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FIRST FAMILY AT PLAY, SANDY BEACH 18" x 14.5" Ingredients: Frame from brett st. giles estate sale in J-Tree; piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer (i painted on it for the canvas); pull tabs from some cans; brass wire from yucca Valley swap meet; sand from a beach but i forget what beach; wave painted by oily wagon wheel; love from shari
i'm sending this to the president and his family : ) i'm hoping to be the official folk artist of the white house, the folk artist laureate
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THE QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE
7.25" x 8" $60 Ingredients: plastic from my airstream trailer; wooden handle from a recent yard sale; twisties from veggies i ate; wooden bead from a friend; wire from yucca valley swap meet;love from shari
SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in Center Moriches, NY and also NYC, NY)
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| IT'S SO HARD NOT TO THINK ABOUT COOKIES
5" x 6" $50
SOLD (thank you Lisa Boulanger in Princeton, NJ)
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EARTH LAUGHS IN FLOWERS
5.5" x 8" $50 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; foam pieces cut from O's i found in the bins in Portland, OR with joanne licardo; faces and wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)
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| I KNOW WORRYING WORKS 'CAUSE EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED
5.5" x 6" $50 Ingredients: plastic from my trailer; piece of wood from a frame i made; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari SOLD (thank you Amy Fehrenbacher in Sherwood, OR)
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WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM
7" x 4" $50 Ingredients: piece of a board from my airstream trailer; pearly shells from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; wire and sequins from Sandy Crouse of ohio; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Robin Good in Madison, WI)
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SOMETIME JUST NEED A NEW PERSPECTIVE
5.5" x 9" $50
SOLD (thank you Amy Fehrenbacher in Sherwood, OR)
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DANCING WITH MY CAT
6" x 6.25" $50 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Susan Edge and her kitties who like to dance, Dinky and Nookie who all live on the Venice Canals in Venice, CA)
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA (yes we can)
7.5" x 8.25" $50 Ingredients: plastic cabinet from my airstream trailer; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Selina Phanara in Burbank, CA)
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SUPER KITTEN
5" x 3.5" $35
SOLD (thank you Selina Phanara in Burbank, CA) |
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PLAN AHEAD
9.25" x 3" $20 Ingredients: plastic cabinet from my airstream trailer; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Lisa O'Brien in Los Angeles, CA)
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CHER IN HER UNDERWEAR RUSHING TO GREET THE HAPPY NEW DAY
6" x 6" $50
SOLD (thank you Selina Phanara in Burbank, CA) |
| GO WITH THE FLOW 15" x 12" $90 Ingredients: old roof from my studio at art queen in joshua tree; frame is a plastic shelf that indy and jet bought but that was defective; pull tabs on back from cans from the recent gay pride event at art queen; brass wire and beads from the yucca valley swap meet; my old lipstick cap, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Ming C Lowe in Palm Desert, CA)
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WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM 8" x 9" $100 Ingredients: piece of the floor from my airstream trailer; cap from detergent (i think); plaster letters from Donation Creation in J-Tree; anagram letters from ebay; pull tab from a can; glitter from Sandy Crouse; broom handle from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari SOLD (thank you Domenica Dominguez)
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
3" x 6" $40
SOLD (thank you Harriet Ratner in Santa Monica, CA) |
I'M PERFECT JUST THE WAY I AM 6" x 6" $60 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; sequins from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you Anita Saleh) note from shari, you can also send me an email at shari@sharielf.com to purchase this, thanks!
