Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas covering various found objects. gold metal strip frame

Ceramic vase with sycamore leaf imprint and linen texture. Over the past few years, I have discovered a true passion in my life. I absolutely love to create beautiful works of art starting with a lump of clay. It took several years of playing with clay before I could call myself an artist. I now feel comfortable saying I am a ceramic artist. I have enjoyed giving pieces to family and friends and showing and selling my work at various galleries and shows in the Kansas City area. Tranquility was created using a speckled buff clay and finished with a dark green glazing technique that reveals and accentuates the details of the leaf. The inside of the vase is glossy green. The back of the vase has a different sycamore leaf imprint. Many of my pottery pieces are inspired by nature and leaves have continually been a favorite subject. I pick up leaves in my back yard or when hiking and press them into clay to preserve their beauty. I use each leaf only once. The vase is waterproof and food safe. The size is 5.5x6.5x2.5 inches. IMG_2467.

Ceramic bowl with crocheted doily imprint. Over the past few years, I have discovered a true passion in my life. I absolutely love to create beautiful works of art starting with a lump of clay. It took several years of playing with clay before I could call myself an artist. I now feel comfortable saying I am a ceramic artist. I have enjoyed giving pieces to family and friends and showing and selling my work at various galleries and shows in the Kansas City area. Serenity was created using a crocheted doily made by Eva Wiebelhaus, my sister-in-law’s mother. The bowl was made using white stoneware clay and was finished with a glaze that accentuates the texture and details of the doily. The inside of the bowl is glazed sapphire blue. The outside is glazed glossy black. I press a doily into a slab of clay and carefully cut around each shape before forming it. The doily is removed and can be washed or reused without harm. Each crocheted doily is unique and each piece of pottery I create is one-of-a-kind as well. The bowl is food, microwave and dishwasher safe. The size is 14x14x2 inches. IMG_2461.

Found Object Driftwood

Two happy Goldens.

Pastel of a big wave. Excitement!

These two loving penguins are the epitome of commitment! The penguins were created on the top layer of this two-layer piece using glass powders. The bottom layer is an enamel wash of blues, purples, and white and was fired separately before the two layers were full fused together. The glass piece measures 9" x 9" and is set into a 14" x 14" white frame.

Acrylic collage

Water color on paper

mixed media collage on board, abstract landscape

Watercolor on paper

Acrylic and watercolor collage on paper.

Watercolor on paper

Fused glass landscape with wooden stand

Fused glass landscape with wood stand.

She is a survivor. She is reborn. She has the freedom to think. She will tell her story.

matted and framed to 16 x 14"

Black and white photo of the underside of the famous Nelson Atkins Museum Shuttlecock

This still life was painted realistically but has a surreal feeling to the subject matter and arrangement. The shadows form a complex, abstract shape punctuated by bright bits of color. The dinosaurs and snakes have come alive. Invading all the candy>

Dye on silk using wet into wet technique.

Caption: Entering the Stage of Life was scary and took courage, still does.

Caption: I learned how to focus in the middle of all the chaos around me.,

Caption: I found out I can engage by believing and trusting in myself.

Dancing with life, with the moments in order to resignify the moments.

A bus full of celebrating women on tour stop at the reflecting pool at the Nelson Atkins Museum and line up for a photo.

acrylic on canvas 2022

Woven 1/4 inch wide painted paper strips.

Cut paper collage showing unity of mother and child

ink on handmade paper mounted on a birch panel

ink on handmade paper mounted on a birch panel

Imaginary flowers against a turquoise blue background.

Oversized handwoven tapestry on wooden rod features deconstructed fabric and clothing woven into baling twine.

Handwoven wall hanging on wooden rod features side-by-side panels of natural colors of the four seasons.

Freshly fallen snow across the Loose Park Lake Bridge.

Left behind to greet me in the morning on Carmel Beach. Museum grade printing on lightly textured water color paper. White mat, carved brown wood frame, no glass.

This diorama depicts one of the many clandestine approaches used in the U.S. to conceal ICBM missiles. What might be hiding in your walls?

This is just a fun piece based on the iconic VW Type 1 beetle car.

Remember your biology lesson – What’s in your ear? Stirrup, Anvil and Hammer.

A compilation of scraps. Reminders of friendships and bygone years.

A new and most pleasant discovery!

