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November, December 2009, Thanks for stopping by. Something good is gonna happen to you today!

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.  This art is made at my studio at Art Queen in Joshua Tree, California.

Thanks Rainn Wilson for visiting Art Queen awhile back and tweeting about my good and sturdy art!

Apartment Therapy. See Curlin Sullivan's colorful house in Austin, Texas, where I hope to have a house concert when I tour in texas with my new band "The Kittens". I was happy to see my art piece, Business Monkey in the tour of her house, along with Curlin's own art and all the other fun art and stuff she collects!

 

devon and dory from olympia, washington visited the crochet museum recently and sent me these cute pictures

 

Nancy M. Daly dies at 68; prominent activist worked for L.A. children. I'm so very sad about the passing of Nancy Daly, I was honored that she collected my art, as she was quite an art collector, and a philanthropist. I am grateful I got to have lunch with her at Real Food Daily about a year ago, I really enjoyed our visit and am so saddened by this news. link

Scary paintings by Jesse Wiedel at Art Queen. Opening reception October 24, 6-9 PM in Joshua Tree, California. if you want me to send you a postcard, send your mailing address.

December 4, 2009 New works are up now! Thanks for stopping by. Something good is gonna happen to you today! Thank you, Rainn Wilson, for twittering about my good and sturdy art last week!

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.  This art is made in my studio at Art Queen in Joshua Tree, California, assisted by my feral kitty Inky.

Here is my little office corner in my cabin, there's my wood stove that keeps me toasty warm in the winter. above my desk my it's S ELF, my new art piece from Jack Pierson! I'm so thrilled to be the proud new owner of this very special original Jack Pierson piece created for me, S.Elf! Thank you, Jack!

 

Inky watching over me in the studio. My friends down the street, Princess, the 2 new donkeys and Penny the horse. I like to bring them carrots and lettuce from the yucca valley farmer's market.

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I FEEL PRETTY

12" x 12" $130

Ingredients: board and frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown, ca; my old nova color paint; cap from vanilla or something; eyes from ebay and sandy crouse; golf tees from ramona otto; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; old wooden blind from my cabin; twisties from organic veggies from jaime farms; pull tab from inky's food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lauri Gaffin from Los Angeles, CA)

 

HAIRSTYLES FOR DOGS

Aunt Bee, Ring Toss, El Vez

11" x 13" $280

Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown; curlers from the kansas city, kc flea market; watch band from ramona otto; pom poms and glitter from sandy crouse; pearls from the yucca valley swap meet; cap from something; eyes from ebay; fake fur from a friend; caps from toothpaste; my old sweater (B); pull tab from inky's cat food; chain and beads and E from friends, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA)

 

 

 

 

 

IT'S GOOD TO BE TIDY

15" x 8" $85

Ingredients: board from the trash can at art queen; brushes from some yard sales; cap from a burts bees spray can; pull tab from inky's cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA)

 

QUEEN OF THE SEA

8" x 16" $130

Ingredients:board from constance walsh of pioneertown, ca; old broom from the desert; glitter, shells, sequins and maybe that shopping back handle also from sandy crouse; pull tab from inky; rocks from my recent hike with brian, cheryl, lily rose and friends, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trixli in Switzerland)

 

 

DOG BLESS AMERICA

11" x 12" $160

Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown; boat made by alex in a home depot wood working class and purchased at the bins in portland, or, with joanne licardo this summer; slice of broom (dog nose); eyes from the yucca valley swap meet; old wooden blinds from my cabin; other cut wood from anna, burgandy's mom; pull tab from inky's cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Ingeborg in Joshua Tree, CA)

the dog's head can rotate right and left a bit

 

 

LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE

3" $20

Ingredients: smashed rusty lid from the desert, love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Robert Greenwald at Harvard and in Jamaica Plain, MA)

 

 

LOVE BUG

2.75" $20

Ingredients: smashed rusty lid from the desert; tiny scraps of wood from my collections; hearts and pipe cleaner from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

SUE IN HER UNDERWEAR

2.5" x 5" $30

Ingredients: car lense i think, found in the desert; wire from sandy crouse, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Sue Collins in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

GOOD THINGS HAPPEN

2" x 2" $20

Ingredients: scrap of wood from my studio; wire and glitter from sandy crouse, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Gayle Kusatsu in Van Nuys, CA)

sorry about the fuzzy picture, my camera is not doing so good in the rain today and with closeups of small works...