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BETTER GAY THAN GRUMPY 7.5" x 4" $25 Ingredients: board from my studio; pencils from a swap meet in KC, KS; plaster letters from Donation Creation in J-Tree, CA; glitter from sandy crouse the bears from a recent thrift store; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Michelle Van der Heijden in Hollywood, CA, of M.U.S.H.) |
| THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
3" x 7.5" $45 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my trailer; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari SOLD (thank you katie)
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MAN WHO WANTS TO BE YOUR BOYFRIEND
8" x 2.5" $45
SOLD (thank you Deirdre O'Neil in Santa Monica, CA)
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LEONARD COHEN
7.75" x 3" $45
SOLD (thank you katie)
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| CALL YOUR MOTHER 4.5" x 4" $45 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; glitter, beads, jewels and thread from sandy crouse of ohio; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Deirdre O'Neil in Santa Monica, CA)
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I KNOW WORRYING WORKS 'CAUSE EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED
6" x 8" $60
SOLD (thank you Enrique Aguirre in Los Angeles, CA) |
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WOMAN WITH HER CAKE, DOING A LITTLE DANCE, "I CALL THIS MY CAKE DANCE"
11" x 35" $150
SOLD (thank you Daniela, Mauro, Leo and Nila from Italy, staying at Lisa and Jim Bianco's house where they saw my art and came out to my studio today to take some home to Italy) |
PRESS THIS BUTTON TO OPEN YOUR MIND 8" x 9" $50 Ingredients: piece of the floor from my airstream trailer; cap from detergent (i think); plaster letters from Donation Creation in J-Tree; anagram letters from ebay; pull tab from a can; glitter from Sandy Crouse; broom handle from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Daniela, Mauro, Leo and Nila from Italy, staying at Lisa and Jim Bianco's house where they saw my art and came out to my studio today to take some home to Italy) |
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SMALL DOG WITH A BIG NOSE
3" x 5.75" $45 Ingredients: wood scraps from my studio; spool and wire from sandy crouse; pull tab from a can; love from shari SOLD (thank you Marilyn Green and Rosie the Cat in Menlo Park, CA)
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LEO THE LION
8" x 5" $60
SOLD (thank you Don Swanson in Milpitas, CA, who I met at Pappy and Harriet's)
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| PRESIDENT OBAMA
3" x 7" $45 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Harriet Ratner in Santa Monica, CA)
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MR. AND MRS. PRESIDENT
3.75" x 7" $55
SOLD (thank you Harriet Ratner in Santa Monica, CA)
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITES STATES
4" x 7" $50
SOLD (thank you Harriet Ratner in Santa Monica, CA) |
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THIS TOO SHALL PASS 4.25" x 7.75" $25 Ingredients: driftwood from malibu with Ann and Nancy; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; plaster letters from Donation Creation in Joshua Tree; love from shari SOLD (thank you Carla Kaplan in Boston, MA)
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I'M PERFECT JUST THE WAY I AM
10" x 11" $100 Ingredients: board from Art Queen storage; old wood from the desert; old paint brush from Leonard Knight of Salvation Mountain; scrabble letters from a recent yard sale, broken butterfly ryan found ; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous!) |
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PLAN AHEAD
11" x 2" $20 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari
SOLD (thank you David Farrell in Overland Park, KS)
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IT'S SO HARD NOT TO THINK ABOUT COOKIES
4.5" x 5.5" $50 Ingredients: piece of roof from my old studio at AQ; thread from Sandy Crouse; bead from a friend;wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet;plaster letters from Donation Creation in Joshua Tree; love from shari SOLD (thank you Jane Bradley in Bloomington, IN)
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| REMEMBER TO EMPTY YOUR MIND
3" x 6.25" $25 Ingredients: piece of wood scrap from my studio; plaster letters from donation creation in joshua tree, calif; anagram letters from ebay; angel from a friend; wire from sandy crouse in ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you Vickie Trancho in Glen Oaks, NY)
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BEE OF LOVE
2.5" x 2" $25 Ingredients: piece of old drawer wire from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; nova color paints; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Robin Tuverson in Malibu, CA)
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VARIOUS BUTTONS FOR YOU TO PRESS (OR NOT PRESS) 20" x 6" $200 Ingredients: cupboard door from a cabinet in my studio; plaster letters from Donation Creation in Joshua Tree, CA; pom pom, eraser and bead from sandy crouse of ohio; cap from a friend; my old keys and someone else's old keys; other things from my collections; love from shari SOLD (thank you Daniela, Mauro, Leo and Nila from Italy, staying at Lisa and Jim Bianco's house where they saw my art and came out to my studio today to take some home to Italy) note from shari: MYSTICAL POWERS DOCUMENTED! here is a note from andy woods of joshua tree, who lost his keys and happened to visit my studio right after i had finished this piece! he pushed the button a couple times to find his lost keys and here is his note to me today: "oh, btw, after pressing the button I found my keys when I returned to my office, it works! Thanks Shari xo" |
REMEMBER TO BE YOURSELF TO ME I WILL BE TRUE
15" x 15" $125 Ingredients: paper towel holder from the Yucca Valley swap meet; broken beer bottle from the ground; letters from ebay and sales ; other stuff from sandy crouse and friends and sales; love from shari SOLD (thank you Ingerborg in Joshua Tree, Calif)
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MAN WITH HIS HAT HE SEEMS TALLER
