i'm trying to figure out why someone would name their dog "sushi"...

unless of course its mother gave birth to it at sea in japan.

taking into account the dog was adopted in africa i don't know how that would apply....

mosaic

i have always liked to create things at the beach to leave behind for others to find.

i created this mosaic at Sandbridge today which measured 8X10.

i imagine some golden retriever 

will come along and deem it worthy of marking.

perhaps a curious sandpiper will scatter the shells while after a sand flea....

mills & wills*

The two owls fast asleep

Their names?

mills & wills

The origin of their names goes back to a birthday card i gave my mom when i was quite young. It had two teddy bears on the front that i chose names for and wrote beside each one.  Mills for her and Wills for me.  The names have stuck and are often used in address to one another.  I decided for my mom's birthday this year to create two owls, also named mills and wills.  I sculpted them out of clay and hand painted them. I then mounted them on a branch i found outside and super glued those suckers right on there.  No feathers were ruffled in the process. -crickets-        She absolutely loved the gift which obviously was my objective.  

t-shirts

I realize this post is quite overdue to say the least.

I've been dyeing and designing t-shirts lately just for my own amusement.

If anyone is interested in one let me know

aumenjq@gmail.com

ethereal baby

recent commission

mixed media- pencil, gouache, pastel, collage

this piece was for a lady in new york who wanted something a little

more "edgy" if you will.  if you are interested of having a portrait of your 

own little one floating above the clouds you can contact me at

aumenjq@gmail.com

Hisss/scrATCH

a recent commission piece...

mixed media- charcoal, watercolor, gouache, oil

Mrs.Hardy

Mrs. Hardy is Mrs. Hayes assistant.

Mrs. Hardy, averaging 50 yrs old and weighing in at "rotund" is grading papers.  She sports a short tight perm with gold hoop earrings big enough for a small bird to perch on.  She has a piercing look of concentration (with a dash of "oh no you deedn't" on her face) directed over her small square bifocals to her stack of papers below.  She sips her coffee with extra cream and sugar approximately every 55 seconds and then smacks her lips, which remain pursed.

My suspicion is that she probably enjoys shopping for jewelry on television and inviting her lady friends over for orange julius's and a game of mahjong on occasion.