 

HANG LOOSE

MY HOMEWORK IS FINISHED. IT'S TIME TO PLAY

13" x 14" $180

Ingredients: old ceiling from my studio at art queen; frame wood is an old fence i found years ago in venice and it is also the trim on my windows in my cabin; eyes from ebay; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; pearls from the swap meet; wooden bead (nose) from bianca juarez; sand is beautiful dark sand from the oregon coast, it looks dark gray at the beach; pull tabs on back from inky's cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you either Susan and Jay and Pearl in NY)

 

wave painted by jimmy buster of joshua tree, california

 

I KNOW I CAN

6.5" x 4.5" $65


Ingredients: rusty smashed can and wire from the desert; glitter from sandy crouse,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Louise Marler, shivering in her studio in Santa Monica, CA today)

 

 

 

WHAT A PERFECT DAY THIS IS

5.5" x 6" $85


Ingredients: board from an old frame from a thrift store; bee from the boys and girls thrift store in yucca valley a few years ago; braid, flower and stuff from sandy crouse; things i found on the ground; my old clean toothbrush; wire from sandy, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Pamela Ezell in Los Angeles, CA)

 

DO NOT FEAR THE DEEP

9" x 4" $75

Ingredients: smashed plastic bottle from the desert; wire from sandy crouse; RAIN FROM THE SKY, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Patti Neighmond in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

NAKED LADY

15" x 13" $125 (SALE now $100)

Ingredients: formica stove cover (with wooden cutting board attached on back) from my airstream trailer; pull tab on back from inky's cat food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jesse Weidel , (currently showing his work at art queen, a very popular show for us!) in Eureka, CA)

 

 

PERFECTION IS OVERRATED

I'M STRIVING FOR MEDIOCRITY

17.5" x 15" $65


Ingredients: board from art queen; piece of letter (tail fin) from moby dick's letters (see moby dick's sculpture garden at art queen; my old fence from venice, ca; letters from friends, sandy crouse, ebay and sales; pull tab from inky's food,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Kate Shelley in Los Angeles, CA)

 

LINDA IN HER UNDERWEAR

8.25" x 5.5" $50


Ingredients: piece of the old ceiling of my studio at art queen in joshua tree, calif; metal letters from stuart watson and his old album cover days (when he shot album covers for record companies); wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Gayle Kusatsu in Van Nuys, CA)

 

 

KITTEN IN SPACE

8.5" x 3.5" $100 (i really like this one)

Ingredients: old box that held scissors from sandy crouse of ohio; SCRAPS from my box of scraps and things; eyes from sandy crouse; broken car lenses from the ground; pelf's old paper clip; LETTERS from ebay, sales, brady vest, and other friends; my old spa sandal, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Betsy Stevens in Alhambra, CA)

 

 

I AM A MONEY MAGNET

WELCOME FISHY

top fishy: 10.5" x 5" $50 (SALE now $40)

welcome fishy 16.5" x 4.5" $50 (SALE now $40)

Ingredients: my old fence found in venice; green painted board from ramona otto of santa monica, ca; letters from ebay, ramona otto and other friends; bead from a necklace; pull tabs on back from inky's cat food;wood cut up from my air stream trailer; inky's cat food can lid; button from a friend; letters from my collection of letters, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Miss Terri Ford, the GLORY of the continent in minneapolis, MN)

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

 

HAPPY HAPPENS

11" x 9"


Ingredients: FRAME from angel view thrift mart in desert hot springs, CA; things found on the ground and also from ramona otto, sandy crouse and friends and from stores,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

MAN WHO WANTS TO BE YOUR BOYFRIEND

10.5" x 12.5" $60


Ingredients: piece of an old desk from an alley in santa monica, calif; scrabble tiles from the boys and girl's club thrift store in yucca valley, calif; piece of cutting board and plaque from the evangelical church's rummage sale in yucca valley, calif; beads from stephanie; block of wood from god, l
ove from shari

SOLD (thank you Nino Rodriguez in Madison, WI)

 

 

 

MAGIC CARPET RIDE

9" x 7" $75

Ingredients: BOARD from constance walsh of pioneertown; old blinds from my cabin; wooden cut out dog bone, magic carpet, pez bunny and eye from sandy crouse; rocks from my hike with lily, brian, cheryl and friends; turquoise from the yucca valley swap meet; blocks of wood from cheryl and brian's driveway in JT; pull tab on back from inky's food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Megan Crowder in Columbus, IN)

 

 

 

 

YES WE CAN

3.5" x 5" $30

Ingredients: can found in the desert; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Marylyn Meyerson)

 

 

RELAX, DOG'S IN CHARGE

7.5" x 7.5" $85

Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown, ca; pencils from the swap meet in kansas city, ks; beads and jewel from sandy crouse in ohio; scraps of wood from my scrap box; pull tab from inky's food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Dava Waite in Sherman Oaks, CA)

this was the popular piece this week, 6 people requested it before i put the sold sign up on it

 

THE HAND OF GOD

7" x 7" $75


Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown, CA; old wooden blinds from my cabin; orange board from art queen storage; orange paint from art queen; my old spa sandal; ryan's pistachio nut shell; pencil (slices and tip) from the swap meet in kansas city, ks; pull tab on back from inky's food,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Heather Hedger in the wilds of South Dakota)

 

DOGS IN SPACE

7" x 7" $75


Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown, CA; old wooden blinds from my cabin; pencil PIECES from the swap meet in kansas city, ks; pelf's old paper clip; eyes from sandy crouse, star, too; scraps of wood from my collections;
pull tab on back from inky's food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mike Berkley in Orlando, FL)

 

NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST, THIS WAY TO THE FUN

23.5" x 3" $125

Ingredients: wooden thing from someone generous; cedar blocks (dog noses) from ramona otto; beads from bianca juarez; pull tab on back from inky's food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Gayle Kusatsu in Van Nuys, CA)

