Galleries of March, APril and May 2010 Thanks for stopping by to have a look, I appreciate you and not only that, something good is gonna happen to you today!

HERE ARE SOME FLOWERS FOR ME

27" x 5.5" $100

Ingredients: old rusty saw from some sale in the desert a long time ago; beads, shells and puka shells from the sales of my life and from friends, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Bobby Furst of Joshua Tree, CA)

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

7" x 8" $100

Ingredients: board is from an old cabinet from my airstream trailer; frame wood from my shed/outhouse at my cabin; glitter, broken car window, aquarium rocks and sequins from sandy crouse and sales; wire on back from that sale last month, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Luana Lynch of Joshua Tree, CA)

it was fun to sell the saw with flowers to bobby furst and the mermaids to luanna lynch today (May 2) at the Noah Purifoy Tribute at the 29 Palms Art Gallery in 29 Palms, CA

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER

8" x 7" $80

Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my old airstream trailer; clowns from the artist from chicago named DT i think and i got that circus from him at the louisville folkfest a couple of years ago; glass eyes from ebay; frame wood is from my shed/outhouse, which is still standing but i'm thinking of turning it into a gazebo type thing even though if you know me well, i have a history of disliking gazebos for some reason (mostly the boring ones you find at home depot), or maybe it is because it is fun to dislike something so seemingly harmless, such as a gazebo, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

SOMETIMES I NEED A COMPLETELY NEW PERSPECTIVE

7.5" x 6" $100

Ingredients: old broken drawer and scraps of wood from my collection; pearls, jewels, wire and plastic eyes from the recent brett st. giles estate sale in JT, calilf; cedar block from ramona otto of santa monica, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Corinne Warner in Dorset, VT)

SOMETIMES I JUST NEED A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

8.5" x 3" $50

Ingredients: piece of wood from the desert; house that had a letter on it from lauren of lobby lu's, next door to art queen in downtown joshua tree, calif; chicken from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from that sale last month, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Tim Green of Los Angeles, CA)

JOY

3.75" $30

Ingredients: rusty paint can lid from the desert; shells and puka shells and necklace from sales and friends; wire from the b. st. g estate sale last month; plaster letters once used in movie titles from donation creation thrift store in JT, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Tim Green of Los Angeles, CA)

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER

9.5"" x 9.5"

i made another best friends forever cuz the first one i did was popular. this one is going to live with mary regas.

SOLD (thank you Mary Regas in Pasadena, CA)

ANGELS WATCHING OVER US

10" x 9" $90

Ingredients: piece of my still-standing storage shed/outhouse; broken handle from my old purse; cedar blocks from ramona otto; plaster letters from donation creation in JT; wire and angels from the yard sales of my life; wood scraps from my collections, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Tim Green of Los Angeles, CA)

WELCOME TO PARADISE

14.5" $125

Ingredients: big and a little rusty paint can (or something) lid from the side of the road in a pile of metal stuff on the way home from visiting my dad and step mom, gwen, at their place near yosemite, calif last year, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Bruce Miller in Joshua Tree, Calif)

YES WE CAN

7" x 5" $30

Ingredients: rusty can from wonder valley; plaster letters (once used in movie titles) from donation creation art and thrift store), love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

6.25 $40

Ingredients: old rusty paint can lid from out in wonder valley; chicken from sandy crouse of ohio; elephant from the brett st. giles estate sale last month in JT; found bottle cap from the desert; chains from ramona otto; wire from the brett st. gile's estate sale last month, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Tim Green of Los Angeles, CA)

OH GREAT AND MYSTICAL WOMAN IN HER UNDERWEAR, PLEASE SHOW US THE WAY

15" x 10" $100

Ingredients: piece of corrugated metal found in the desert; nova color paints; nail hole, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Leslie Mayer in Los Angeles, CA)

HIT RECORD

YOUR NAME HERE

5.5" x 6" $60

Ingredients: piece of cabinet from airstream trailer; wire from that sale i keep talking about; metal name plates were made by stuart watson for a project he had of photographing a lot of album covers back in the 80's, love from shari

