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January, Februdayr and March 2011. Thanks for having a look at my good and sturdy art from trash! My art is 95% trash (or stuff people throw away), I love to recycle. Something good is gonna happen to you today!

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note from shari: there are links to purchase my art below the art but you can also just send me an email at shari@sharielf.com

  Satisfied Customers     Satisfied Customers 2     Satisfied Celebrity Customers  (all of my customers are celebrities to me!)

 

YOUR KITTY LOVES YOU

9.5" x 8" $80

Ingredients: old shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley; scraps of wood and metal from my collections; eyes from ebay; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

 

I FEEL SO SPARKLY

bee  

9.5" x 12" $125


Ingredients: old shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wood pieces from a shelf box thing i found thrown in an alley in louisville, kentucky a few years ago; necklaces mostly from bobby furst of JT and friends and sales; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet;
love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

WELCOME TO THE POOL HOUSE

9.5" x 9.5" $80

Ingredients:old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; sand from an estate sale in yv (pam and sues'); wire from yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Adam Paige in 29 Palms, CA)

WISH FAIRY KITTEN

9.5" X 9.5" $80 (sale $65)

Ingredients: old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, calif; glitter from hospice thrift store in JT and sandy crouse of ohio; eyes also from sandy; rhinestone necklace from donation creation in JT; wire from yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA)

 

DON'T QUIT BEFORE THE MIRACLE

  

4.5" x 5.5" $25

Ingredients:old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wire from yucca valley swap meet; monkey from the zoo; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Enrique Aguirre in Los Angeles, CA)

i like it when ryan, my assistant, tells me his favorites while he is posting. this is one of ryan's favorites of this week.

 

WOMAN WHO'S WILLING TO PUT UP WITH YOU

4.5" x 5" $25

Ingredients: old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wire from the yv swap meet; some lady; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Shannon Curfman in Silverlake, CA)

 

 

WHERE ARE YOU GOING IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOVE?

  

9.5" x 9.5" $80

Ingredients: old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wire from yucca valley swap meet; wood scraps from my collections, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Nicole Devault in New York, NY)

 

 

I WANNA BE YOUR DOG

boat  

9.5" x 7.5" $55

Ingredients: old shelf from the hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; letters from ebay, thrift stores and friends, also i found the A on the ground; and also the O; scraps from my collection and old sun baked desert wood found in a wash today; eye from the yv swap meet; love from me, shari elf

SOLD (thank you Nicole Devault in New York, NY)

 

MAN WHO WANTS TO BUY YOU A BAG OF PEANUTS

3" x 7" $25

Ingredients:old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wire from yucca valley swap meet; same for the man; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Shannon Curfman in Silverlake, CA)

 

 

THERE MUST BE A PONY IN HERE

3" x 7" $45

Ingredients:old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; sand from an estate sale in yv (pam and sues'); wire from yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Kate if you get back to me otherwise there is a waiting list for this one)

 

BIRDS ON A WIRE

bee  

9.5" x 9.5" $50


Ingredients: old shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; eyes from a JT thrift store; cord from my collection of string; birds from judy wishart of JT CA; glitter from donation creation in JT; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; idea for this composition is from my assistant, ryan,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Betty Tand in Houston, TX)

 

WE'RE FROM THE SAME STAR

9.5" X 9.5" $70

Ingredients:old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wire and pearls from yucca valley swap meet; glitter from donation creation in JT, love from shari

SOLD (thank you MJ Deutschman)

 

PICASSO WITH FLOWERS

17" x 16" $100

Ingredients: board and can and wire and small pieces of wood from a recent scavenging expedition; eye from the yv swap meet, maybe i got that chain there too; smashed bottle caps from the ground; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Christal Weatherly and her new dog Picasso in New Mexico)

 

 

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOXES

boat  

5" x 8" $45

Ingredients: old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; boxes from judy wishart who's decluttering; letters from ebay and sales; purple wood from constance walsh of pioneer town; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from me, shari elf

SOLD (thank you Susan Charles in Marshfield, MA)

 

CHINESE PROVERB

5" x 5" $28

Ingredients: old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wire from the yv swap meet; lady from the beauty salon; love from shari

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

 

 

MAN WHO WANTS TO MAKE YOU A BIG STAR

8" x 9.5" $45

Ingredients: old shelf from the hollywood video store in yucca valley; wire from the yv swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Serena from the UK)

 

 