 

LOGICAL THINKING

5" x 5" $45

Ingredients:board from art queen in joshua tree; bear from a sale or maybe from sandy; glitter is from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Dava Waite in Sherman Oaks, CA)

 

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS

8.5" x 3.5" $85

Ingredients: SCRAPS from my box of scraps and things; old pick that broke; eyes from sandy crouse and a jt thrift store; broken car lens from the ground; pelf's old paper clip; broken piece of glass, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jenn Feeney in Portland, OR)

 

 

 

 

BRIDE AND GROOM

about 15" x 20" (i accidentally deleted them and have already shipped them off to hans)

Ingredients: made before i wrote the ingredients on the backs of my works. (some old trim from the streets of santa monica, boards also probably from the streets of santa monica). made in wally boag's and mr. morgan's garage in santa monica, calif,

love from shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

 

from my private collection and previously from the collection of the lovely Linda Baker who bought these from me from the John Muir Flea Market in Santa Monica when I first started selling my good and sturdy works at the flea markets of Los Angeles in 1994

 

 

LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE

6" $65 (SALE now $40)


Ingredients: paint can lid from lillian kuras of mission, kansas, wire from sandy crouse of ohio,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Danielle Haber)

 

 

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS CUZ EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED

13" x 25.5"

Ingredients: cutting board from a sale in yucca valley, calif; paint brushes from the yucca valley swap meet; letters from friends, ebay, sales and thrift stores and church rummage sales; my old paint brushes; my old sweater cut up to make something for me, love from shari

made for John Cassidy in Palo Alto, Calif. I am more friendly about taking requests these days. : )

 

 

 

 

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

19" x 14" $200 (SALE NOW $150)


Ingredients: FRAME and board from the boys and girls thrift store in yucca valley, ca; pull tab from the cats; letters from ebay, sales, friends; shells from ramona otto; gold and red glitter from sandy crouse,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lauren from Lobby Lou's in Joshua Tree,CA)

note from shari, "i love this one, it is so nice and sparkly in person with that glittery frame"

 

 

 

WHAT YOU FOCUS ON GROWS. WHY NOT THINK ABOUT GOOD THINGS?

12" x 6" $50


Ingredients: cabinet door from my old airstream trailer; front of my old journal i burnt cuz it was boring; button from a friend; pull tab from a can,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Pam Lange in Pacific Palisades, CA)

 

 

 

 

SPARKLY KITTEN ("HI")

10.5" x 4" $65

Ingredients: metal from the streets of nyc; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio and steve's office supply; wire also from sandy,

love from shari

SOLD (thank you Betty Tand in Houston, TX)

 

 

 

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS 'CAUSE EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED

DON'T WORRY 'BOUT A THING, CAUSE EVERY LITTLE THING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT

TRY TO RELAX

STOP WORRYING

pink fish: 9" x 4" $35, don't worry fish: 6.5" x 3.5" $25; try to relax 7" x 3" $25; 9" x 3.5" $25


Ingredients: scraps from my collection of wood scraps; pie tin from some party; smashed metal cap from the ground; button, jewel and wooden thing (eyes) from my collections; pull tabs from some cans,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Donna Pickup in Smyrna, GA)

ME, ME, ME, ME, ME

8.5" x 55.5" $500

Ingredients: this is an early elf, from my private collection, from 1995 or 1996, there are no ingredients written on the back and i'll keep it an authentic early elf by not adding the ingredients now. this was a little ramp that my squirrel friend, "squirrely" would climb up to get nuts and seeds from me in my attic apartment window back when i lived in the old attic apartment of mr. morgan's house over on palisades avenue in santa monica, and the rope is from an old hammock amy coanne gave me, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

 

GOOD THINGS HAPPEN

19" x 15.5" $150


Ingredients: board found scavenging in wonder valley, calif; shells, pom poms, sequins, frame and shiny flowers from the thrift stores of the desert; my clean broken brush; car mirror found on the ground in one piece, just like that; scrabble letters from a thrift store in center moriches, nyc, after visiting susan and jay kuhlman with randy years ago; draw string from my yoga pants; things from ramona otto, suzanne jenkins and my great collection of stuff,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Paul James Prendergast)

 

 

RUN FOR THE ROSES AS FAST AS YOU CAN

4.5" x 4.5" $30


Ingredients: lid from this box i was saving for years; horse from God; wire from george w. bush,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mary Patvaldnieks in Santa Barbara, CA)d

i had a dream when i was a teenager with that goofy song in it and a horse going for the roses. it's one of those dreams that i've remembered all my life. i dedicate this piece to princess and blade, my neighbor horses and the new donkeys and blade's replacement.