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

EARTHLINGS SPREADING LOVE AROUND, ALL OVER THE PLACE, AS IF IT WERE REALLY CHEAP OR SOMETHING

8.5" x 6.5" $90

Ingredients: old shelf from art queen; old spools from sandy crouse of ohio; my old paint brushes; eyes from ebay; felt from sales; pull tabs on back from cans; wire from the jt estate sale of brett st. gile, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Melissa Yonge-Smithe in Concord, MA)

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

11.5" x 9 $100

Ingredients: old shelf from art queen; electric cord from art queen storage; pearls from the yucca valley swap meet; letters from a game from a recent church rummage sale; eyes from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous in newport beach, CA)

MIND GAMES

13.5" x 7" $100

Ingredients: old broken drawer from my collection; house letters and red blocks from lauren at lobby lu's (the cute store with great and cheap stuff) next to art queen; other blocks from ebay, yard sales and friends; wire on back and carved (and uncarved) heads from the brett st. giles estate sale in JT last month; refrigerator letter from a bunch which i have had for about a million years; S from a puzzle from bonnie brady of donation creation; wooden letter from ebay; plexi glass frame pieces from ramona otto, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Dr. Pat Allen in newport beach, CA)

YES WE CAN

7" x 5" $30

Ingredients: rusty can from wonder valley; plaster letters (once used in movie titles) from donation creation art and thrift store), love from shari

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

MUSIC IS MY LIFE

6" x 6" $60

Ingredients: piece of my airstream trailer (cabinets); carved coyote and eye from the brett st. giles estate sale last month; my old studio towel (on back) string and game letters from desert yard sales and church rummage sales; album name plates which stuart watson had made for the still life images he was shooting for album covers he did years ago, love from shari

SOLD (mahalo Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

COUNT YOUR CHICKENS

13.5" x 7" $120

Ingredients: old broken drawer from my collection; house letters and red blocks from lauren at lobby lu's (the cute store with great and cheap stuff) next to art queen; other blocks from ebay, yard sales and friends; chickens are a gift from steve brown of the sun runner magazine and from his trip with his pirate band this summer to the UK; wire from the brett st. giles estate sale in JT last month; refrigerator letters which i have had for about a million years, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Bonnie Brady from Joshua Tree, CA and she volunteers at Donation Creation in JT)

GIRL: GOOD THINGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING TO US.

LION: YES, AREN'T BE BLESSED? (MAGICAL CHICKEN IN THE SKY LOOKS ON)

7.5" x 7.5" $75 (sale $40)

Ingredients: old shelf from the sun runner office at art queen; rulers from the sales of my life; same for the lion and doll and Styrofoam ball; i think the chicken eraser, glitter and craft sticks are from sandy crouse of ohio; bunny blanket (skirt), conversation bubbles and wire on back from the yard sales of my life, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE

5" x 6"

Ingredients: board from the estate sale of brett st. guile in JT, calif last month; threads from sandy crouse of ohio and sales; little troll from some yard sale or maybe sandy; puka shell necklace from a thrift store, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lynn Kilroy of Santa Monica, who visited with her neighbor Ellen Carpenter yesterday. Lynn also added "portable friendly and supportive audience" to her collection, which i forgot to photograph and Ellen took home the "i feel so sparkly" butterfly)

YIN AND YANG

8.25" x 3.25" $90

Ingredients: eyes, wire and drawer organizer from the brett st. giles estate sale last month; cedar blocks from ramona otto of santa monica; wooden bead from a friend, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Laura Archer in Newport Coast, CA)

YES WE CAN

7.5" x 3" $30

Ingredients: rusty can and wire from wonder valley; plaster letters (once used in movie titles) from donation creation art and thrift store), love from shari

SOLD (thank you to my gal pal Val Levine in Bellport, NY)

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS CUZ...