7.5" x 8" Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; golf tees from Ramona Otto; old belt; wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet; bicycle innertube cap i found on the ground; love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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THE HAND OF GOD 7" x 8" Ingredients:piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; piece or brass wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet; love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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DOG WITH HER MEMOIRS (MEMOIRS: "ENUF ABOUT YOU") 11.5" x 7.5" $90 Ingredients: board from art queen storage, same for the wood used in the dog's nose; my old toothpaste cap; pull tab from inky's cat food; eyes from ebay; plaster letters from donation creation in JT, calif; piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer (book), love from shari, title of memoirs suggested by terri ford, the glory of the continent in minnesota SOLD (thank you Helen Fremont, in Boston, MA, fan of miss terri ford, the glory of the continent)
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FOLLOW YOUR BLISS
8" x 9" $70 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; craft stick from Sandy Crouse; wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet; pieces of golf tees from Ramona Otto; piece or picket fence from the streets of Venice Beach, CA (years ago); washers from the ground; plaster letters from Donation Creation in Joshua Tree; other letters from sales, friends, and ebay; love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE
11.25" x 11.25" $90 Ingredients: picture with frame from a thrift store in Asbury Park, NJ with Kate Mellina; nova color paints; love from shari SOLD (thank you Tim Carter in West Palm Beach, Florida)
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TWO NICE QUEENS
9" x 7" $60 Ingredients: frame from a thrift store in Morongo Valley; boars from my gutted airstream trailer; glitter and beads from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; brass wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet; love from shari SOLD (thank you Tim Carter in West Palm Beach, Florida) |
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I KNOW WORRYING WORKS CAUSE EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WORRIED ABOUT HAS NEVER HAPPENED
8.75" x 7.25" $60 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; letters from donation creation in joshua tree, calif; bead, spool and wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Chuck Wild in Hollywood, CA)
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ITS NAKED LESBIAN DAY 15" x 12" $160 Ingredients: piece of plastic from my gutted airstream trailer; frame from a thrift store in Morongo Valley; dolls also from that thrift store; plaster letters from Donation Creation in Joshua Tree, CA; beads and necklaces from friends; yard sales and thrift stores; love from shari SOLD (thank you Helen Fremont in Boston, MA) |
| BIODIVERSITY 6.25" x 7.75" $90 Ingredients: The old ceiling from my new studio; jewelry and chains from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica, CA; broken car window and other shrapnel from the ground; old rubber band from broccoli; my old spa sandals; letters from Brandy Vest of KC, MO; broken salt shaker lid; wire from a yard sale; love from shari SOLD (thank you Chuck Wild in Hollywood, CA)
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PRESS THIS BUTTON TO OPEN YOUR MIND 6.5 $45 Ingredients: boars from the desert; cap from a glass beaker used in university science experiments from the late 60's; wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Joanne Licardo in Portland, OR)
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| LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE
3.5" x 4.5" $45 Ingredients: piece of old drawer wire from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; nova color paints; love from shari SOLD (thank you Jackie Monkarsh in Los Angeles, CA)
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MAKE LOVE NOT WAR (WAR IS OVER)
3.75" x 5.25" $35
SOLD (thank you Joyce Deep in Los Angeles, CA)
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YES WE CAN
6" $60 Ingredients: can lid from the desert; glitter from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; wire from the Yucca valley swap meet; love from shari
SOLD (thank you Robert Greenwald in Jamaica Plain, MA) |
| LET'S GO BOWLING
17.5" x 9" Ingredients: wooden serving tray, which had sand and bean people art on it, from alicia bay laurel currently of los angeles, but moving to phoenix, AZ; scrabble game from bargain alley in jT, calif with oily wagon wheel last week; super ball and bowling pin from sandy crouse i think; same for the red lincoln logs or such; broom piece and golf tees from ramona otto of santa monica; piece of wood from my cabin; string from the brett st. giles estate sale in JT, calif; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
BE SURE TO STAY HYDRATED
9" x 14.5" $100 Ingredients: board from art queen storage; threads from an old towel or something; glitter, sequins, beads and stuff from sandy crouse of ohio; broken car window from a parking lot somewhere; aquarium rock from a long ago thrift store; pull tabs from some cans, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Provincetown, MA, this summer)
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DON'T GIVE UP ON CIRCLES THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP ON YOU 15" x 15" $150 Ingredients: old board from the desert; chess pieces from sandy crouse in ohio, friends and the thrift stores and sales of my life, same for the wire; triangle from hans riecke of maui; film thing and life preserver also from sandy crouse; plaster old movie title letters from donation creation in JT, CA, love from shari words from devon damonte: "I cannot believe the circles remain unclaimed SOLD (thank you Devon Damonte, you silly poet, Double D, in Olympia, WA, you got me spinning in circles!) |
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GREETINGS FROM DOGGY BEACH, CALIFORNIA 16" x 14" x 5" $100
SOLD (thank you Joyce Deep in Los Angeles, CA) note from our friend joyce deep who has received her surfing dogs: "i love those little surfing dogs....they're getting their own wall."