IT'S TIME TO BLOSSOM

9.5" x 8" $50

Ingredients: old video shelf from the the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wooden blocks and sticks from bobby furst of JT; wire from the yv swap meet; lady from the beauty salon; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mary Regas in Pasadena, CA)

 

 

PISCES

19" x 14" $85

Ingredients: old stereo cabinet which a marine was throwing into art queen's dumpster as indy and i watched; letters (re-worked) from ebay; lids from sandy crouse and oily w.w.'s humus; wood scraps from a recent desert expedition; eyes from ebay; love from shari

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

 

 

 

 

TWIRLING ATTRACTORS OF GOODNESS

8" x 9.5" $80

Ingredients: piece of old shelfs from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley; beach rocks from the beach; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)


 

SPRING FLOWERS

boat  

9.5" x 8" $85

Ingredients: old shelf from the hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; smashed small plastic vodka bottle found on the ground somewhere; beads and springs from bobby furst of joshua tree, love from me, shari elf

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

LEO THE LION

  

9.5" x 9.5" $95

Ingredients: old shelfs from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; wooden cat from the yucca valley swap meet, brass wire too; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Betty Tand in Kingwood, TX)

THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT

boat  

10" x 10" $95

Ingredients: shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, ca; wood frame wood from an old dresser at art queen; pieces of wood from my collections; letters from ebay and sales and friends same for pencils and eyes; wire from yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

BOTTLE CAP NECKLACE

bee  

1" $15


Ingredients: rusty bottle cap from the desert; chain from a thrift store;
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Kate Pearson in AZ)

BEE OF JOY

6" x 5.25" $45

Ingredients: piece of shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley; eyes and glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from home depot, love from shari

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

 

 

 

SUPER DOG

  

5" x 5.5" $45

Ingredients: piece of old shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley; plaster movie title letters from donation creation of JT, CA; wire from yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in New York)

 

 

WELCOME TO EARTH

5.5" x 4" $20 (sale now $15)

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; wire from yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Ann Magnuson in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, CA)

LOAVES AND FISHIES

(jesus: "welcome to my sandwich shop!")

(inky the cat: "bowl of crunchies, please")

  

8" x 9" $80 (sale $50)

Ingredients: old board from my old pink shelf at art queen; wood squares from the yucca valley swap meet; jewels from bobby furst of joshua tree; piece of firewood i was chopping; wire also from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you martha neumann from michigan, who i had a lovely visit with today in my studio)

 

 

ART STUDIO

boat  

35.5" x 15" $200

Ingredients: board from my old pink dresser from kansas city; letters from what was left over from moby dick's art environment a few years ago when art queen acquired it; pulltabs from some cans; marker caps from ramona otto's gifted 5th graders at mirman school in los angeles; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)

 

SOMETIMES I NEED A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE

bee  

5.5" x 9.5" $45


Ingredients: old board from the desert; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jacquie Hecht in Bellaire, TX)

 

YEAR OF THE RABBIT

  

8" x 6" $55

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; spool and eyes and glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; wood plug from a thrift store in JT; felt from someone generous; wire from the YV swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Barbara Bienstock in Los Angeles, CA)

 

SIGN FROM DOG

  

4.5" x 5" $30

Ingredients: scrap of wood from a project; letters mostly from ebay and also a church sale; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Barbara Bienstock in Los Angeles, CA)

  

5.25" x 7.5" $45

Ingredients: old linoleum which was under my old sears sink cabinet and which casey woods unearthed for me after cleaning up after the cute desert rats she had accidentally let move into the house for a few days, wire on back from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

 

I AM FREE

  

3.25" x 5" $20

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; sand from pam and sue's estate sale; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jack Pierson in NYC and Wonder Valley, CA)

 

BE PLAN AHEAD

3.25" x 10.75" $25

Ingredients: piece of a drawer from an old dresser at art queen; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Heidi Fry-Nolte in Faytteville, NC)

NICE

17.25" x 4.25" $25

Ingredients: piece of cabinet a man dumped into our trash bin at art queen as indy and i watched; old rusty chain found on something i found in the desert, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jack Pierson in NYC and Wonder Valley, CA)

 

SOMETIMES I NEED A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

  

17" x 4" $25

Ingredients: piece of cabinet a man dumped into our trash bin at art queen as indy and i watched; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Darcy Cloutier-Fernald in Riverside, CA)

THE HAND OF GOD

  

7.5" x 8.5" $35

Ingredients: board from a my old shelf; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jonathan Scott in Jamaica Plain, MA)