5.5" x 4.5" $30

Ingredients: old box from checks; letters from a recent yard sale; scary skeleton from sandy crouse or another generous friend, same for the wire and cork, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mary Regas in Pasadena, CA)

DOGS IN SPACE

4.75" x 5" $50

Ingredients: board from the desert; scraps of wood from my collections; letters from the arts council thrift store in JT; wire on back from the estate sale of brett st. giles, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

HOW 'BOUT A KISS?

9.5" x 8" $100

Ingredients: old shelf from the sunrunner office which steve brown didn't need; piece of my old shed/outhouse (frame); cut wood from a carving project from the brett st. guile estate sale; animals from friends and sales and thrift stores; pull tab on back from the ground; eyes from ebay; cap from my lipstick, love from shari

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

I FEEL SO SPARKLY

8.5" x 9" $90

Ingredients: board from my collection; upwords letter trays from the game i got at the boys and girls club thrift store in yucca valley last week; piece of an old painting which moby dick signed but he didn't really paint it; pelf's old paper clip; pearls, etc from the brett st. gile estate sale, eyes, too; pull tabs on back from cans, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Ellen Carpenter in Santa Monica, CA)

I AM YOUR RIGHT BRAIN

5" x 8" $50

Ingredients: board from the estate sale of brett st. guile in JT, calif last month; threads from sandy crouse of ohio and sales; little troll from some yard sale or maybe sandy; puka shell necklace from a thrift store, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)

THIS WAY TO THE FUN

5.5" x 5.5" $20

Ingredients: board from a frame someone gave me; mouse, santa, and i think that is the center doll from a russian set of dolls, all from friends and the sales of my life; i think the golf tee is from ramona otto; scraps of wood from my collections; colored pencil leds, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mike Harrington)

this is a collaboration with my band, the kittens (jimmy buster and ryan)

REMEMBER TO BE GRATEFUL

9.5" x 10" $120

Ingredients: wood and board from art queen's great collection; cap from someone's chapstick; eyes from ebay; twisties from electronics, etc; pull tabs on back from cans; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Leslie Meyer in Los Angeles, CA)

note from shari: i am grateful all these works found happy new homes today, and guess what, i think tony mason may have magically healed my hot water heater for now, the hot water is no longer rust colored.

RADIATE LOVE

15" x 15" $180

Ingredients: board and wire on back from the estate sale of brett st. guile; i think i got those heater vents from a recent junk sale; piece of an old broom handle; watch band from ramona otto; eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; bead from a friend, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Danielle Haber in NY)

KALI

15.5" x 21.5" $300

Ingredients: board from the recent estate sale of brett st. guile, same for the beads on thread (hair); clown heads from a church rummage sale on church street today (april 8, 2010); wooden letters from ebay; i'm not sure if that letter opener is ivory or fake but it's from sandy crouse; my old paint brushes and the old paint brushes of others; glitter from sandy; plastic paratrooper from some yard sale; chains beads, shell, scissors and "queen quality shoes" shoe helper? from sandy crouse and other friends; scraps of plywood from the plywood "elf" guitar; frame wood is from my old airstream trailer's old cabinets, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Rainn Wilson of the Office and of Los Angeles, CA, check out his soulpancake website)

i just love the hindu goddess kali

DOG RELIGION

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE DOG AND THE DOG WAS FRIENDLY

8" x 10"

Ingredients: old board from the yard at my cabin, same for the frame wood; piece of a moby dick painting (book of dog); pearls and eyes from the arts council thrift store in yucca valley and also the estate of brett st. guile; cap found on the ground i think (nose); other wood from my collections; wire on back from the estate sale of brett st. guile, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mike Berkley in Orlando, Florida)

TRY TO LIVE A BALANCED LIFE

8" x 8" $100

Ingredients: board from art queen storage; upwords letter trays from a game i got at st. mary's rummage sale; ballerina from ebay; muscle man and fire man from some recent yard sale; wire on back from the brett st. guile estate sale, love from shari

SOLD (thank you John Cassidy of Palo Alto, CA and also of Klutz.com)

