After visiting some wineries in Colorado last summer, we noticed all the "cutsie" sayings on various items for sale in the gift shop.  I jotted several down on my iPhone and this became the basis of this series.  The result was 32 pieces. #wineseries #mixedmedia  All are 12"X12" on canvas.

0 to naked in 1.5 bottles

age and glasses of wine should never be counted

don't cry over spilled milk...it could've been wine

drinking wine is not my habit...its my hobby

grape minds think alike

i am

republican

democrat

X having a glass of wine

I could be a morning person if my coffee maker brewed wine

just give me the wine and no one gets hurt

save water...drink wine

step aside water...this is a job for wine

the best wines are the ones we share with friends

wine a little...laugh a lot

  

wine is sunlight held together by water

wine is to women as duct tape is to men

it fixes everything

wine makes mommy clever

wine...because no great story every starts with a salad

wine...how classy people get wasted

you can judge with one sip but its better to be sure

we have too much wine...said no one ever

wine is the answer. but I forgot the question

first thing on my bucket list 

is to fill it with wine

jack handey quote

  

After visiting some wineries in Colorado last summer, we noticed all the "cutsie" sayings on various items for sale in the gift shop.  I jotted several down on my iPhone and this became the basis of this series.  Here is the first batch.  More to come.  #wineseries #mixedmedia  All are 12"X12" on canvas.

wine not??

got wine?

screw it!

is it wine-30 yet?

love the wine your're with

you had me at merlot

wine flies when you're having fun

wine a little, you'll feel better

the doctor says i need to drink more wine..

also i'm calling myself "the doctor" now

live simply, laugh often, wine a lot

i tried cooking with wine...after 3 glasses i forgot why i was in the kitchen

Borderline Series.
Today there are so many divisions between people based upon beliefs, experience, ideals, history.. .  These divisions have always existed but in the 21st centery they are exploited and hyped  and the gulf widens between us.
Joni Mitchell writes in her lyrics to "Borderline",
 "Every bristling shaft of pride
Church or nation
Team or tribe
Every notion we subscribe to
Is just a borderline."

Even though these lines create a separation between us....they can also become a path of commonality or compromise that we can travel along together.

This is the "series statement" for my most recent series.

 between love and hate

choose right

coping with conflict

defendant

everybody wins

for argument's sake

changing belief systems

it's complicated

lifeline

political wave

powerful knowledge

reach across the aisle

the end in mind

the front line

what the have nots have

"Smug in your jaded expertise
You scathe the wonder world
And you praise barbarity
In this illusionary place--
This scared hard-edged rat race
All liberty is laced with
Borderlines"   Joni Mitchell

Its been a while since I have posted....Have you missed me?
I am working on a new mixed media series on paper, some of which are posted below.  I am working on titles so they are pretty new. Each was started with crinkle packing as the first pass and layers of paint, drawing media, gesso.

COMMENTS welcome as always....