YOU GET MORE BEES WITH HONEY

boat  

6.5" x 4" $50

Ingredients: board from my old shelf; glitter and eyes from sandy crouse; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Bobby LaVelle in Los Angeles or Florida)

QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE

  

23.5 " x 10.5" $125 sale, now $100


Ingredients: board from the desert; frame wood from art queen storage; beads from my collections; old chord from sandy crouse of ohio; tin from the desert; wire too, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Julia Buckley in Riverside, and Joshua Tree, CA)

 

YIN AND YANG

8.5" x 10" $100

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; spools of thread from sandy crouse of ohio and also from the sales of my life; eyes from ebay; plaster movie title letters from donation creation in joshua tree; wood plugs from a thrift store in JT, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Dr. Pat Allen in Newport Beach, CA)

SIGN FROM GOD

3.5" x 5.5" $20

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; wire from yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)

 

JUST BEE

  

7" x 4.5" $35

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

SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)

 

WELCOME

  

11.5" x 5.5" $25

Ingredients: piece of dresser from art queen; lid from brewers yeast; pull tab from a can; + some bead; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)

 

YEAR OF THE RABBIT

5.5" x 6" $50

Ingredients: old dresser drawers from a dresser from art queen; spool and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; plug from a thrift store; wire from the swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you John Helgeland in Minneapolis, MN)

MAN WHO WANTS TO BUY YOU DINNER

7" x 6" $45

Ingredients: piece of a drawer from an old dresser at art queen; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)

 

THERE MUST BE A PONY IN HERE!

  

6" x 7" $45

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; sand from pam and sue's estate sale; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

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

 

YOU GET MORE BEES WITH HONEY

  

4" x 5" $45


Ingredients: old board from the desert; glitter and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from the yucca valley swap meet;
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Helena Ragone and Barbara in Vermont)

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

5.5" x 7.5" $40

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Helena Ragone and Barbara in Vermont)

 

SIGN FROM GOD

  

3.5" x 5" $20

Ingredients: board from an old dresser at art queen; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you John Cassidy of Klutz and from Palo Alto, CA)

 

 

MAN IN HIS BOAT

  

6.5" x 7" $40

Ingredients: board from my old pink dresser from kansas city; glitter from sandy crouse; scraps of wood from my collections; letters from sales and ebay; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you John Cassidy of Klutz and from Palo Alto, CA)

 

 

QUEEN FOR YOUR WALL

  

20" x 24" $150 sale, now $125


Ingredients: board from the desert; old "Big Sale" sign from Lobby Lou and Fred; craft rocks from donation creation in joshua tree; rope from an old hammock from years ago in santa monica and recently from the carol ann yard figure i have at art queen; tin from art queen; necklace from a sale; chain on back from some project,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

THE DOGS DANCED

8 " x 10" $90

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood scraps from my collections; spools from sandy crouse of ohio; letters and anagram game from ebay; lion and wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; scrabble letters from lisa gelber and the art workshop she arranged at the santa monica museum of art last month, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

REMEMBER TO BE SPARKLY

21" x 7" $90

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; plastic rhinestones from bobby furst of joshua tree; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio and donation creation of JT, calif, i think sandy gave me the doll hair braid, too; plaster letters from donation creation in JT; pull tab on back from some can, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

I AM A SHINING STAR

  

5" x 11.5" $60

Ingredients: old board from the desert; other wood from an old dresser from art queen; my old fresh water pearl necklace which joanne licardo re-strung; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

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

 

CHANGE HAPPENS

each drawer is 21" x 7" $90 total for both

Ingredients: old dresser drawers from a dresser from art queen; pull tabs on back from some cans; wire from the swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Carlen Arnett in Minneapolis, MN)

 

I AM A MONEY MAGNET

8.5" x 11" $100 SALE $75, it may be 25% off but that does not mean it will be 25% less effective! in fact, i estimate it will be 50% more effective in attracting goodness and abundance and money into your life.