BEE YOUR SELF

5" x 5" $50

Ingredients: board from the desert; glitter from the easter bunny and steve's office supply in yucca valley, calif and sandy crouse; wire from that estate sale of b. s. g.; eyes from sandy crouse, love from shari

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

IT'S FUN TO JUMP IN THE BACK YARD

5.5" x 6" $60 (SALE $45)

Ingredients: board from the desert; wire on back from the estate sale of brett st. guile; scraps of wood from my collections; piece of ryan's broken guitar strap; i think i found that piece of mirror on the ground, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

5.5" x 6" $60

Ingredients: board from the desert; sequins, beads from the brett st. giles estate sale; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; shells from some sale, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

CAT WITH HER CAKE

WHAT A BIG SURPRISE THIS IS

(now with new and improved larger and more glittery cat!, now improved again with bigger eyes and a big surprise)

20" x 11" $150 (on SALE now $80)

Ingredients: lightweight wooden tray from the estate sale of brett st. giles in joshua tree last weekend; shells from friends and sales and God; sand from the oregon coast; puka shells (possibly fake but they fooled me) from some yard sale; pearls from the flea market in asbury park with cake mellina this past summer; little cap from a small beauty product; eyes from ebay; twisties from something; glitter from sandy crouse or a sale and cute little squirrel bear is also from sandy, i think, love from shari

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

REMEMBER TO PLAY EVERY DAY

19.5" x 7.5" $220

Ingredients: old shelf or drawer from the brett st. gile estate sale; frame wood from nancy fuller's old fence in los angeles; wooden hand-carved carving blocks also from the b.s.g. sale; twisties from electronics, etc; eyes from ebay; caps from water; pull tab on the back from a can, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lisa Boulanger at Princeton for Mateo's room, see cute picture above, talk about radiatiing love!)

note from shari: i really love this piece! the cats are penciled in

I'M HAPPY WITH ME

4.5" x 5" $45

Ingredients: board from the desert; glitter from the easter bunny; wire, thread and beads from the yard sales of my life, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Annie Gould in Ramona, CA)

I AM THE STAR OF MY LIFE

7" x 7" $85

Ingredients: board from my collection; upwords letter trays from the game i got from some sale;hello kitty bunny from a friend; pearls, etc from the brett st. guile estate sale, eyes, too; pull tabs on back from cans; plaster movie title letters from the arts council thrift store in JT; old necklace from some sale, love from shari

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

DOG WITH HER CAKE

4" x 5.5" $55

Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; scraps of wood from my collections; wire and string of beads from the arts council and the recent brett st. giles estate sale; pink pebble from the frenchettes of yucca valley, calif, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Amy Fehrenbacher in Sherwood, OR)

SHIP OF HAPPY DREAMS

8" x 4" $75

Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; glitter from the frenchettes (i just love that turquoise glitter); plaster letters from the mbcac thrift store in joshua tree; piece of metal with those holes in it found on the ground; silver glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; brass wire from the YV swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Devon and Dory to hang in their future, very soon barge of dreams somewhere near Olympia, WA)

the special poem request by Dory:
Ship the ship of dreams
the one that flips and gleams
from your Airstream to our barge and beyond
the one to see us to mainfest to float us over yon
der
I want the boat!
so here's the note!

RALPH, DOG OF INNER PEACE SETTING SAIL ON THE SEA OF GLITTER

4.5" x 4.5" $60

Ingredients: piece of an old cabinet from my airstream trailer; carved popsicle sticks from the boys and girls thrift store today; glitter from the frenchettes family of yucca valley; scraps of wood from my collections; necklace from some sale; wire on back from they yucca valley swap meet, slove from shari

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

I LIKE THE MOON

6.5" x 5.5" $60

Ingredients: board from the desert; scraps of wood from my collections; letters from the arts council thrift store in JT; eyes and wire on back from the estate sale of brett st. giles, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jenn Feeney in Portland, OR)

SOMETIMES I NEED TO GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

5" x 6" $65

Ingredients: board from the desert;cedar blockS from ramona otto; brass wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet;pink aquarium rock from the frenchettes of yucca valley; turquoise pieces from the yucca valley swap meet and also some are from the hospital auxilary thrift store in JT, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Maggie Ellis)

SOMETIMES I NEED A NEW PERSPECTIVE

5.5" x 6" $65

Ingredients: board from the desert; sand from some beach (i forgot which one!); scraps of wood from my collections; wire on back from a recent estate sale, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Marla Levine, it's her birthday today!)

LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE

(I LIKE THE WATUSI.... I LIKE THE LOCOMOTION)

7" x 6" $80

Ingredients: board from the desert;cedar blockS from ramona otto; brass wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet;BEAD from a friend (dog noses) love from shari

SOLD (thank you Katiana Zimmerman in Encino, CA)

LET US STUDY THE TREE

8" x 9" $90

Ingredients: board from the shed/outhouse at my cabin; frame wood also from the yard at my cabin; plastic graduate from a thrift store in joshua tree, calif; pieces of my broken tambourines; piece of a old broom; pull tab on back from a can; letters, the kind that were used in old movie titles, from the arts council thrift store in joshua tree, calif, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

inspired by William McDonough

quote from William McDonough: “I believe we can accomplish great and profitable things within a new conceptual framework—one that values our legacy, honors diversity, and feeds ecosystems and societies . . . It is time for designs that are creative, abundant, prosperous, and intelligent from the start.”

IT'S FUN TO DANCE WITH MY FRIENDS

4" x 8.5" $75

Ingredients: craft/popsicle stick box that i keep meaning to make something with and have had for years; wire from the brett st. gile estate sale; letters from the arts council thrift store in JT; ballerina from ebay; toys from sales and thrift stores; cricket from a great yards sale, love from shari

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

RING THE BELL THAT STILL CAN RING, FORGET YOUR PERFECT OFFERING.

THERE IS A CRACK, A CRACK IN EVERYTHING, THAT'S WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN. -Leonard Cohen

9" $40

Ingredients: smashed bakers square pie tin from the dirt road out in front of my neighbor, princess the horse's house the other day when i was giving her some greens and fresh grass that had grown across the street from recent rains; this is one of my favorite verses from leonard cohen, my favorite singer/songwriter, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Corinne Weber in Santa Monica, CA)

YOU ARE LOVED

4" x 6" $50

Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; u's from my letter collection, there's too many u's to fit in their cubby hole; eyes form the brett st. giles estate sale, wire, beads and string also; scraps from my collections, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Amy Fehrenbacher in Sherwood, OR)

SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED A NEW PERSPECTIVE

7.5" x 4" $75

Ingredients: piece of cupboard from my airstream trailer; eyes from the arts council thrift store and brett st. giles estate; scraps of wood from my collections; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; staples from some boards,love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mel Lennington in Santa Monica, CA)

ANGELS WATCHING OVER US

8.5" x 8.5" $95

Ingredients: board from the shed/outhouse at my cabin; frame wood also from the yard at my cabin; pull tab on back from inky's cat food; hawaiian angel made long ago by my mother (i have the rest and had them on my tree this year), i added the towel thread hair and halo and lei; ping pong angel from my christmas collection as well and i have a bunch more of those; cute little angel is also from my collection; little scraps of wood with faces i made on them, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Betty Tand in Houston, TX)

I KNOW WORRYING WORKS 'CAUSE...

9" x 4" $45

Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; wire from the estate sale of brett st. giles in jt, calif; little scraps of wood from my collections, i had fun with them this week, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mary Regas in Pasadena, CA)

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

5" x 6" $65

Ingredients: board from the desert; sequins, beads from the brett st. giles estate sale; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; shells from some sale, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Deborah Keaton in Venice, CA)

note from shari, i have one more bathroom mermaid if you are interested, send me a note and i'll send you a picture.

