My Doll

Robot

One of My Favorites

This 25 inch stuffed fish is made from cotton and linen.

Wool Owl

Owl #4

Fish #2

Fish #2 measures 8.5". These pics are front and back.

Fish

Here are the two sides of fish #1 (14").

Owl #3

Take Two

Stuffed Owl

These photos are of the front and back

of 11" stuffed owl with hand quilting.

This particular owl is stuffed

with plastic bags.

Urban Fish

New Kiki

The Gulf

Well Good Evening

French Little Missy

I just listed my first print in my etsy shop.
The title is "French Little Missy".
This is a collage using one of my paintings of an
antique photograph.

Owl Ornaments

owl uprising

nervous energy

Not sure what these are going to be.... but I can't seem to stop sewing.

prints coming soon

At long last I am working with a printer in Dallas to reproduce some of my art. The small format prints will be sold in my etsy shop. I am excited! This is work I have not posted online.

a long summer

My husband's health is a major concern. Medical specialists are a 90 minute drive for us. With all the traveling and waiting, I keep my hands busy with a funky fabric art project.

nightfall, a page from my Sketchbook Project 2011

the boots are back

Sketchbook Project

My sketchbook arrived from the Brooklyn Art House. Now I need to fill it up and get it back to New York by January 15, 2011 as part of the Sketchbook Project. My theme is "Nighttime Stories".
I am a little disappointed that the paper in the sketchbook is so thin. I was planning to continue with collage work. This paper is a challenge.

....taking a break

Since Monday my husband has been in the hospital. Tomorrow he is suppose to come home. Not much ART happening around here.

Summer Reading

Green

Collage Play

magical Texas highways

Those Texas highways lead to creative thinking for me. I have planned out so many projects and paintings while riding across West Texas. Then again washing dishes often has the same effect on me ... just doesn't seem as magical.

Jim Klapchuk Drawing

Here is a detail from a drawing by Jim Klapchuk. The girl in this drawing is me in 1976 in Alaska. I thought this drawing was long lost.

Past Studio

A few years ago my studio was in my building on Main Street. When I sold the building many things went into storage. I have designated July as the month to sort through the stored items. The plan is to do a little each day. Here I am on day 4 and I have already found work that I had forgotten. This is actually fun.

Zodiaque

Small Format

I am working in a small format, either 8" X 10" or 5" X 7".
Yesterday I put the finishing touches on six new pieces.
I am so pleased that the work is coming together.

Pursuit of Success

"Success is going from one failure to the next without loss of enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill

Cindy Wills on The Arts Map

Cindy Wills on The Arts Map

card for a soldier

Postcard

received mail art

I document all mail art I receive on my IUOMA blog.

Mail Art Continues

Cards

Mail Art Postcard

International Union Of Mail Artists

The studio is organized with a work table for collage and another for painting. I haven't returned to painting yet. My interest in mail art has kept me busy with collage. Receiving little works of art in the mail is so fun!

returning to watercolor

I am looking back at watercolors from the 1990s before moving forward.

If I were....

If I were a month I’d be. . . March.
If I were a day I’d be. . . Thursday.
If I were a time of day I’d be. . . midnight.

If I were an animal I’d be. . . a gorilla.
If I were a bird I'd be. . . an owl.
If I were a pair of shoes I’d be. . . cowboy boots.

If I were a stone I’d be. . . a saphire.
If I were a tree I’d be. . . a mulberry so my leaves could feed silkworms.
If I were a flower I’d be. . . Queen Anne's lace.

If I were weather I’d be. . . a thunderstorm.
If I were an element I'd be. . . water.
If I were a car I'd be. . . a Jaguar.

If I were a color I'd be. . . blue gray.
If I were an emotion I’d be. . . joy.
If I were a gift I'd be. . . a pleasant surprise.

If I were a fruit I’d be. . . watermelon.
If I were an instrument I’d be. . . a mandolin.
If I were fabric I'd be. . . denim.

If I were a body part I’d be. . . hands.
If I were a facial expression I'd be. . . tears with laughter.
If I were a song I’d be. . . amplified.

If I were a sound I’d be. . . boot heels on a hardwood floor.
If I were a taste I’d be. . . fine chocolate.
If I were a scent I’d be. . . a flower shop.

Mail Art

I love mail art.
Do you have some to send?

PO Box 156
Turkey, TX, USA
79261

Working On It

the studio

The studio is undergoing spring re-organization which includes some furniture moving.

work table

Evolving

Front Covers- Journals 2 and 3

a little robot