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood scraps from my collections; coins from my mom's purse, i let some of her clothes go to the women's shelter and kathy barta this past week and those are all the coins that were in her purse and some extra coins from my purse; threads from my old towel; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Joanne Licardo in Portland, OR, i'm gonna add some purple to it so it will be even more powerful in her prosperity corner)

LETTING MY LITTLE LIGHT SHINE

  

21" x 7" $90

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; plastic rhinestones from bobby furst of joshua tree; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio and donation creation of JT, calif, i think sandy gave me the doll hair braid, too; plaster letters from donation creation in JT; pull tab on back from some can, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jen Pratt in San Francisco, CA)

 

I AM VERY LOVABLE

19.5" x 6" $40

Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; legs and hearts from bobby furst of joshua tree, calif; pen cap i just found on the ground; my old paint brushes; piece of my old sweater; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; letters from ebay; plaster letters from donation creation in JT, calif; red and fluffy old airplane socks, i think, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Madge Woods in Los Angeles, CA)

 

GOOD THINGS HAPPEN

  

14" x 11" $90 SALE $65

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood scraps from my collections; letters and anagram game from ebay; lion and wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; scrabble letters from lisa gelber and the art workshop she arranged at the santa monica museum of art last month; eyes from ebay, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Heidi Fry-Nolte in Fayetteville, NC, her very first elfs!)

DON'T WORRY, WE'RE ALL GOD'S LITTLE CARTOONS

  

8" x 3.5" $35 SALE $25

Ingredients: scraps of wood from my collections; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Heidi Fry-Nolte in Fayetteville, NC, her very first elfs!)

 

YEAR OF THE RABBIT

(SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU)

5.5" x 6" $55

Ingredients: piece of a drawer from an old dresser at art queen; glitter from hospice thrift store in JT; wooden spool and felt from sandy crouse of ohio, eyes, too; wooden plug from a thrift store; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Alyssa Sapire in Los Angeles, CA)

DON'T FENCE ME IN

  

8" x 4" $60

Ingredients: old shelf from my airstream trailer; small scraps of wood from my collections; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; string from something, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Carla Kaplan in Jamaica Plain, MA)

BUTT EXERCISE CHART

FLEX, RELAX, TIGHTEN UP

  

12" x 5" $50 SALE $25 and that includes shipping as all the prices do on this page!


Ingredients: old board from the desert; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; brilliant idea from god,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jonathan Scott in Jamaica Plain, MA)

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE

  

6.5" x 13" $70

Ingredients: old drawer from an old dresser at art queen; letters from ebay; scraps of wood from my collection of stuff; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; spool from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Gal Pal Val Levine in Bellport, NY)

WE'RE ALL GOD'S BLOSSOMING FLOWERS

  

9" x 6.5" $60 SALE $40


Ingredients: piece of a drawer from an old dresser from art queen in joshua tree; circles from bobby furst of joshua tree, calif; wire from the yucca valley swap meet,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Nicole DeVault in NYC, NY)

DOG STAR

  

6.5" x 9.5" $55

Ingredients: old shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley; scraps of wood from my collections; letters and eyes from ebay; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; bead from someone generous, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Susan Seelig from New York, visiting with Pam Lange at my studio today)

YOU GET MORE BEES WITH HONEY

16" x 12" $110

Ingredients: old drawer from old dresser from art queen; piece of wood trim from something; eyes from the yucca valley swap meet; fake pukas from a thrift store; letters from ebay and sales; my old lipstick cap; bees with names (one of them is named "dana") from sandy crouse of ohio; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Martha Ramos in Baldwin Park, CA, her first Shari Elf art purchase!!!! yay!!!)

 

note from shari: this is a bear (not a dog but i guess it could be a dog). and that is a saying my mom, Pelf, always used to say. she was in amway.

 

FOLLOW YOUR DREAM

6.5 x 13" $65

Ingredients: old dresser drawer from an old dresser at art queen; stuff from my collections; pull tab on back from a can of inky's cat food; letters and craft rocks from donation creation in joshua tree, calif, love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Kathy Peterson of Minneapolis, MN, who has been vacationing in Florida for 2 months)

BEELIEVE

IN YOUR SWEET LITTLE SELF

5.5" x 4.5" $45

Ingredients: old drawer from an old dresser at art queen; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; eyes too; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Betty Tand in Houston, TX)

REMEMBER TO LIVE YOUR LIFE

6.5" x 13" $75

Ingredients: old drawer from an old dresser at art queen; stuff from my collections; brass wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Lelde Gilman in Portland, OR)

WOMAN DANCING TO THE BEAT OF A DIFFERENT DRUMMER

  

17" x 13" $120

Ingredients: old board from the desert; ryan's old and broken drumsticks; and drumstick with yarn i found 3 of at a yucca valley estate sale years ago and which finally have all been destroyed from vigorous use; letters and anagram game from ebay; scrabble letters from lisa gelber and the santa monica museum of art; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; shell mixture from donation creation in joshua tree, love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

 

THE DANCER

  

16" x 21" $175

Ingredients: old drawer from an old dresser from unit 2 at art queen; mardi gras beads and necklaces were a generous gift from bobby furst of joshua tree, calif; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)

WHERE ARE WE GOING IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOVE?