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| BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM DOG 7.5" x 8.5" $75 Ingredients: piece of plastic cupboard from my old airstream trailer; wooden half of a bead, spool and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you Lelde Gilman in Portland, OR)
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LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
8.5" x 11" $120 Ingredients: board from the leftovers from the roof of my studio at art queen; tumbled rocks from the yucca valley swap meet, same place i got the aquarium rocks and pearls; glass eyes from ebay; glass tabletop which hurricane ike broke and and sandy crouse collected from her neighbor's yard in cincinnati, ohio; scrabble game tiles from sales in the desert, love from shari SOLD (thank you Robin Tuverson in Malibu, CA)
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WELCOME FISHY
5.5" x 9.5" $45 Ingredients: piece of wood from the desert; lid i couldn't find the container to from my kitchen drawer; anagram game from ebay; pull tab on back from a can; eye from ebay, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Harriet Ratner in Santa Monica, CA)
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PRESS THIS BUTTON TO ACTIVE THE RAPTURE
4" x 7.25" $30 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; wire from the yv swap meet; cabinet cut that way by ryan, my studio assistant and band mate (and oops, he also pressed the button), love from shari SOLD (thank you Madge Woods in Los Angeles, CA)
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| I LOVE MY KITTY YOUR KITTY LOVES YOU
6.25" x 4" $45 Ingredients: board from a recent yard sale; piece of wood cut off from a frame i just made; eyes from ebay; wire from sandy crouse of ohio; brass wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; wooden nose from a yard sale, love from shari SOLD (thank you Selina Pharana in Los Angeles, CA, her kitty loves her!)
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IT'S SO HARD NOT TO THINK ABOUT COOKIES
4.5" x 4.5" $45 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; letters from donation creation in joshua tree, calif; bead, spool and wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Robin Tuverson in Malibu, CA) |
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ROCK STAR 9" x 10" $100 Ingredients: board from art queen storage; pull tab from some can; piece of my old shirt (scarf); all that other stuff is from the great sandy crouse in ohio and formerly of 213 art and antiques in provincetown, MAss, love from shari
SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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HAPPY DREAMS ANGEL
14 " x 12.5" $100
SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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EXTREME ABUNDANCE (LOOK WHAT I JUST DUG UP IN THE BACK YARD) 7" x 10" $120 Ingredients: board and frame wood from the desert; other wood (dog's nose) from a yard sale; pearls from some sale; cap from my lipstick; jewels from sandy crouse of ohio; plaster letters from donation creation thrift store in joshua tree, calif; pull tab on back from a can, loaf (wondering if anyone reads the ingredients ha ha) from shari
SOLD (thank you Wendy Griffin in Los Angeles, CA) she inspired this piece
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THE DOGS THAT AT YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE
15.5" x 6.5" $150 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; googly eyes and spools (once holding thread) from sandy crouse of ohio; yellowed eyes are from a thrift store in JT, calif, years ago; wire from the yv swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you Erica Privitelli in Los Angeles, CA, her second elf and it's her birthday today! happy birthday, Erica!) |
| MR. BIG SMALL DOG WITH AN OVER-DEVELOPED SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT
9.75" x 9" $120 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; scraps of wood from my great collections; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; necklace from a thrift store; wood for dog nose from the desert; plaster letters (they said they were used in movie titles in the old days) from donation creation, love from shari SOLD (thank you Enrique Aguirre in Los Angeles, CA) |
I AM A MONEY MAGNET 15" x 5" $45 Ingredients: old drawer from an old broken dresser; piece of a broken little stand from sandy crouse of ohio; eyes from ebay; pull tab from larry's diet pepsi, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Susan Griffin-Black in Los Angeles, CA)
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| GOOD THINGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING TO US 9" x 10" $70 Ingredients: board from art queen storage; pull tab from some can; piece of my old shirt (scarf); all that other stuff is from the great sandy crouse in ohio and formerly of 213 art and antiques in provincetown, MAss, love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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HIT RECORD YOUR NAME HERE
5.5" x 6.25" $65 Ingredients: board i found somewhere; name plates that stuart watson had made for his project of photographing a bunch of album covers for the artists greatest hits collections from some record company in the 80's; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari SOLD (thank you Katiana Zimmerman in Encino, CA) |
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IT'S NAKED LESBIAN DAY
4" x 5.5" $35 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my old airstream trailer; wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Bobby Furst in Joshua Tree, Calif)
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THE SLACKER IS IN "I have less important things to do"
8.5" x 11" $70 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; scraps of wood from my great collections; 10 things i found on the beach in malibu after lunch with ann and nancy (no, not the rock group heart, ha ha); twisties from sandy crouse and other things are also from her and friends and sales; brass wire from a big spool i got at the yucca valley swap meet years ago; other stuff from the ground, love from shari SOLD (thank you Nicole Fromm in Madison, WI, it matches the colors of her new gogo bike dance gang's colors) i just love the way cats get to be slackers, my kitty inky is my role model for living the good life.
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EAT YOUR VEGETABLES
8.5" x 9" $75 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; spool from a yard sale; scraps of wood from my collections, i've been trying to declutter them; brass wire from the YV swap meet, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Jonathan Scott in Jamaica Plain, MA) here is a note about where the cow will go: I operate a non-profit
in Boston and one of our programs is an urban farm started by homeless
mothers living inone of my family shelters. They would love to have
this original Shari at their city farm stand. thanks so much, Jonathan,
for all you do!