SOMETIMES I NEED A NEW PERSPECTIVE

5" x 5" $50

Ingredients: old ceiling from my studio at art queen; sequins from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from the swap meet; pipe cleaner also from sandy; scraps of wood from my collections, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Carla Kaplan in Boston, MA)

WHEE

4" $30

Ingredients: paint can lid and jewels from the brett st. giles estate sale last weekend; wire from sandy crouse of ohio; glitter from the frenchettes of yucca valley, calif; broken car window from the ground; popcicle stick painted by a child, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Tina Ryman in New Jersey)

WELCOME TO PARADISE

8" x 9.5" $140

Ingredients: board from the old green shed at my cabin; frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown, calif; beads, sequins and threads from sandy crouse of ohio; shells from a yard sale; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Kiwi)

DO NOT FEAR THE DEEP

6" x 7.5" $50

Ingredients: board from AQ storage; cedar block (nose) and piece of broom handle from ramona otto; eyes and glitter from sandy crouse; wire from the YV swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM

5" x 5" $75

Ingredients: old ceiling from my studio at art queen; sequins from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from the swap meet; pipe cleaner also from sandy; scraps of wood from my collections, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM DOG

5.5" x 7" $65

Ingredients: board from the desert;cedar block (nose) from ramona otto; sand from outside my studio at art queen; eyes, jewels and glitter mostly from sandy crouse and also from my collections; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Julie Fredericksen)

LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE

6" x 6" $75

Ingredients: board from the desert;cedar blockS (noses) from ramona otto; brass wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; i i sliced up a colored pencil purchased from a flea market in kansas city, kansas for those dog noses, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

FIND A QUIET PLACE

6" x 6" $75

Ingredients: board from the desert; beautiful turquoise glitter and pink aquarium rock from the frenchettes family of yucca valley; broom from the desert; beads from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Chuck Wild in Hollywood, CA)

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

4" x 4.5" $70

Ingredients: board from the desert; cedar block (nose) from ramona otto; eyes from sandy crouse; wire from the YV swap meet; sand from the oregon coast, love from shari

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

DOG WITH HER CAKE

6" x 5" $75

Ingredients: board from the desert;cedar block (nose) from ramona otto; glitter and wire from the yucca valley swap meet; beads from a sale, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in Center Moriches, New York)

LINDA IN HER UNDERWEAR EATING CAKE

6" x 5"

SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR LINDA BAKER OF LOS ANGELES, WHO LOVES CAKE!

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

5.5" x 6.5" $65

Ingredients: board from the desert; eyes are pebbles from a thrift store in ohio with sandy crouse this past summer; stuff i found on the ground, i think that may be an old smashed battery, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Eugenia Pinheiro of Riverside, CA)

WHEE

6" x 5.5" $50

Ingredients: board that was in a frame someone gave me; scraps of wood from my collections; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; sequin from sandy crouse of ohio; pipe cleaner from the variety store in bellport, ny, love from shari

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

ONE DAY THE GREAT AND MYSTICAL SOCK BUNNY APPEARED, OFFERING ME ALL THE GOODNESS I CAN HANDLE

(me: "thank you")

6.5" x 6" $75

Ingredients: board from the desert; cedar block (nose) from ramona otto; eyes, tiny pom poms and probably that bunny from sandy crouse of ohio; wire and bead from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Kate Mellina in Asbury Park, NJ)

HANG LOOSE CALIFORNIA

6" x 6" $70

Ingredients: board from the desert; eyes from a thrift store in JT years ago; i cut the nose from a pencil i got at a swap meet in kansas city, ks last summer; pebble from the ground at art queen; sand from art queen; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; wave by jimmy buster of joshua tree, love from shari

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

ANGELS WATCHING OVER US

6" x 6" $60

Ingredients: board from the desert; threads from my old towel; scraps from my collections; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Leslie Meyer in Los Angeles, CA)

REMEMBER TO PLAY EVERY DAY

12" x 17" $150

Ingredients: old chair pieces (frame) and board from my collections at art queen, i've had those chair legs for years; eyes from that long ago thrift store in joshua tree, calif; wire from sandy crouse of ohio; cedar block (nose) from ramona otto; piece of a pencil that i bought at a flea market at a drive in theater in kansas city, kansas this summer; wave painted by ryan (like cher he chooses to just go by his first name), love from shari

