some kind of prize this week for shopping without heat in her house while she waited for the guy to show up to fix her furnace. It was 36 degrees inside and her computer almost didn't work and she had to run up and down the stairs to warm up. I'm not sure I could shop, even for Elfs, in those conditions.)

HONEY, I'M YOUR BUNNY

7.5" x 5.5" $85

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; block of wood from Bianca Juarez; same for the bead; twisty pipe cleaner from a YV estate sale; eyes and glitter from ebay; wire from someone, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Curlin Sullivan in Austin, Texas)

LITTLE MERMAID

9" x 5.5" $85

Ingredients:INgredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; crayons from a Yucca Valley church rummage sale; sequins from my Gal Pal Val Levine in NY and Ramona Otto and friends; green german glass glitter from Ebay; shells and take out food container lid (on back for the ingredients list) from Ramona Otto; wire from Eileen Hale of Grass Valley, CA); string from a sale, love from shari

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

MAGIC KITTEN

6" x 7" $85

Ingredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; koa wood block (nose) from Hans Riecke on Maui; wire from Eileen Hale in Grass Valley, CA; bead from Bianca Juarez; brass wire on back from the YV swap meet, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

BLACK KITTY

7" x 5.5" $85

INgredients: board from a packing crate Randy used to ship some art for our RockStar show at Art Queen; crayons from a Yucca Valley church rummage sale; block and bead from Bianca Juarez; eyes from Ebay; twisties from electronics; string on back from a sale and my old towel on back from a sale, love from Shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)