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MERMAID GETTING HER SELF ESTEEM TOGETHER
11.5" x 5.5" $100 Ingredients: piece of the old ceiling at my studio at art queen; pencils from the swap meet in kansas city, ks; shells from donation creation in JT, calif; glitter, pebbles, beads and things from sandy crouse in ohio and also from friends and sales; broken car window from the ground; pull tabs on back from some cans; cord from something, love from shari SOLD (thank you Tim Green of Los Angeles, CA and vacationing in Provincetown, MA) |
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BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
13.74" x13" $130 Ingredients: piece of the old ceiling from my studio at art queen in jt, calif; old paint brushes used by leonard knight to paint salvation mountain and given to me by him when linda bailey and i visited there awhile ago; old nails from old wood; felt from a good sale; googly eyes from sandy crouse; necklace from another good sale; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Kelly Golub in San Francisco, CA)
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IT'S SO HARD NOT TO THINK ABOUT COOKIES 4.5" x 4" $45 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; letters from donation creation in jt, calif; spool, bead and wire from sandy crouse, liver (ha ha, i like to be a creative liver of life) from shari SOLD (thank you Max Daniels in Boston, MA)
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SOMETIMES I NEED A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE
6.75" x8.5" $70 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; scraps of wood from my great collections; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; glitter, beads, etc, from sandy crouse, friends, sales and donation creation in JT, calif; golf tees from ramona otto of santa monica, love from shari SOLD (mahalo hans riecke on maui, hawaii) |
HAPPY
TRAILS
9.5" x 11" $90 Ingredients: board from the desert; old picket fence from the streets of venice, calif; pull tab on back from some can, nova color paints, love from shari SOLD (thank you Kiwi in Kansas City, MO and Connecticut for the summer) |
| DON'T FENCE ME IN 4" x 6" $40 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; brass wire from the YV swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you Junie Kramin in Michigan, formerly of Maui, her first shari elf piece, in honor of her pony that always gets away) |
LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE
5.25" x 7.25" $70 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; pick up sticks game from a flea market in asbury park, nj with the lovely kate mellina; pencils from the kc, kansas flea market at the drive in last summer; pieces of plastic found in the desert; golf tees from ramona otto; wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you Marilyn Green and Rosie the Cat in Menlo Park, CA) |
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WHAT'S FOR DINNER? 7" x 4.5" $60 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; pick up sticks game from a flea market in asbury park, nj with the lovely kate mellina; eyes from ebay; plaster letters from donation creation in jt, calif; wire and glitter and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you Leslie Mayer in Los Angeles, CA)
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I CAN DO ANYTHING 7" x 3.5" $45 Ingredients:smashed can from a recent walk to the thai restaurant with jimmy and ryan; wire also found in the desert somewhere, love from shari SOLD (thank you Lisa Gelber in Pacific Palisades, CA)
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TASTY DOG TREATS
6" x 6" $50 Ingredients: piece of the cabinets from my airstream trailer; checkers from sandy crouse of ohio; block from bianca juarez of chicago, i think it's from her, or it could be from a store in nyc, love from shari SOLD (thank you Gayle Kusatsu in Van Nuys, Calif)
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WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM 8.5" x 6" $90 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; scraps of wood from my great collections; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; glitter, beads, etc, from Donation Creation in joshua tree, calif; shells from a yard sale, from shari SOLD (thank you Heather Reed in Santa Monica, CA)
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MAN LISTENING 3.5" $20 Ingredients: wooden drink coaster from sandy crouse of ohio, nova color paints; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Kat Zimmerman in Encino, CA)
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UPWARD CAT
3.5" $20 Ingredients: wooden drink coaster from sandy crouse of ohio, nova color paints; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you Bobby LaVelle in Hollywood, Calif)
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BE SURE TO DRINK LOTS OF WATER
6.5" x 6" $70 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; pick up sticks game from a flea market in asbury park, nj with the lovely kate mellina; electrical cap thing from a yard sale in the desert; chain, aquarium rocks, glitter and beads from friends, sales and thrift stores; wire from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you Lorna McKappy in Wellfleet, MA) |
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BE GOOD TO YOU (how 'bout a hug?) 17" x 19" $90 Ingredients: old painted board from the old ceiling at my studio at art queen; wire from a desert yard sale; letters from a church rummage sale and the boys and girls thrift store in yucca valley, calif; nova color paints, from shari SOLD (thank you Deborah Keaton in Los Angeles, CA)
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LIFE IS A HAPPY LITTLE DANCE
5.5" x 5" $50 Ingredients: board was in the bass drum of ryan's new kid's drum set we got at the pioneertown swap meet from vida and jackson; wire from a local estate sale, love from shari SOLD (thank you John Helgeland in Minneapolis, MN)
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I'M COUNTING MY BLESSINGS
18" x 24" $300 Ingredients: piece of the cabinets from my airstream trailer; pencils from the swap meet in kansas city, KS; glitter and plastic animal magnets from sandy crouse of ohio; block from lauren of lobby lou's in JT calif (we're so sad she's going out of business--big sale there now!); eyes from ebay; my old lipstick cap; other blocks from sales, friends and ebay; scrabble upwords game from a recent church rummage sale; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you Katiana Zimmerman in Encino, CA)
