Gemma loves purple. I love how she put her little shari elf horse on her big purple wall!

Kathy Barta of Yucca VAlley, Calif, with "miss kitty"

Constance Walsh of Pioneertown, Calif, with "roses are red, violets are blue, here are some flowers i got for you"

Extremo the Clown in Portland, ORegon on my summer of 2009 tour, with "the queen of everything"

Perry Hoffman and his husband Douglas Smith in Santa Barbara, CA with their doggies and their new elf ("dog with her clown") i had a very fun house concert at their house in july of 2009 and hope to be back this summer.

Three generations of ladies, Spicey, Corinne and Lauri and their visit to my cabin one lovely afternoon

Steve Winawer of Wonder Valley and Los Angeles with some pretty flowers I made for him.

Victoria Pearson with her welcome fishy

Sandy Crouse in Cincinnati, Ohio with her new "welcome to the bathroom" mermaid

Bruce Miller of Joshua Tree, Calif, with "welcome to paradise"

RELAX, DOG'S IN CHARGE

Nichole Fromm and JM in Madison, WI, with their very large Elf collection. picture by me on my big tour, summer of 2009

Lobby Lou's Lauren McGowen with her new mermaid. Lobby Lou's in going out of business, sadly, but i look forward to Lauren's next adventure.

the fabulous Randal Black and Michael Blackwell of Palm Springs with Rock Star glitter bunny and desert mermaids. (in Palm Greens vegetarian restaurant in Palm Springs, it's so good!)

Lelde Gilman from Portland, OR

Linda and Bob Bailey with their doggy in Morongo Valley, Calif, with "life in the slow lane"

Bonnie Brady down at Donation Creation, with "count your chickens", she bought this as a gift for her 2 live chickens, sort of. : )

Jesse Wiedel with "naked lady" and with some of his works at his show at Art Queen last year (the cold hard fiction of life)

Bingo and Jesse with some goofy little art works from my open studios in 2006.

Bobby Furst of Joshua Tree, Calif, with "here are some flowers for you" that's Ryan in the trailer with those heads made by Alicia Bay Laurel's mother and a very cool flower given to me by Jack Pierson.

Eva Fitts with her new queen of the sea.  Perry Hoffman started a facebook fan page for me and Eva joined and wrote on the wall that she was looking for a mermaid, and Joanne Licardo wrote a response that there was one on my website right now and Eva bought it immediatly, thank you, Eva. Eva is a firefighter!

Tobi Taboada of Yucca Valley bought a  birthday present for herself in the 2007 MBACC Open Studios.

Susan Sarris (right) and her mother.  Susan has one of the biggest Elf collections of all and you can see a lot of them in her dog grooming store in La Jolla, CA. 

Here are the beautiful O'Neil girls, Deirdre O'Neil with her girls and "Cat in the Yard" They have quite an Elf collection spread throughtout their lovely Santa Monica home.

Hans Riecke and I on Maui with just a few of his large collection of Elfs.  My family grew up next to the Rieckes on Maui, what a blessing to have this wonderful German family for neighbors. 

Hans and I with Ladies taking over the world

Lovely couple, I'm sorry I forgot their names, who took this Greetings Fish home with them from the Open Studios 2006.

Mother and son buying some fishies from Open Studios 2006 in Joshua Tree at my studio at Art Queen.

Ellen and Todd Sweeney of Kansas City.   And that goofball Carolyn Fredrick on that electric scooter she traded for the "remember to play every day dog."

Those wacky Kilroys from Santa Monica!  Dr. Bob with baseball lamp shade on his head. 

Andrea Broszio in Germany sent this picture of her bunny ready for a hug from the glitter bunny.

And Daisy in New York, daughter of Jane Krolik with Toots and Jokey and Dog is Everywhere art piece, a gift for their veterinary. 

Nico, Randy Polumbo, and Janet (Betty) from New York City.     Lippy.

Brian, Cheryl and Lily from Los Angeles, who are also desert neighbors on the weekends, with "Miss Write" which Cheryl keeps with her in her writing trailer--every girl needs a writing trailer, mermaid and Lily with "I know I can."

Finally, (if somewhat incognito) pictures of the famous Susan Kuhlman with just a small collection of her extensive collection of Shari Elf dogs and "Bert Bird of Glamour."

Hannah Rose with the Great Wall of Fishies in Tybee, and Andy, Hannah Rose and Shelley down at Ten Women Gallery adding to their great collection.  Hey, I think I know where that fishie will end up!

Bunny, Shelly, Hannah Rose and Andy Ryan at the Santa Monica Airport Flea Market     And Hannah with Star Fishie (see him swimming with a bunch of his friends above!)

Paul Sweeney, Rusty and Echo down at Ten Women Gallery, with their new works "Remember to Play Every Day", "Dog Bless America" and "Mr. Right Now."    And to the right, the charming Terri Ford "The Glory of the Continent"   quote from miss Glory, "I am very proud of myself. I have just figured out the plural of pope. It is potpourri."

Harriet Ratner visited me down at Ten Women Gallery awhile back.  Harriet has quite a collection of my works and added some more on this day. 

Carole Jo Bradley from Kansas City with Milton the Cat in my studio and "I'm so very Fabulous"