Abyss

Early morning watercolor sketch of our tent, set high in the Rockies at Frisco CO. It had rained during the night and most everything was wet, with a foggy mist still heavy in the air. The aspens were aglow! There was a very vocal crow in our camp, so I painted him in as part of the story. Material is watercolor and ink on 140lb hot press watercolor paper.

Grand Canyon rafting on the Colorado River

Watercolor/Collage

Watercolor/Collage

Abstract mixed media Gallery wrapped canvas

Pen and ink liquid acrylic on Bristol paper

View of fishing boats at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco

Before rehearsal.

Plein Air piece of celebration.

Self portrait

acrylic on board mounted on panel 2022

Acrylic on canvas board mounted on panel 2022

Ink drawing in progress by Jose Faus

Baseball cards on wood with Acrylic.

Baseball cards on wood with Acrylic.

Baseball cards on wood with Acrylic.

Baseball cards on wood with Acrylic.

Abstract acrylic painting in blue, gold and white tones with textural effects

Thinking of decisions and paths life took or could have taken. Water color with ink and gold enamel

Sketch painted while looking at woods behind house.

I took this picture during an autumn snowstorm, thus the light colored streaks flying across the scene and the beautiful color of the remaining leaves. I decided to change the picture into a black & white except for the tree. I wanted the tree to stand out and help tell my story that we can almost always find something positive even in challenging and undesirable situations.

Abstract acrylic painting in blue, gold and white tones

Girl with floral background and 3-D butterflies

Mixed media collage painting on paper mounted on wood panel.

Enjoy the colors and detail in this happy flower photo

Abstract city scene created with brush and palette knife

Beautiful handmade Lampwork hollow Beads. Made by me in my studio. They each have handmade bead caps. The beads are etched for a stone like appearance. The extra beads are stones. The clasp is sterling silver and is a hook.

Ink and watercolor painting on handmade cotton paper of the native coneflowers and chicory blooming along the Flint Hills Nature Trail, eastern side.

Ink and watercolor plein air painting of a bee as she visits my grandmother's peonies in my garden. Painted on handmade paper and framed floating between glass.

This is a mono plate acrylic on paper. It is matted and framed total size: 12"x 16"

This is a resin and acrylic painting on canvas.

Acrylic and Ink on watercolor paper. Framed and matted size: 27" x 37"

This mosaic lights up a room with its fused glass flowers and jar.

In this mosaic a pair of wrens discover each other in the fused glass treetops.

Experience the thrill. Giclees print glassed and framed.

Plein Air Painting at Penn Valley Park

Fly over view of trees on patches of land. Oil on canvas board.

Tourists waiting in line to purchase tickets for a harbor tour on AJ's Boat. Destin, FL at the Boardwalk.

One evening as I was on my back deck I looked up to see the most contrails I had ever seen in my life. I guess that's why they call this "Fly Over Country." Since Kansas is my home, I seldom fly over it myself. I have incorporated photos printed on fabric with other patchwork, enhancing it with golden beads to represent fireflies, and barely seen black beads to represent the chiggers that also make their home in my yard in the summertime.

This take-off of a traditional quilt pattern contrasts the bright flowers of spring and summer with the equally bright crystals of winter snows covering them in a white blanket. My inspiration was the poem, "Levelers" by Myron Dunavan.

Yarn basket.

Lemon sitting on a napkin in early morning light.

Wonderful light on a neighbor's hollyhocks. Painted en plein air.

Zebras make a beautiful geometric image when they stand crossing shoulders. I took this image and simply applied imagination to determine colors and patterns.

Above view painting of the artwork "Growth Mindset" during creation with the artist brushes, paint palette, coffee mug, and a frame.

Cut paper collage

Green background with orange flower in the center. Fiber and beads

acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas

Acrylic abstract on gallery wrapped canvas

Acrylic abstract on gallery wrapped canvas

I have been teaching art for almost two decades, including the likes of Kindergarten through 12th grade and even at the college level. My students can attest that I do not let them waste anything. I am constantly spraying down paint with water to keep it usable, picking objects off the floor and keeping articles that others might find useless. It is also common to see me digging in the trash because “I...can use this for something.” Through this, I have been collecting discarded materials that I feel could be used within my art. My artwork is built one layer at a time. Although my theme is aimed at portraying the various emotions the heart can experience; when I begin a piece, I do not have an image of what the end result might be. I incorporate what I am feeling into the materials I have found on my scavenger encounters. I had always despised the symbol of the heart. To me, it represented something that everyone knows how to draw, and a sappy feeling of love…uggghhhh!!! I thought, “Real artists don’t use hearts, or any symbols for that matter.” The year 2007, I went through an incredibly tumultuous time in my life. The result, I literally “felt” the spectrum of emotions my heart endured. This phenomenon led me to redefine what I thought the “heart” represented. My series “Junk of the Heart” represents all the junk, or emotions, that can be endured and what we choose “do” with them. The product is a metaphor for how the "junk" of our hearts can be transformed and reinvented into art.

