IF ONLY I HAD TAKEN UP WITH THE CIRCUS.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD TRAPEZE ARTIST. WAIT, MAYBE
IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
18" x 22" $80
Ingredients: Painting of thinking man from
an estate sale in Kansas City, I had been saving this painting
for the right moment; frame from the Yucca Valley Swap meet, love
from Fairy Elf
SOLD (thank
you Jana Cook in New York City)
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Dog Bless America
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FUNNY CAT
9.5" x 11re" $165
Ingredients: Board and wood from the streets of Kansas
City; stars from Susan Kuhlman in NY; pearls from Marcia Heifner
or Ramona Otto; Ramona gave me that Bingo Game (blue cardboard
circles and red squares; cap from glue from the Los Angeles Zoo's
Earth Day festival; pulltab from my road; beads from a pretty
necklace I think from Joanne Licardo; twisties from trash bags,
love from Fairy Elf
SOLD (thankyou
Meredith Ottenbacher in Melrose, MA)
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DOG BLESS AMERICA
11" x 11.5" $175
Ingredients: Board and wood from the streets of Kansas
City; stars from Susan Kuhlman in NY; pearls from Marcia Heifner
or Ramona Otto; Ramona gave me that Bingo Game (blue cardboard
circles and red squares; cap from glue and piece of a wire hanger
from the Los Angeles Zoo's Earth Day festival; pulltab from my
road, love from Fairy Elf
SOLD (thankyou
J C)
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LADIES TAKING BACK THE
EARTH ....GIVING MEN A MUCH NEEDED VACATION
....KICKING SOME BUTT IF NECESSARY
 
each lady is 19" x 24.5" $500
Ingredients: Set of 3 large lithographs by the famous
"Joanne Scott" of 1975 from the Yucca Valley Swap Meet;
glitter from Maxine Mick of Yucca Valley; braid of fake hair,
jewels and chain from Kerrie Howell of Seattle; rhine stone bracelet
from the swap meet; fancy trims from Joanne Licardo and her student;
my old pink shoe lace; old pink clothes line from an estate
sale in Kansas City; chord I found on the road from a bale
of hay; love from Fairy Elf
TRADED with Mr.
Imagination in New Jersey for some of his cool art (as seen in
the House of Blues and museums)
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RING OF FIRE
11" x 12.5" $180
Ingredients: this and that, love
from Shari,
SOLD
(thank you Helena Ragone in West Roxbury, MA)
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DESPERADO
11.5" x 12.5" $180
Ingredients: I figure we could all
use a break from reading and I could really use a break from typing
so once again, if you really need to know the ingredients in any
of these, let me know, love from Shari
SOLD (thank
you Elly Karnbad in New York for Allison's birthday in Los Angeles)
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COMMUNITY OF HAPPY EARTHLINGS,
HAVING FOUND OUR COMMON GROUND
(flying earthling: "We can
band together and make positive changes on our planet")
As seen in my first museum show in Waterloo, Iowa, this piece
was made in Kansas City last year 19" x 24.5"
$250
Ingredients: board from the streets of Kansas City;
my and other people's old paint brushes (found in the estate sales
of Kansas City); rusty nails from the old wood I drag home; letters
from my vast collection of letters (not really, and I was trying
to use most of them up on this piece along with the paint brushes);
old broom and mop handles from the streets and garage sales of
Kansas City, love from Shari
SOLD
(thank you Roger Peltzman and Sharon Panulla in NYC)
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HUMMING BIRD
(bird: "hmm hmm hmm, la la
la, I wish I knew the words to that song")
11.5" x 15" $175
Ingredients: Painted canvas from Carolyn and Angie's
basement and part of a previous large assemblage of painted canvases
someone made; my old spa sandal; my old paint brushes and some
other people's old paint brushes; glittery sequins from the glittering
Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; old tile I found somewhere; those
small and environmentally disturbing glue tubes from the arts
and crafts tables at the Los Angeles Zoo's Earth Day celebration
(I got to help the kids make art); old nails from the old door
that blew off of my old out house, love from
