Splotches And Drips

Pendants From Paintings

I am absolutely thrilled to announce my collaboration with Analiese Designs.  In conjunction with her Etsy Artist Series, artist/designer Rachel Yakubik is creating a series of pendants from select GALLERY ZOO ART paintings.  What better way for me to merge my passions for painting and jewelry…(continue reading)

Jewelry, Painting...Painting, Jewelry

Uggh!  It seems as if it has been ages since I have posted a new painting, though it has only been several weeks.  In all this time, I have steadily been re-stocking my jewelry inventory and also starting an art/jewelry collaboration with another designer, which I will be announcing soon ;o) …(continue reading)

Sweet Success

After a delightful rash of sales at my first private Garden/Art Party earlier this week, I am pleased to say that I am in the midst of one of my favorite pastimes--shopping for new jewelry materials!  My jewelry stock is a bit low in my Etsy shop--now I will be hunkering down with cups of coffee…(continue reading)

Spirit Bird

  "Spirit Bird" was not created so much from inspiration as from compulsion.  As I was drifting off to sleep a couple nights back, an image of colors came to mind:  earth tones of greens, browns, and white, similar to some jasper stones I had been working with on a jewelry piece. …(continue reading)

Featured in FoundHandmade.com

My latest jewelry piece, Enlightenment Necklace, is featured in a blog on FoundHandmade.com.  Please stop by and check them out.  It is always such a pleasant surprise to be featured on someone else's blog! …(continue reading)