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

 SOMETIMES I NEED TO GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

6" x 6.5" $75

Ingredients: board from the desert; eyes from a thrift store in JT years ago; the nose i cut from a piece of wood molding; tip of an old paint brush; pink craft rocks from the frenchettes family of yucca valley, calif; wooden piece of a box or something from sandy crouse of ohio; brass wire from a big spool of that which i got a few years ago at the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you John Heldgeland in Minneapolis, MN)

LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE

I like the Bunny Hop

I like the Fox Trot

5.5" x 7.5" $75

Ingredients: board from the desert; letters from the morongo basin arts council's thrift store (donation creation) they were used to make movie credits years ago; the c is from brady vest of hammerpress in kc, mo; cedar blocks (noses) from ramona otto; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mel Lenington in Santa Monica, CA)

HANG LOOSE

6.5" x 6" $75"

Ingredients: board from the desert; eyes from a thrift store in JT years ago; i cut the nose from a piece of wood molding; pebble from the ground at art queen; dark sand from a beautiful dark sand beach on the coast of oregon; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, i made that wave, love from shari

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

ENDLESS SUMMER

6.5" x 6.5" $75

Ingredients: board from the desert; eyes from a thrift store in JT years ago; the nose from some broken scrabble times; pebble from the ground at art queen; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; wave by jimmy buster of joshua tree, love from shari

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

GOOD THINGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING AROUND HERE

10.5" x 20" $180

Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; old ceiling from my studio at art queen (frame); turquoise pieces from the yucca valley swap meet and the hospital auxilary thrift store in JT, calif; glitter from the frenchettes! and left mysteriously in my studio at the art queen valentine's day party; shells from friends like ramona otto and sandy crouse and from some sales; wire from a yard sale, love from shari

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

6" x 6" $60

Ingredients: board from the desert; eyes from a thrift store in JT years ago; the nose is a piece of turquoise from that same thrift store in JT years later; rocks and little scraps of wood from my collection of stuff, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mel Lenington in Santa Monica, CA)

DOG WITH HER CAKE

5.5" x 6.5" $75

Ingredients: board from the dessert (hee, hee, seeing if any one reads these); cedar block (nose) from ramona otto; eyes and beads from sandy crouse of ohio; i found that glitter at a yard sale in yucca valley years ago; pebble from the sand at art queen, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trixli Weber in snowy cold and beautiful Switzerland)

HAPPY DREAMS PIGGIES

25.5" x 12"

Ingredients: board from art queen storage; my old nova color paint canisters; frame wood was an old picket fence i found years ago by the side of the road in venice, calif, love from shari

STOP THE MADNESS

15.5" x 12"

Ingredients: frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown, calif; cabinet board from my old airstream trailer; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; letters from a jr. scrabble game from a church rummage sale; other piece of wood from my collection, which jimmy cut for the dog nose. title, idea and wave by jimmy buster, love from shari

LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE

16.5" x 19"

Ingredients: board from art queen in JT, calif; frame wood from constance walsh of pioneertown; paint brushes and red plastic air hocky things from the yucca valley swap meet; my old paint brushes; other brushes from sandy crouse of ohio and also from friends and sales and found and ebay; eyes also from the swap meet; pull tabs from inky, love from shari

THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

14" x 11.5" $150 12" x 14"

Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown, calif; old picket fence i found in venice years ago; pearls from a thrift store; pull tabs from some cans; wire from barr lumber, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Richard Hankins in Los Angeles, CA)

GREETINGS FROM DOGGY BEACH, CALIFORNIA

16" x 14" x 5"

Ingredients: drawer from an old dresser a lovely couple gave me at their yard sale a couple years ago; sand from art queen; dinosaur and braceletts from kim mayhew of yucca valley, calif, who delivered a bunch of goodies she had found on her walks and such recently to my studio; waves by jimmy buster of joshua tree, dogs by ryan erskine of joshua tree, love from shari