 

 

 

 

FOUR NICE DOGGIES

14.5" x 14.5" $200


Ingredients: an old piece of desert wood that was the original bed support in the old bed that came with my cabin; my old nova color plastic paint containers; caps from makeup and stuff; wire from sandy crouse in ohio,
love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

LETTING MY LITTLE LIGHT SHINE

15" $80


Ingredients: big old roll of ribbon (it's pretty sturdy and it is reinforced with cardboard glued on the back) from a thrift store in ohio with sandy crouse; threads may also be from sandy and sales in the desert; old roll of cellophane tape from the swap meet in yucca valley; buttons and cord from some sale; same for the wire; kombucha box packaging (card board on back); letters from ebay, friends and sales,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mary Gray, her first elf!)

 

BRIDE AND GROOM

each one is 15" x 21" $700 for both

FROM SHARI'S PRIVATE COLLECTION, FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LOVELY LINDA BAKER IN LOS ANGELES. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SELL THEM BUT I THINK I WOULD BE OK IF THEY FOUND A HAPPY NEW HOME (and i got $700 to help pay for the new well pump)


Ingredients: these were made way before i wrote ingredients on the back, so they don't have ingredients or a date, i could guess they were made in around 1995

love from shari

SOLD (mahalo Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

 

 

 

I know worrying works cuz everything i have ever worried about has never happened

11.5" x 8" $65


Ingredients: cupboard doors from the old airstream in my yard; eye from ebay; pulltab on back from a can, love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Pam Lange in Pacific Palisades, CA)

 

 

LIFE IS A BIG DANCE

4" $65


Ingredients: rusty can lid from the desert; wire from sandy crouse of ohio,
love from shari

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

 

 

 

 

BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED

4" x 6" $45


Ingredients: old drawer from the desert; buttons from sales in the desert and sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab from a can,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Heather Hedger in the wilds of South Dakota)

 

 

HOW ABOUT A PET?

8.5" x 7.5" $95


Ingredients: old board from the desert; pieces of golf tees given to me by ramona otto; craft sticks and wire from sandy crouse; other scraps of wood from my collection,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

 

 

ANGEL TO WATCH OVER US

8.5" x 6.5" $75


Ingredients: old board from the desert; pieces of golf tees from ramona otto; angel hea an old glove and wire from sandy crouse; letters from ebay, sales and friends,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Carrie Leiberman in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

 

WHEE

3" x 7" $40


Ingredients: WIRE and board from sandy crouse of ohio; tin foil, too; scraps of wood from my collection and those green painted scraps are from my old ceiling at my studio,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

 

WELCOME TO THE POWDER ROOM

8" x 11" $120


Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown, CA; scraps of wood from my great collection (some of which became kindling for my wood stoves lately); sequins from the beaumont swap meet; yarn (ha ha, i wrote yearn) from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab on back from the cats' food at art queen, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS BECAUSE EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED

5.5" x 7.5" $40

Ingredients: old linoleum which casey woods found under the sink in my cabin after those desert rats moved in for 2 days when she was house-sitting this summer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Joanne Tolkoff in Kansas)

 

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS BECAUSE EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED

6.25" x 7.5" $40

Ingredients: old linoleum which casey woods found under the sink in my cabin after those desert rats moved in for 2 days when she was house-sitting this summer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

 

THE RAPTURE

12" x 12" $100


Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown, CA; pom poms and old glove from sandy crouse of ohio; jewels and sequins also from sandy; nancy fuller's old fence in los angeles; other wood scrap from my collection; golf tee from ramona otto,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Pamela Ezell in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE

4" $65


Ingredients: old can lid from sandy crouse of ohio, nova color paints, love from shari (note from shari: "i like this one a lot it's very cute in person")

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

 

"Shari. I think you are better than Henry Matisse. Your nudes are much friendlier looking." Marlene in Webster.

(thank you for the lovely compliment, Marlene and the kitties in Webster, SD)

 

NAKED LADY

12" x 19" $120

 


Ingredients: PIECE of metal found in the desert, but it could also be from up by groveland, CA, from that pile of cool stuff i found by the side of the road, nova color paints,
love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Laura Gowen)

 

 

 

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

12" x 19.5" $100

 


Ingredients: cabinet door (fake wood i think) from my airstream trailer; sequins from sandy crouse, this is a very sequinine elf, and that is my traced hand,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Krishna Daly in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

PEACE

14.5" x 7" $65


Ingredients: wood from my old floor in my airstream trailer, blocks from ebay; metal from the desert; eye also from ebay; rusty pulltab found on the ground,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

STOP THE MADNESS

11" x 13" $80


Ingredients: wooden plaque from the boy's and girl's club thrift store in yucca valley, calif; scraps of wood, tennis racquet, and foot from an old dresser from my collection of things and i think some of that is from sandy crouse; eyes from ebay; pull tab on back from inky and gray kitty's food at art queen,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Louisa Young in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

PEACE BEE WITH YOU

5" x 7"


Ingredients: wooden art thing from the beaumont swap meet; glitter and eyes from sandy crouse; black glitter from steve's office supply before they discontinued their arts and crafts supplies; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

 

STILL LIFE WITH NAKED LADY

9" x 10" $65


Ingredients: picture from st. mary's catholic church's recent rummage sale in yucca valley, calif,
love and blessings from shari

SOLD (thank you Bobby Furst--Bobby and I are both featured in Mary Randolph Carter's book "Big City Junk" )