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DOG IS GOOD (DOG: "DOG BLESS YOU")
10" x7.5" $25 Ingredients: old muffin tin from some long ago yard sale or thrift store, love from shari SOLD (thank you Ann Morrisey in Alton, IL)
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THE PRESIDENT IN HIS T-SHIRT note from shari: please think of some words for me to put on the president's t-shirt 25" x 25.5" $125 Ingredients: old frame someone gave me which i painted cadmiun red deep; back thin wood layer of my old pink shelf which sort of peeled off on it's own as it sat outside at art queen for a few weeks, love from shari SOLD (thank you Carol Scott in Sherman Oaks, CA, the President's t-shirt will remain slogan-less) here are some t-shirt slogan suggestions from friends: Terri Ford in MN (i just knew she'd have a good idea!): "U Betcha We Can Can" from Trixli in Switzerland: “This is it –
remember MJ” from Kevin on Facebook: "maybe a rasta saying like Ja Love or Lets get together and be allright or a joseph campbell like Follow your Bliss or maybe something enviromental like Save the Planet or Heal the Earth?" |
LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
7" x 7" $80
Ingredients: old shelf from the old gallery godot and sunrunner office at art queen; turquoise pieces from hospital auxiliary thrift store in JT and also i found some at the yucca valley swap meet and mixed them together, love from shari
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WOMAN IN HER UNDERWEAR JUMPING FOR JOY. GOOD THINGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING TO HER. 11.5" x 6" $60 Ingredients: piece of painted wood from my cabin; pull tab on back from a can; nova color paints, love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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REMEMBER TO PLAY EVERY DAY
14" x 14" $200 Ingredients: board from the desert; checkers from sandy crouse of ohio and a desert thrift store; paint brushes are a gift from leonard knight of salvation mountain by the salton sea; wire from sandy crouse of ohio; plaster (old movie title letters) from donation creation in JT, calif, love from shari SOLD (thank you Kevin Chickanis from Los Angeles, CA and also Joshua Tree and he found it on my facebook page)
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I'M PERFECT JUST THE WAY I AM 4" x 4" $20 Ingredients: old painted board from the desert; glitter from sandy crouse in ohio; wire from a local estate sale; nova color paints, love from shari SOLD (thank you Krishna Daly in Los Angeles, CA)
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MOTHER NATURE 8" x 6" $60 Ingredients: cigar box from sandy crouse of ohio, same for the tree puzzle piece and tongue depressor/craft stick; plaster letters from the arts council thrift store; wire from a recent estate sale; felt from some sale; broken tail light from the ground; little piece of wood from something, love from shari SOLD (thank you Mike Berkley in Orlando, FL)
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GLITTER FISHY
5.5" x 11.5" $45 Ingredients: wood from the desert; eye from ebay; pulltab on back from larry's diet pepsi cans; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; necklace from a thrift store, love from shari SOLD (thank you Terri Ford, the Glory of the Continent in Minneapolis, MN)
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FAIRY PRINCESS
7.5" x 8" $80 Ingredients: old shelf from the old gallery godot/sunrunner office at art queen; rhinestones from the donation creation art store in JT, calif; tin foil from leftovers, pull tabs on back from cans; candle holder flowers from a thrift store in my travels; scraps of wood from my collections, love from shari SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)
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TIRED OF BEING REFERRED TO AS A "PIECE OF FISH", IT'S BILL "FISH OF PEACE"
6" $20 Ingredients: plate with fish attached from some long ago sale, and i mean i've had that plate for years, nova color paints; wire from a local estate sale, love from shari SOLD (thank you Selina Phanara in Burbank, CA) |
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DOG WITH HER CAKE
5.5" x 5.75" $50 Ingredients: board was in the bass drum of ryan's new kid's drum set we got at the pioneertown swap meet from vida and jackson; wire from a local estate sale; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; cedar block (almost my almost my last of those) from ramona otto, love from shari SOLD (thank you Trixli in Switzerland) |
I'M PERFECT JUST THE WAY I AM top right is 3" x 4" and the rest are 4" x 4" $25 each Ingredients: old painted board from the desert; glitter from sandy crouse in ohio; wire from a local estate sale; nova color paints, love from shari SOLD (thank you Cheryl Washington in Los Angeles, CA) SOLD (thank you Lori Indgin in Los Angeles, CA) SOLD (thank you Aimee Silk in Castlerock, CO)
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| THREE NICE TREES 7.5" x 6" $50 Ingredients: board from a cabinet from my airstream trailer; piece of branch from idaho from my summer tour; pearls and jewels and wire from the brett st. giles sale last month, love from shari SOLD (thank you Megan Crowder in Columbus, IN)
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GO WITH THE FLOW
12"" x 9" $60 Ingredients: puzzle board from an alphabet puzzle bonnie brady gave me at donation creation last month; plexiglas piece from ramona otto of santa monica, cA; wood scraps from my collection of those and also from the elf guitar i made recently; rhinestones and glitter from donation creation in JT, CA; and other glitter from sandy crouse in ohio; wire from the brett st. giles estate sale in JT, ca; love from shari SOLD (thank you Megan Crowder in Columbus, IN)
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TODAY I AM DETERMINED TO ENJOY MYSELF this is about 28" by 3 feet $350 Ingredients: ping pong paddles from a sale years ago in santa monica; old mop from an alley in santa monica; old zipper from my sewing supplies; shells from a sale; croquet rubber things from ramona otto of santa monica; old window frame from some flea market; wood from some alley probably, love from shari SOLD (thank you to the Raglands in Sonora, CA) you may have seen this in bob kilroys office (he's a chiropractor in santa monica). well, he moved and doesn't have room in his new space so this vintage elf is back on the market.