  

15" x 27.5" $160 SALE $125


Ingredients: board from art queen; pieces of hardwood flooring from bobby furst of joshua tree; bees from sandy crouse of ohio; bugs, too; old hose from my cabin; letters mostly from ebay and also church rummage sales; chain on back from some other project; curlers from the thrift stores of my life,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Mary Regas in Pasadena, CA)

DO NOT FEAR THE DEEP

  

7.5" x 16" $100 SALE $65


Ingredients: board from the desert; pearls and shells from the sales of my life; wire from the yucca valley swap meet,
love from shari

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

LET'S GO BOWLING

(LARRY'S LANES)

19" x 10" $85


Ingredients: old drawer from an old dresser at art queen; bowling pins from sandy crouse of ohio; scraps of wood from my collections and i think that frame wood is from constance walsh of pioneertown who is having a big moving sale this weekend; letters from ebay; scrabble letters from lisa gelber and the art workshop at the santa monica museum of art last month; ball from a yard sale; wire from the yucca valley swap meet,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Rosann Mathias in Milwaukee, WI)

YOU GET MORE BEES WITH HONEY

  

14.5 " x 11.5" $110


Ingredients: old wood from the desert; wood scraps from my collections; eyes from the yucca valley swap meet; bees (with names under them that were attached to their wires: "lenora", "beatrice", and "stacy") from sandy crouse of ohio; letters and anagram game from ebay; wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; scrabble letters from lisa gelber and the art workshop she arranged at the santa monica museum of art last month, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Dora Wren in Los Angeles, CA)

 

LEO THE LION

12.5" x 5" $65


Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood scraps from my collections; letters and anagram game from ebay; lion and wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; scrabble letters from lisa gelber and the art workshop she arranged at the santa monica museum of art last month, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Rosann Mathias in Milwaukee, WI)

WELCOME TO PARADISE

  

15" x 14" $115

Ingredients: old board from the desert; wood scraps from my collections; letters and anagram game from ebay; lion and wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet; piece of jessika von rabbit's blue vest which i turned into a really cute top for her last summer; some old corn cobs; scrabble letters from lisa gelber and the art workshop she arranged at the santa monica museum of art last month; thread is fresh from eva fitts who picked up her "it's good to be tidy" piece from my studio today
, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Rosann Mathias in Milwaukee, WI)

SOMETIMES I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF "WHAT WOULD BUNNY DO?" (PURSE)

8 " x 7.25" $45


Ingredients: handle found in the desert; block of wood from my collection; love from shari

Sold (thank you Melissa Padget)

THE SERENITY PRAYER

  

7.5 " x 9" $50


Ingredients: piece of cabinet from my airstream trailer; letters from sandy crouse of ohio; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from "shar"

Sold (thank you Elizabeth Smith)

 

I'M PERFECT JUST THE WAY I AM

  

8" x 12.5" $100


Ingredients: board from the desert; frame wood from lobby lou of JT; string from a thrift store; metal left over from the grotto of manifest destiny (by R.P.); pearls and wire from the swap meet; craft red rock things from donation creation in JT; love from shari

Sold (thank you Anita Saleh in Bloomfield Hills, MI)

  

7" x 9.5" $40


Ingredients: shelf from the old hollywood video store in yucca valley, calif; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

Sold (thank you Anita Saleh in Bloomfield Hills, MI)

 

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE

  

15.5" x 6.5" $90


Ingredients: old drawer from a dresser at art queen; broken table (glass), which hurricane ike broke in sandy crouse's neighbor's back yard and she sent to me; trim from constance walsh of pioneer town; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)

 

BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED

8" x 9" $50


Ingredients: board i think from my trailer; wooden shapes from hans riecke of maui; wire from the yucca valley swap meet,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Trainer Tim Green in Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

LITTLE RED QUEEN

  

3.25" x 3.5" $30


Ingredients: piece of drawer from an old dresser at art queen; glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; cute little plastic rocks from donation creation in joshua tree, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Madge Woods in Culver City, CA)

I'M PERFECT

JUST THE WAY I AM

  

8" x 7.5" $25


Ingredients: old sign from the desert; wire from an estate sale; nova color paints; glitter from sandy crouse, love from shari

 

 

SOLD (thank you Madge Woods in Culver City, CA)

HARVEST MOON

  