 

THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE

14" $80


Ingredients: large paint can lid from a pile of cool old metal by the side of the road near groveland, calif, part-time home of roy and gwen elf; pez bunny from sandy crouse of ohio, same for the glitter; wire from a yard sale; change from my change purse,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lillian Kuras in Mission, KS)

 

 

 

JOY

7.5" x 6" $45


Ingredients: cut piece of wood from a box of those i found at the yucca valley swap meet; rusty can lid and bottle caps found on the ground in the desert and possibly all over the USA; knob from something; pull tab from a can,
love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Laura Archer in Calabasas, CA)

 

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS CUZ EVERYTHING I WORRY ABOUT NEVER HAPPENS

8.5" x 11.5" $140


Ingredients: old desert wood from the old ceiling at my studio at art queen; blinds from sandy crouse of ohio; letters from yard sales, church sales, friends and ebay;
pull tab on back from the cats' food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Laura Archer in Calabasas, CA)

 

 

NAKED LADY

16.5" x 9" $130


Ingredients: piece of metal from the desert; nova color paints (acrylic),
love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke of Maui, HI)

 

 

 

NAKED LADY

13" x 9" $120


Ingredients: piece of metal from the desert; nova color paints (acrylic),
love from shari

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

"Shari. I think you are better than Henry Matisse. Your nudes are much friendlier looking. I went to a Christmas pageant at a local church over the weekend and they had real camels there. The kitties are sick of hearing about those wonderful creatures let me tell you." Marlene in Webster.

(thank you for the lovely compliment, Marlene and the kitties in Webster, SD)

 

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

3.5" x 13" $70


Ingredients: piece of my old studio roof at art queen; painted rocks from a thrift store in cincinnati, ohio, which sandy crouse had donated and then i bought them there with sandy later; vintage thread sample also from sandy; chain from ramona otto, sand from art queen,

love from shari

SOLD (thank you Amy Shaw in Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

 

IT'S NAKED LESBIAN DAY

16.5" x 2.75" $85


Ingredients: painted board from moby dick's remaining collection bought a few years ago for the art queen moby dick sculpture garden; wire from a yard sale,

love from shari

SOLD (thank you Wavey Davey Garner in Sacramento, CA)

inspired by a cute couple i know who practice this on sundays

 

YES WE CAN

4.25" x 7" $45


Ingredients: can from the desert; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Margaret Fox in Siasconset, MA)

 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TREE

12" x 8.5" $150


Ingredients: the old floor of my airstream trailer; wood for frame is from the old roof of my studio art queen i think; buttons and jewelry from friends including kinky, sandy crouse, and joyce davis; glitter also from sandy; other things from the thrift stores of my travels; pull tab on back from the cats' food,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jack Pierson in NYC)

 

 

PEACE

6" x 6" $75

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

7" x 7" $60


Ingredients: piece of a canvas panel from a thrift store painting (flowers); frames from hans riecke of maui, HI; rhinestones from ebay; jewels from kinky, sandy crouse, friends and my travels; wooden blind also from sandy; top piece has board from the bins in portland oregon, with joanne licardo; i think that road runner is from a church rummage sale in yucca valley, same for the mouse, or else it's from a thrift store in JT,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jack Pierson in NYC)

SOLD (thank you Jack Pierson in NYC)

 

 

8" x 5" $40


Ingredients: old linoleum which casey woods found under the sink in my cabin after those desert rats moved in for 2 days when she was house-sitting this summer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio,
love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Yvette Davies in Santa Monica, CA)

 

 

8" x 7.5" $40


Ingredients: old linoleum which casey woods found under the sink in my cabin after those desert rats moved in for 2 days when she was house-sitting this summer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio,
love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Yvette Davies in Santa Monica, CA)

when we were little, my sister bought our mom a sign that said this and pelf hung it on the wall in her office. shelley was so young at the time, she didn't even know what it said, but it always cracked me up for some reason.

 

3.5" $20


Ingredients: wooden coaster from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari, inspired by inky when she was stretching, just came out from under the trailer to say hi...

 

SOLD (thank you Meredith Fishman in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

 

HAVE A HAPPY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

6" x 6 $75
Ingredients: frame and piece of wood cigar box from hans riecke of maui, Hi; large wooden bead (half), glitter and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; string from a yucca valley estate sale,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Yvette Davies in Santa Monica, CA)

PLAN AHEAD

(inspired, ok swiped from those church sales where they sell goofy hand made things like the quarter pounder and the plan ahead sign and the round tuit, for when you get around tuit)

2.5" x 13" $20

board from ramona otto of santa monica; wire from a yard sale (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Lisa Gelber in Pacific Palisades, CA)

 

QUEEN OF THIS TRAILER

15.5" x 11.5" $170


Ingredients: old desert wood from constance walsh of pioneertown, CA; frame wood was my old studio roof which cleo and jose cut up for trim but i saved for frames; bottle caps from friends and juice and stuff; pearl necklace and turquoise pieces from the yucca valley swap meet; metal from art queen; computer cable which the desert rats ate after casey accidentally let them in while she was away for 3 days during the summer when she was house sitting for me;pull tab on back from the cats' food,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Terri Ford, the Glory of the Continent, in Minneapolis, MN. Ms. Ford dreams of one day owning an airstream trailer which will be her writing studio and this queen will reign in that airstream trailer)

 

 

quote from ms. ford: "What is it about Elfs? You can't have just one ..."