someone is thinking about this! asking her husband...
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TAKE JESUS WITH YOU. HE'LL KEEP YOU GOOD COMPANY WHILE YOU DO THE DISHES
6" x 6" $90 Ingredients: board was in the bass drum of ryan's new kid's drum set we got at the pioneertown swap meet from vida and jackson; wire felt, sequins and rocks from the estate sales of my life and also from sandy crouse of ohio; my old spa sandal (jesus' robe); checkers from sandy; pencils from a kansas city, ks swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you Megan and Lynn Kilroy in Santa Monica, CA, Megan is taking Jesus with her to college)
inspired by beth in wisconsin, i think she was motivated to take jesus with her to do the dishes after she visited my website for the first time. she likes to listen to jesus tell his stories while she does the dishes.
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PINK WELCOME FISHY
11.5" x 6" $25 Ingredients: piece of an old drawer found in the streets of madison, wisconsin last summer with nino Rodriguez; lid from sandy crouse of ohio, same for some of the glitter and sequins; other glitter from ebay; bead from kate simmons (now of san francisco); O from the bins in portland, oregon with joanne licardo, love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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| DRINK LOTS OF WATER
6" x 6" $75 Ingredients: board was in the bass drum of ryan's new kid's drum set we got at the pioneertown swap meet from vida and jackson; wire from a local estate sale; mixed beads from donation creation (the joshua tree arts council's art store in JT, calif), love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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I WANNA BE YOUR DOG
3.5" x 6" $50 Ingredients: board was in the bass drum of ryan's new kid's drum set we got at the pioneertown swap meet from vida and jackson; wire from an estate sale; cedar block from ramona otto; turquoise piece from a thrift store in JT, Calif; googly eyes from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you Richelle Cirino in Kansas City, MO)
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| IT'S NAKED LESBIAN DAY
15.5" x 5 $50 Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my old airstream trailer; pieces of wood from my collection; wire from a recent estate sale, love from shari SOLD (thank you Geoff Carter in Seattle, WA) i'm so happy that this piece got blogged about today, that is how geoff found it (and also scott who also wanted it) it was blogged about on BB-Blog and also on thisisnthappiness (inspired by rosa at ricochet in joshua tree, calif)
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OH HAPPY DAY
6" x 7" $90 Ingredients: board was in the bass drum of ryan's new kid's drum set we got at the pioneertown swap meet from vida and jackson; wire and glitter from some local estate sales, love from shari
SOLD (thank you anonymous)
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ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE BLUE HERE ARE SOME FLOWERS I GOT FOR YOU 6.5" x 7" Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; found plastic and rusty bottle caps from the desert and my travels and a lot are from the flea market at the drive in in kansas city, ks last summer on "shari's big tour"; chains from ramono otto and sales; wire from the estate sale of brett st. giles, love from shari SOLD (thank you Constance Walsh of Pioneertown, CA)
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I AM A MONEY MAGNET FISHY AND WELCOME FISHY
5.5" x 12" $45 13.5" x 7" $45 Ingredients: boards from the desert and also from that old dresser; painted light green wood from art queen storage; eyes from ebay; pulltabs on back from larry's diet pepsi cans, love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous) SOLD (thank you anonymous |
| HERE KITTY, NICE LITTLE KITTY 19" x 10" $85 Ingredients: cupboard door from linda bailey's old kitchen in morongo valley, calif; wilma from sandy crouse of ohio; lion made by t. dobson of chicago and which was part of a circus i got from him at the louisville folk fest a couple years ago; eyes also from sandy; chain from the desert, love from shari SOLD (thank you Kitty on the Big Island in Hawaii)
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STRIPED FISHY AND GLAMOROUS SUE FISHY
13.5" x 8.5 6.5" x 15" Ingredients: boards from the desert and also from that old dresser; painted light green wood from art queen storage; eyes from ebay; pulltabs on back from larry's diet pepsi cans, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Larry Lane in JT, Calif) SOLD (thank you Ryan in JT, Calif)
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STRIPED FISHY AND I AM A MONEY MAGNET FISHY
8" x 17" $50 14.5" x 5.5" $45 Ingredients: boards from the desert and also from that old dresser; painted light green wood from art queen storage; eyes from ebay; pulltabs on back from larry's diet pepsi cans, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Marlene Kennedy in Webster, SD) SOLD (thank you Steve Brown at the Sunrunner Magazine in Joshua Tree, CA)
