16 x 20 mixed media on canvas board

How about the legal murder of Teri Shiavo?  Her husband, who had been living with and father children with another woman, was still allowed to starve her to death even though her parents wanted to care for her.  Women like Catherine Crier came to his defense. Why?

Women who used to be in the forefront of the movements to rid society of the idea that they were objects didn’t do the same for their children because they wanted control, which translated into the right to abortion?     Now they are isolating the women that need them the most to support them when they are battered and abused, raped and sodomized.

We are seeing that many women themselves have even become some of the worst victimizers of children; female teachers are having sex with boys in their charge, and partners with men in abuse and other crimes against other women. Their lack of compassion for each other is at an all time high. What has happened to our society that it throws our children and sisters into the mouths of men who entertain us or have power? Are we so greedy that we want nothing more than higher pay and better careers? Despite the sexual harassment laws, fight for equality, and other advancements that women fought for in the 70’s, the sexual and mortal safety of women and children has steadily declined.  Women may have reached higher incomes opportunities, yes, but what price have we paid? We didn’t need to give anything up in order to advance in careers, education, or business.  We just had to make better choices and demand better treatment. 

As I left the talks in the auditorium, I walked around the reception area and read the stories of victims that were posted on blacken life-sized silhouettes around the room.  There were silhouettes of women young and older, little children, babies, teenagers, and even a female perpetrator who had been killed later by her victim.  These stories and visual representations were so powerful that I struggled to keep back the tears.  I felt that I was in the real presence of these people and their sadness and tragedy pulsated around me. 

It is obvious that we need to continue to bring the awareness of this issue before the public, but we cannot pick and chose which forms of violence and abuse we will accept.  There is no hope to end abuse and the killing of women and children if we condone any degree of abuse and or killing to exist.  We are not silhouettes yet, but alive and have choices.  Let us not sell ourselves or our children down the river for some false ideas that we need to sacrifice to the god and goddess of death to live.  Remember we are all victims of violence and abuse when we allow it to happen to someone else.

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Little Bird Vase 6″ high, 3″ across opening, 18″ around the widest part of the body

This sweet little green vase has blue birds and moons adorning the circumference.  It has the look of ethnic  pottery form  a Mexican or Greek village, it is made of papier-mache and impregnated gauze.  It is light weight and can’t break even if it falls.  Painted with bright acrylic paints it can hold dry flowers or stand proudly empty to adorn any surface. If you would like to purchase it just click on

Knowing Lucas 8″ x 10″ collage

This collage was so much fun to make.  He is a miracle, and it is fascinating how just seeing his image ignites positive feelings in me like Christmas lights blinking on a tree, but this happens inside my heart.

Dragonflies papier-mache bowl 17″ across and slopes inward 6″

The dragopnfly is the symbol of deeper thought, dreaming, and going within and water is the sumbol of the subconsious.  This gorgious bowl speaks of the dark waters of the subconious where our dreams reside in the night and there are three dragonflies hover there as guides to take up there.