 

 

THERE'S NOTHING SCARIER THAN FEAR

(Scary Monster, Boo! ha ha, just kidding. How 'bout a hug? Scary Monster's friend)

9" x 7" $80


Ingredients: board from art queen storage; wooden blinds and black glitter from sandy crouse in ohio; black broken glass or some kind of stone, from joanne licardo in portland, OR; eyes from ebay; washer from a yucca valley estate sale; hanger on back from an old picture,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Sue Lambe)

note from shari: embrace your fears, the scary monster really wants to be your friend!

 

QUEEN

13" x 10" $150


Ingredients: old desert wood from constance walsh of pioneertown, CA; frame wood was my old studio roof which cleo and jose cut up for trim but i saved for frames; pearl necklace and turquoise pieces from the yucca valley swap meet; metal from art queen; electric cord from some junk sale; pull tab on back from the cats' food,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lucille Renwick in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

ATTRACTOR OF GOODNESS

11.5" x 7.5 $100

Ingredients: old wood floor from my airstream trailer; wooden blinds and other wooden stick from sandy crouse of ohio; turquoise from the yucca valley swap meet; eyes from ebay; cord from something; sample metal blind piece (on back, hanger) is also from sandy crouse, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Charlene Hopey in Topanga, CA)

 

 

 

Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold.

9.5" $100


Ingredients: wood circle from a box of someone's wood shop projects from the yucca valley swap meet; brass salt and pepper shakers from sandy crouse of ohio; eyes from ebay; watch bands from Ramona Otto of santa monica; pull tab on back from the cats' food,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Barbara Arienti in Laguna Beach, CA)

 

 

ALOHA FISH

aloha fish is 7.5" x 8" $45


Ingredients: piece of cut wood and eye from the yucca valley swap meet (different visits, years between); blocks from ebay; plastic lid from sandy crouse; pull tab from a can, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Kim Burk in Playa del Rey, CA)

 

 

 

 

HOME SWEET HOME

8.5" x 11" $175


Ingredients: board from my studio; frame wood from an old pedestal emily gave me; brush lady, vintage plexiglas samples, sequins, glass beads, glitter and shells from sandy crouse of ohio; piece of a car tail lens which i found on the ground; dice from the yucca valley swap meet and some canadian snow birds; glass pendulum from bianca juarez of chicago; stone from burnie's rock shop in madison, wi, and also from morst; cross from a church rummage sale; pull tab from the cats' food;cowboy rubber stamp from a friend, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lori Ingin in Venice, CA for her happy new home)

 

 

 

PATTY

14.5" x 7" $65

Ingredients: wood from the old floor in my airstream trailer; blocks from ebay; metal from the desert; eye also from ebay; rusty pull tab on back from the ground, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

(note from shari: i am having fun finding names in a collection of blocks i recently bought on ebay, i am almost finished with my blocks)

 

 

LITTLE QUEEN

5.25" x 2.75 $45


Ingredients: old board from the desert; old wooden blind (frame) and tin foil from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Pamel Ezell in Los Angeles, CA)

 

LITTLE QUEEN

4.5" x 2.75 $45


Ingredients: old board from the desert; old wooden blind (frame) and tin foil from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Yvette Davies in Santa Monica, CA)

 

WELCOME TO MY PALACE

6" x 6" $90


Ingredients: frame (i think the top of a wooden box with lovely scalloped edges) from Hans Riecke on maui, same for the piece of cigar box (wood), that wooden nose may also be from hans but could also be from sandy crouse of ohio, who gave me the tinfoil; watch band from Ramona Otto of santa monica,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jan Dykema in St. Helena, CA)

 

 

SUPER DOG

7" x 7.5" $95


Ingredients: wood cut with hole is a piece of the old floor from my airstream trailer; wooden peg (nose) from Hans Riecke on maui; old ceiling wood from my studio at art queen; pull tab on back from some can; wooden S from a collection of letters from ebay; old plastic appliance knob from a yard sale in the desert; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Curlin Sullivan in Austin, TX, check out her cute art and gifts)

 

 

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

4" x 3.5" $45


Ingredients: old drawer (i think that is what that scrap of wood is from) from the desert; pieces of wood from constance walsh of pioneertown, ca; plastic eyes from ebay;
pull tab on back from a can, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Amy Fehrenbacher in Sherwood, OR)

 

LITTLE QUEEN

5" x 2.75 $45


Ingredients: old board from the desert; old wooden blind (frame) and tin foil from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Richelle Cirino in Kansas City, MO)

 

MR. PRESIDENT

4" x 2.75" $45


Ingredients: old board from the desert; old wooden blind (frame) from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari (signed on back)

SOLD (thank you Yvette Davies in Santa Monica, CA)

 

 

 

 

