Pangolin for Amy Tan, 6x9” stabilo

 

small bird sketches 6x9” pencil

Grackle drawings 6x9” stabilo, colored pencil

Hawk drawing 6x9” stabilo

Duck sugar bowl, 9x12”

I really hated this Michael’s class, the guy didn’t even send a ref. photo, so I used a tiny image.

Woodpecker drawings 6x9” stabilo, colored pencils, from my photos

Cave painting, pastel, oak desk, decoupage, assemblage

In-class demo, unfired clay turtle, fish, cup

 

Class demos, Emerson, 2018

Wee Celtic beasties for silk scarf design 8//15, Literrata link

Wee Celtic beasties for silk scarf design 8//15, Literrata link

Celtic knotwork drawings for silk scarf designs 8/15

Dragon, dye and gutta percha on silk habotai, Sharpie, 9.5" (painted in 2014, redone in 2015 for a banner)

 

No Egrets, 9 x12” colored pencil drawing, 2014,

No Egrets, colored pencil drawing, 2014, Literrata link

Lizard and Seal, 18 x 24", pastel, 2013

Back cover. I pitched ideas for a CPITS kid poetry book cover. Front cover.

 

Silk panels for quilt, 8 x 8”, International SPIN conference, New Mexico, 2005

Panels for a silk wall hanging for the 2005 international SPIN conference in New Mexico. It became a traveling exhibit. Last I heard it was in Oz. Mt St Helena, a coyote howling at the moon. A bluejay and a salmon, all totemic animals.9x9" habotai silk, dye and gutta. More here.

Celtic beasties on habotai silk hoops, 9.5”, 2002

Celtic beasties on silk 2, 2002, Literrata link

Celtic bird, ca. 2001, detail, 8”, Silk painting; dye & gutta

Celtic beasties on silk, 2001 4 x 6”

Celtic beasties on silk, 2001, Literrata link

clownfish, undated drawing ca 2000?

Celtic scarf, silk habotai, acrylic gutta, 12 x 60”, 2000

I made this Celtic scarf as a prop for finals in my MA MFA playwriting classes on monologue at San Francisco State University. Making the scarf went off without a hitch, after a lot of research, I banged the drawing out in about 45 minutes, and another hour or so for painting it with dye. The pin I was using to hold it in place, slid off during my monologue, and Justin Chinn dinged my performance for a costume fail. It was a monologue reading for fucksake. He was an absolutely horrid teacher, resting on recent theatrical accolades, and should never have been teaching. The class was a required waste of space. I called him on it. He gave me a C-minus for the class. I had worked hard in that class, so I fought the grade and won. But the A-minus dropped my entire MA/ MFA perfect GPA to 3.9. May he rot.

I also simultaneously used the St. Brigid scarf for a final in my Celtic studies class with Professor Dan Melia at UC Berkeley, I came to class dressed as the goddess/St. Brigid, so it must’ve been Imbolc, February, 1, 2000, as I began the poem in November of 1999. I made a halo of twelve candles (little battery operated Xmas lights) dressed in purple robes, a green Celtic cape, and kirtle with all her symbols attached to my costume, including a candle, an iron horseshoe, and a rubber chicken, I read a version of my poem monologue, and prepared a traditional Celtic feast for the class. Salmon, bread, and beer as she was the goddess of the hearth, bread making, and beer making. Dan sniggered and said you can’t bring alcohol to class, pocketed the Guinness for later. I got an A-plus. Sadly, I don’t have a clear in-focus photo of the scarf.

First version of the poem:
BRIGHID OF NAMES— A TRIPARTITE LIFE

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Book cover/prop of a hawk with Irish calligraphy, ca. 1999? Silk painting; dye & gutta, 9x12”

I needed to  illumine a binder for a poetry presentation, The writing is from An Tain Bó Cuailgne (I was translating it in order to learn Old Irish—quite possibly the hardest language I've ever attempted to study. Not many are conversant in Old Irish,)