Shari
SOLD
(thank you Lark Zonka)
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WISH FAIRY COW
10.75" x 12.5"
$140
Ingredients: Piece of an old desk I found in an
alley in Santa Monica' wooden condiment bowls from a thrift store
in Calimesa, CA: water bottle caps; vintage can trim (frame) a
free gift from the leftovers at the Evangelical Free Church Rummage
Sale in Yucca Valley, CA; glitter from Kerrie Howell in Seattle;
wooden scraps from the leftovers at Earth Day at the LA Zoo,
love from Shari
SOLD
(thank you Nico and Randy Polumbo
in New York City)
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DOG PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF DOG TO THE
NICE FOLKS IN HELL
12.5" x 8" $140
Ingredients: Halloween sign "Broom Parking,
25 cents" from a thrift store in Calimesa, CA; wood from
the yard; glitter from Maxine Mick of Yucca Valley; pearls from
the Yucca Valley swap meet; glue cap from glue from Earth Day
2005 at the LA Zoo; eyes from Susan Kuhlman of NYC; cardboard
from somewhere, love from Shari
SOLD
(thank you Jan Dykema in St. Helena, CA)
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WISH FAIRY
POODLE
9" x 8"
$125
Ingredients: smashed metal thing from my neighbor
George's house when I went over to feed the horses (Princess and
Blade!) some carrots; pearls from a YV thrift store; cap from
my old toothpaste; wings are my old hello kitty wallet; glitter
from a KC, KS swap meet, love from Shari
SOLD
(thank you Carla Kaplan in New
York but lives in Los Angeles)
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PERFECTION IS OVER RATED
11" x 11" $95
Ingredients: this and that...stuff from Kerrie Howell,
Suzanne Jenkins, my old spa sandal; pencil with hockey eraser
from someone; tin foil from leftovers; my old painting cloth;
frame from the boys and girls club thrift store, love
from Shari
SOLD
(thank you Lauren Comly in Ithaca, NY)
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THE QUEENS OF THE WORLD
18"
x 14" $200
Ingredients: Painting and sequins from the Humane Society thrift
store in Yucca Valley; Glitter: Maxine Mick; aquarium rocks ,
tin foil& sequin threads from a Yucca Valley thrift store;
necklace from Joanne Licardo of Ten Women Gallery in Santa Monica;
old 40's car trim from the Evangelical free Church's rummage sale
in Yucca Valley Love from Shari
SOLD
(thank you Robert Greenwald and Kurt Einstein in Jamaica Plain,
MA)
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THE FLOWERING
OF CONSCIOUSNESS
(Bunny's been listening
to Eckhart
Tolle)
24" x 18"
$150
Ingredients: a bunch of stuff from here and there
and hay baling chord from the road; hinges from the YV swap meet;
shiny rhinestones in the butterflies from a broken cross from
the Humane Society thrift store in YV, love from
Shari
SOLD (thank
you Cindy Rosenburg in Marina Del Rey, CA)
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REMEMBER TO PLAY EVERY DAY
14" x 18" $300
Ingredients: Board from out at the yard at the cabin; dominos
from the Evangelical Free Churches rummage sale in Yucca Valley;
pieces of wood from Ramona Otto; all that other stuff is from
Kerrie Howell in Seattle, thank you Kerrie!, love
from Shari
SOLD (thank
you David Garner at Chong
Partners architects in San Leandro, CA. they specialize
in using recycled materials in their projects)
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IT'S A NICE DAY FOR A PICNIC
24" x 18"
Ingredients: painting from a thrift store in Joshua
Tree; other stuff from here and there, love from
Shari
SOLD (thank
you Randy Polumbo and Nico
in New York City)
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HONEY I'M HOME
10" x 14" $200
Ingredients: Painting from a dumpster in Ocean Grove,
NJ last month (thank's to Craig Russell for his help in excavating
about 20 of these canvases from that construction dumpster); scraps
of wood and broomsticks from my great collection; rocks came with
the cabin and came from the Earth; my old spa sandal; puka shells
from a necklace from some sale; wire from the road; glitter from
a swap meet in Kansas City; all that other stuff is from Kerrie
Howell in Seattle, thank you Kerrie!, love from
Shari, love from Shari, yes this one is signed twice for
extra value!