I know worrying works because everything I have ever worried about has never happened

7" x 7 $90

Ingredients: frame (i think the top of a wooden box with lovely scalloped edges) from Hans Riecke on maui; wooden checker from sandy crouse of ohio; watch band from Ramona Otto of santa monica; eyes from ebay, love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Lelde Gilman in Portland, OR)

 

 

WELCOME FISH

15.5" x 7" $65

MERRY CHRISTMAS

6.5" x 20" $65


Ingredients: old floor from my airstream trailer; metal from art queen; eyes from ebay; wood scraps from my collection, sandy crouse and constance walsh, i made those welcome letters with my little jig saw; pull tab from the cats' food; broken car lenses from the ground; scrabble and other game letters from ebay and church sales and friends, love from shari

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

SOLD (thank you Jamie Frey in Meadowbrook, PA)

 

 

MONKEY WITH HIS MEMOIRS

9" x 13.5" $180

Ingredients: wood from art queen storage; frame wood (old wooden blinds) from sandy crouse who also gave me the glitter; other wood also from art queen storage; eyes and pearls from the yucca valley swap meet; nose from a yard sale; green wooden blinds also from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab from some can, love from shari

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

 

i'd love to hear ideas for a title to put on the book the monkey is holding, or it could be personalized....

I had a feeling our dear poet friend Terri Ford would have the perfect idea for the monkey's memoirs:

 

O Miss Elf! I have a splendid idea for the monkey's memoir title. I must confess it is stolen, from a fiction writer named David Shields. He named his book of personal essays this, some years back --

Ready for it? .... title: "Enough About You"

 

KING OF COMEDY

9.5" x 12" $90


Ingredients: smashed gas can from the desert; wood from art queen storage pearls from the yucca valley swap meet; glitter and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio,
love from shari

SOLD (mahalo Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

 

 

 

 

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

8" x 9" $120


Ingredients: wood from art queen storage; wooden blinds, glass beads, glitter and little metal beads from sandy crouse of ohio (and my visit with her this summer); pull tab from the cats' food; shells from a thrift store,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jane Teitz in Woodland Hills, CA)

 

LITTLE QUEEN

5" x 7" $85


Ingredients: old painted green drawer from the desert; old floor from my airstream trailer; yarn, foil, glitter and beads from sandy crouse of ohio; turquoise from the yucca valley swap meet; pull tab from a can,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Andrea Schwarb in Encinitas, CA)

 

 

DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY

5.5" x 20" $140

Ingredients: wood from art queen storage; frame wood from constance walsh's cabin in joshua tree; wood blocks from ramona otto and she also gave me the watchbands; wood stick from something which i cut up for dog noses, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Kay Seymour-Gabriel in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

DOG BLESS US

7.5" x 9" $130


Ingredients: wood from art queen storage; frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown, CA; pearls from the yucca valley swap meet; eyes from ebay; pull tab from the cats' food; half of a wooden bead (nose) from sandy crouse of ohio,
blessings and love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lauri Gaffin in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

NANCY

 

Nancy is 12" x 6.5" $50


Ingredients: old drawer from the desert; plastic lids from sandy crouse of ohio; blocks and plastic eyes from ebay; pull tabs also from sandy crouse;
love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Heather Hood in Orange Beach, AL)

 

 

 

 

DOG SETTING SAIL ON THE SEA OF GLITTER

(BOAT: MR. SPARKLE)

9" x 11" $150


Ingredients: wood from art queen storage; blue wood (boat) is nancy fuller's old fence from los angeles; turquoise stones from the yucca valley swap meet; glitter and rhinestones are from sandy crouse of ohio; same for the pink plastic sparkly cane; broken car lenses and other things from the ground; wood block (dog nose) from ramona otto; beads from sales and the kansas city, ks, flea market; little hinge from sandy crouse,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trixli in Switzerland)

 

 

 

 

 

CALL YOUR MOTHER

14.5" x 11" $125


Ingredients: frame from some thrift store or sale; old board from the desert; old phone someone left hanging on my studio door and which i left there for many months til now; scrabble letters from st. mary's rummage sale last month; glass eyes from ebay; stuff from sandy crouse of ohio and alice mccoy of stockbridge, georgia, and other friends and from my collections,m
love from shari

 

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

 

 

 

LIFE IS A BIG DANCE

27.5" x 28" $200

Ingredients:handmade wooden game board and paint brushes from the yucca valley swap meet; green glass eyes from ebay; beads from a thrift store necklace (noses); pencils from a nice lady at the swap meet in kansas city, kansas (shari's big tour, 2009); letters from ebay, sales, friends like ramona otto and church rummage sales; pull tabs from art queen kitties and their food; wire from the ground; white netting from a display johnnette napolitano made for art queen stage at her recent show here; my old kitchen curtain; license plates from a flea market in kansas city, kansas, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

BOB

DAVID

bob is 7.5" x 5 $30

David is 12.5" x 7" $50


Ingredients: cut wood from a box of wooden things from the yucca valley swap meet; blocks and eyes from ebay; plastic container lids from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tabs on back from soda cans,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Terri Ford, the Glory of the Continent in Minneapolis, MN)

SOLD (thank you Betty Tand in Houston, TX)

 

 

I HEART BUNNIES

11" x 11" was $100 SALE $50

Ingredients: board from art queen storage; frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown; things from alice mccoy of stockbridge, GA; glitter and other things from sandy crouse of ohio, and other friends; pull tab on back from the cats' food; jesus fish from a thrift store in madison, wi; bunnies from sandy; letters from st. mary's church sale this month in yucca valley, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Rosann Mathias in Wisconsin)

 

note from shari: i covered the glitter on the frame with a water based varnish so the glitter will not fall off forever.