4.5" x 4.5" $35


Ingredients: craft stick box i got years ago at a los angeles yard sale; glitter and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; letters from donation creation in joshua tree; wire from the yucca valley swap meet, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Tracy Vaughn in Nashville, TN)

 

WINTER SPRING SUMMER OR FALL

(and the dog says: "all you got to do is call and i'll be there...you've got a friend")

  

11" x 13" each $300 (set)


Ingredients: winter, spring, summer, and fall paintings by "G. Lovely" from the yucca valley swap meet; wood from art queen storage; eyes and anagram letters from ebay; wood plug from a thrift store in JT,CA; love from shari

SOLD (thank you anonymous)

FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS

  

21.5 " x 19" $100


Ingredients: Painting of Poricy Brook in Middletown, NJ; by t. fay or j fay from the Asbury park swap meet with kate mellina last summer on "shari's big tour"; wood from art queen storage; pearls from the yucca valley swap meet; eyes from ebay; cap from lotion from jet blue long ago; paint brush from hans riecke of maui; my old art paint brushes; love and freedom from fear from shari

SOLD (thank you Ming C. Lowe in Palm Desert, CA)

MAN WHO WANTS TO BE NICE TO YOU

  

4.5" x 4.5" $50


Ingredients: piece of a drawer from an old dresser from art queen; wire from the yucca valley swap meet,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jim McKernon in Los Angeles, CA)

SHUT UP

 

9.5" x 34.5" $70

Ingredients: board from the old Hollywood video store (it was a video shelf); nova color paints; love from shari

SOLD (thank you Nichole Fromm in Madison, WI)

 

FANCY MIRROR QUEEN

  

25" x 22" $175


Ingredients: old and weathered wooden bowl from the junk store down the road in JT, the same place i found Bunny the Crochet Alligator many years ago; rope from sandy crouse of ohio; pearls from the yucca valley swap meet; old mirrors from amy coanne of santa monica and also of Gracie, at the Santa Monica Museum of ARt; tin from art queen,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Amy Shaw of Boca Raton, FL)

IT'S GOOD TO BE TIDY

  

15" x 27.5" $130


Ingredients: painting from a thrift store in the desert; glitter from sandy crouse of Cincinnati, ohio,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Eva Fitts in Joshua Tree, CA)

PONY

 

16" x 12" $70

 

Ingredients: old shelves from the old Hollywood video store, in yucca valley, calif (it was a video shelf); piece of the old roof from my art studio in joshua tree, calif; craft sticks, eye and that string tassel from sandy crouse of ohio; brass wire on back from the yucca valley swap meet, but i think you know that, love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Megan Crowder in Columbus, IN)

HOME SWEET HOME

  

23 " x 16" $150


Ingredients: old dresser from art queen; home sweet home sign from the yucca valley swap meet, it was in my cabin for a few years; my orange juice caps from trader joes; pencils from sandy crouse and a swap meet in kansas city, KS; painting of flowers from a yucca valley estate sale; ball of tin foil i have been saving for years; figures from a little 25 cent machine that ryan bought; eyes and pearls from the yucca valley swap meet, wire too; my old lipstick cap; twisties from something; "believe"; racoon from alice mccoy of GA; sheep eraser and i think that golden peanut from sandy crouse of ohio; post office box; chains from ramona otto; love from shari

 

SOLD (thank you Megan Crowder in Columbus, IN)

DUCKS IN A ROW

 

37 " x 7" x 3.5" $140


Ingredients: old shelves from the old Hollywood video store, in yucca valley, calif (it was a video shelf); green weekly mail box (i think) found in an alley in Louisville, KY with randy polumbo a few years ago (Louisville folk fest); scrabble jr letters from ebay; plastic golf tees from ramona otto of santa monica,ca; googly eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; pulltabs from cans;
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Elena Megalos in Brooklyn, NY)

"BIG MONEY" OR "NICKLE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS"

  

29" x 24" $75


Ingredients: board was from the "garden of manifest destiny" art piece, spray painted silver; wire from the yucca valley swap meet,
love from shari

SOLD (thank you Jack Pierson of NYC and WOnder Valley, CA)

 

GLITTER KITTEN

  

5" x 5" $50


Ingredients: piece of drawer from an old dresser at art queen; glitter, cork and eyes from sandy crouse of ohio; wire from the yucca valley swap meet; craft stick box (i took apart) from a long ago yard sale in los angeles when i used to live there, love from shari

SOLD (thank you Sasoon Markarian in Glendale, CA, my great t-shirt printer!)

 

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