SOLD
(thanks Curlin Sullivan in Austin, TX)
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BE STILL
AND KNOW I AM DOG
20" x 24" $165
Ingredients: Frame from the Yucca Valley Swap
Meet; painting from the Boys and Girls Club Thrift Store in Yucca
Valley; wood from the yard; cap from those little glues we used
at the LA Zoo's Earth Fest art making booth; puka shells from
some sale, love from Shari
SOLD
(thank you David Garner in San Leandro, CA)
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IT'S FUN TO DANCE IN FRANCE
11" x 15" $145
Ingredients: Card board picture, handle from the cutting board
above and plastic things from from the Evangelical Free Church
Rummage Sale last month; things I found on the ground; broken
silver ware tray; old leg cap from my mini trampoline; old sock
hangers; nails from some old wood, love from Shari
SOLD (Thank
you Maggie Ellis in Los Angeles)
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ME, YOU AND THE BEE CAT FAIRY
7" x 9" $130
Ingredients: Crafty wooden heart and measuring spoons from
the Evangelical Free Church in Yucca Valley's rummage sale; old
wash cloth/painting cloth; threads from Kim Pitzer in AZ; cork
from Joanne Licardo; old nails from some old wood; fake fur from
Suzanne Jenkins, love from Shari
SOLD (thank
you Mike Berkley, WFMU listener!)
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AND NOW HERE'S BOB
24" x 27" $250
Ingredients: Board on which someone (Bob?) had painted
"King Bob" on, stay tuned for what I do to the "King"
part of the board; wooden "frame" from the side
of the road somewhere, I'm sure; jewels from Ramona Otto of Santa
Monica, Marcia Heifner of NY, Kerrie Howell of Seattle and Stephanie
Walker of Joshua Tree; neon plastic 6" rulers from Suzanne
Jenkins of Maryland, love from Shari
SOLD (thank
you Jan Dykema in Napa Valley, CA)
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FUNNY BOY
12" x 9" $120
Ingredients: Old cutting board, door stop and
paint stirring stick from the Evangelical Free Churches rummage
sale last month; scraps of wood from my great collection of those;
water bottle caps; my old sock hanger; poker chips from the ground
by the Boys and Girls club thrift store in Yucca Valley, CA,
love from Shari
SOLD (Thank
you Christine Myung in Medford, MA)
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KITTY CAT RELAXING ON
THE SEA OF GLITTER
14" x 19"
$160
Ingredients: Board from Barr Lumber in Yucca Valley; frame from
a thrift store in the same town; marquee letters from Brady Vest
from Kansas City; Scrabble letters from Nichole Fromm; shiny plastic
letters from Jenny Fillius in Seattle; fish and glass pieces from
a Canadian "snowbird" couple at the Yucca Valley swap
meet this Saturday; other stuff from my greatly reduced collection
of stuff; bottle caps from Trader Joe's orange juice, love
from Shari
SOLD (thank
you Dava Waite in Sherman Oaks, CA)
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BE STILL AND KNOW I AM DOG
20" x 18" $160
Ingredients: Scrap wood and board from around the cabin;
beads and broken glass from the Yucca Valley Swap meet; nose rubber
thingy I found on the ground; "tree branches" from a
local thrift store; Scrabble tiles from a Scrabble game I got
at some sale and then forgot to look at a box in the garage that
got rained on and they got all weird but I kind of like what happened
to them now; buttons from Suzanne Jenkins, love from Shari
SOLD
(thank you Julie Owens in Walla Walla, Washington!)
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