 

 

 

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS BECAUSE EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED

11.5" x 7" $45

Ingredients: nancy fuller's old fence in los angeles; eye from ebay; raisin lid from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tab on back from the cats' food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

WELCOME FISH

20" x 8" $70

Ingredients: wood from art queen storage; brushes from the yucca valley swap meet; letters from ebay; old light switch from someone; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Ingerlene Voosen in Kansas City, MO)

 

 

 

MIKE

JOYCE

Mike is 11.5" x 7" $50

Joyce is 11" x 6.5" $50


Ingredients: old fence from the desert; eyes and blocks from ebay; plastic container lids from sandy crouse of ohio; pull tabs on back from the cats' food,
love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

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

 

WELCOME FISH

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY

welcome fish is 16" x 7" $65

don't worry be happy fish is 17" x 6" $50


Ingredients: old fence wood from the desert and nancy fuller's old fence from los angeles; plastic container lids and bread things from sandy crouse of ohio; blocks and plastic eyes from ebay; pull tabs on back from the cats' food,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

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

 

 

HONEY, I GOT YOU A DUCK

9" x 11" $175

Ingredients: old board i used to paint on (colorful paint markings on back) from my studio; cool things from sandy crouse of ohio, including frame wood and vintage yarn sample; rocks from morst at burnie's rock shop in madison, wi; golf tees from ramona otto of santa monica; other goodies and cool things from ramona including yard stick and broom handle pieces; crowns from some bottles at my house that they broke off of; domino from the desert; pull tab from the cats' food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

 

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

8.5" x 11" $125


Ingredients: board from my studio; frame wood was ceiling trim from my studio; beads, yarn and shells from sandy crouse of ohio; glove finger and sequins also from sandy; pull tab on back from the kitties and their cat food at art queen,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Betty Tand in Houston, TX)

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER CHICKEN

WITH FLOWER

8" x 7" $85


Ingredients: board from the desert; glove which sandy crouse cut the fingers off of for me; old and beat up highway bump which i found by the side of the road in the desert; other things from sandy; spring from an old pen; pencil from the flea market in kansas city, ks; old run over a million times wire from an under wire bra, found in the road; pull tab from the cat's food,
love from shari

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

 

 

ANGEL RELAXING IN HER APARTMENT

7.5" x 11" $180


Ingredients: board from the desert; frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown; eraser from kinky of joshua tree; my old broken necklace; rock (angel head) from morst and burnie's rock shop in madison, wi; cool things from sandy crouse of ohio; i took apart some pens for the springs; my old paint brushes,
love from shari

 

 

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

 

 

 

BEE STILL

8" x 8" $80


Ingredients: board from art queen storage; glitters from sandy crouse and yard sales and steve's office supply in yucca valley; letters from ebay and st. mary's rummage sale in yucca valley; pull tab from art queen cats' cat food,
love and stillness from shari

SOLD (thank you Pamela Ezell)

stillness inspired by Eckhart Tolle

 

 

I HEART BUNNIES

11" x 11" was $100 SALE $60

Ingredients: board from art queen storage; frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown; things from alice mccoy of stockbridge, GA; glitter and other things from sandy crouse of ohio, and other friends; pull tab on back from the cats' food; jesus fish from a thrift store in madison, wi; bunnies from sandy; letters from st. mary's church sale this month in yucca valley, love from shari

I want this

 

note from shari: i covered the glitter on the frame with a water based varnish so the glitter will not fall off forever.

 

 

IT'S FUN TO EVOLVE

16" x 20" $150 SALE now $120

Ingredients: painting from my recent tour of the usa; wood from the old ceiling at my studio at art queen in joshua tree; glitter and rocks from sandy crouse of ohio; pencils from the kansas city, ks, flea market; religious figure also from sandy; pink glitter from that same flea market in kc, ks, only from way back when i used to live in kansas city; broken car window from the streets of portland, oregon, with joanne licardo and it was on the street by her studio; my old cut up credit cards; pull tabs from the cats' food, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jacqui Hecht in Bellaire, TX)

 

 

MOTH OF INNER PEACE

4" x 6" $45

Ingredients: old drawer from the desert; old glass table which hurricane ike broke in ohio in sandy crouse's neighbor's back yard and which she then sent to me in a box; dark sand from the oregon coast; pull tab from a soda can; jewels from the yucca valley swap meet; glitter and wooden blinds also from sandy crouse, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Nichole Fromm in Madison, WI)

 

 

 

 

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