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PLAN AHEAD
3.5 x 21" x 14" $40 Ingredients: piece of plywood probably from cut scraps from the making of randy polumbos grotto of manifest destiny project; pulltabs from cans; nova color paints, love from shari SOLD (thank you Corinne Warner in Vermont)
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| I AM A MONEY MAGNET
13.5" x 4.25" $65 Ingredients: old broken drawer from an old broken dresser i got for free at a yard sale years ago; letters from the yard sales, church rummage sales and thrift stores of my life; twistie from produce (organic); circus man is the last for me to use from the circus i got from T. Dobson at the louisville folkfest; i made those eyes and lips cuz i don't like art that has no eyes, love from shari SOLD (thank you Lisa O'Brien in Los Angeles, CA, to add to her Shari Elf museum)
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YES WE CAN 4.5" x 3.75" $25 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 Kurt Einstein --Robert said he could!--in Jamaica Plain, MA)
SOMETIMES I NEED A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE
9" x 10" $90 (sale $60) Ingredients: old shelf from the sunrunner office at art queen; branch from my summer tour last summer, i think it's from idaho and ryan made that frame; elephant and monkey from an artist from chicago named D.T. i think; plaster letters from donation creation in joshua tree; glass eye from ebay; wire on back from the estate sale of brett st. giles last month, love from shari SOLD (thank you Jacqui Hecht in Bellaire, TX) |
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EMBRACE CHAOS
24" x 9" $150 Ingredients: draw from indy's garage in JT and which the neighbors dog clawed up (see claw marks under clown) trying to get at a rat or something and which indy deposited in the art queen dumpster but i had to rescue (indy is the art queen psychologist); dolls and toys from sandy crouse and sales across the US and friends; letters from sandy crouse and also ramona otto; puzzle piece letters from bonnie brady and which fit in that puzzle board used to make best friends forever this week; poodle head i made from a plastic grape or balloon years ago when i first got my glue gun; clown by tony dobson and purchased with that circus at the louisville folkfest; pull tabs from some cans, love from shari i've been enjoying the mythological roundtable meetings at mentalphysics in joshua tree, we talked about chaos last month and how it is an accepted part of most cultures and mythologies, but not ours SOLD (thank you for embracing chaos!, John Cassidy in Palo Alto and of Klutz.com)
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| HAPPY HAPPENS
24.5" x 8" Ingredients: board from is a piece of my old shed/outhouse at my cabin; rusty smashed can found in wonder valley with oily wagon wheel; beads, polished rocks and puka shells from the sales of my life and good friends, too; rusty other things found in the desert; joey from my children's art class last may brought me those pretty orange flowers made from pop can pull tabs, love from shari SOLD (thank you Charlyn the shaman in Joshua Tree)
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WHERE ARE YOU GOING IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LOVE?
12" x 12" $200 (sale $150) Ingredients: note from shari, i love this piece! it's my favorite piece in a long time!; board is from constance walsh of pioneertown, calif, who is having some great yard sales lately and her cute little house in pioneertown is for sale; curlers are from my road trip/tour last summer; i forget where i got those bees, worm and cricket, they are so cute and some of them had names like "albert", "dana" and "Jocelyn"; smashed and rusty bottle caps found in my travels from here to there; scraps of wood from my collections; wire from that sale, love from shari SOLD (thank you Tim Carter in West Palm Beach, FL)
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BLESS YOU (MYSTICAL MERMAID)
10" x 3.5" $80 Ingredients: board from the desert, same for the yard stick or it could be from ramona otto; jewels from donation creation and the lovely people down there at the arts council; glitter from the frenchettes of yucca valley, CA; pull tab on back from a can, love from shari SOLD (thank you Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)
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WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM
12" x 6.5" $75 Ingredients: smashed metal thing found in the desert a couple of years ago, i'm glad to finally make something from it; wire from the brett st. giles estate sale; nova color paints; puka shells and other shells from friends and the yard sales of my life, love from shari SOLD (thank you Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)
Tim is "Trainer Tim" and was the trainer for our dearly departed Nancy Daly Riordan, who i think discovered my artworks in her chiropractor's office, Bob Kilroy.
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