I have been teaching art for almost two decades, including the likes of Kindergarten through 12th grade and even at the college level. My students can attest that I do not let them waste anything. I am constantly spraying down paint with water to keep it usable, picking objects off the floor and keeping articles that others might find useless. It is also common to see me digging in the trash because “I...can use this for something.” Through this, I have been collecting discarded materials that I feel could be used within my art. My artwork is built one layer at a time. Although my theme is aimed at portraying the various emotions the heart can experience; when I begin a piece, I do not have an image of what the end result might be. I incorporate what I am feeling into the materials I have found on my scavenger encounters. I had always despised the symbol of the heart. To me, it represented something that everyone knows how to draw, and a sappy feeling of love…uggghhhh!!! I thought, “Real artists don’t use hearts, or any symbols for that matter.” The year 2007, I went through an incredibly tumultuous time in my life. The result, I literally “felt” the spectrum of emotions my heart endured. This phenomenon led me to redefine what I thought the “heart” represented. My series “Junk of the Heart” represents all the junk, or emotions, that can be endured and what we choose “do” with them. The product is a metaphor for how the "junk" of our hearts can be transformed and reinvented into art.

I have been teaching art for almost two decades, including the likes of Kindergarten through 12th grade and even at the college level. My students can attest that I do not let them waste anything. I am constantly spraying down paint with water to keep it usable, picking objects off the floor and keeping articles that others might find useless. It is also common to see me digging in the trash because “I...can use this for something.” Through this, I have been collecting discarded materials that I feel could be used within my art. My artwork is built one layer at a time. Although my theme is aimed at portraying the various emotions the heart can experience; when I begin a piece, I do not have an image of what the end result might be. I incorporate what I am feeling into the materials I have found on my scavenger encounters. I had always despised the symbol of the heart. To me, it represented something that everyone knows how to draw, and a sappy feeling of love…uggghhhh!!! I thought, “Real artists don’t use hearts, or any symbols for that matter.” The year 2007, I went through an incredibly tumultuous time in my life. The result, I literally “felt” the spectrum of emotions my heart endured. This phenomenon led me to redefine what I thought the “heart” represented. My series “Junk of the Heart” represents all the junk, or emotions, that can be endured and what we choose “do” with them. The product is a metaphor for how the "junk" of our hearts can be transformed and reinvented into art.

This is an AWFUL photograph of this beautiful oil on canvas. The application is gritty, which brings the viewer into the painting, but creates a grainy photograph. I promise you, the actual painting is quite enticing. It is a 8X10, framed oil. I was hoping to convey loneliness and possibly conflict for the viewer.

I would like this landscape to entice the viewer to walk the path, past the tree, to discover where hidden beauty awaits the traveler. I hope BEGINNING OF MY JOURNEY talks to you.

Acrylic on a 24X36X1 1/2" gallery canvas, sides painted. Ready to be hung. I want to bring there observer's eye to the river in the background, and the mountains in the background while visually enjoying the foreground.

Life under the Sea

Three recognizable flowers. Daisies Iris and Queen Ann’s Lace All favorites. The rest is filler That’s how you make a bouquet and that’s how you make a garden.Things you love and some fillers.

Watercolor collage

Watercolor Collage

Gecko laughing.

Boy on playground beside seashore, New Smyrna Beach

Stoneware Ceramic vase

Porcelain vase

“Dolphins reveal the mystery, I am the wave, the wave is me. I surrender my heart in an ocean of we.” -Angela L. Chostner

Baddha Konãsana is a large scale abstract painting titled after the butterfly pose in hatha and modern yoga. Created with palette knives and non traditional tools, this large scale abstract expressionist work is influenced by Hennick’s meditation and yoga practice. A 48″ x 36″ large scale acrylic painting on gallery canvas installed in a white floating frame. This painting was completed in 2021.

A framed 12″ x 12″ acrylic painting on birch panel. Focused Dhyāna #3 is one of eight in a series of abstract paintings created with palette knives and non traditional tools. These abstract works are inspired by the different styles of meditation. The Dhyāna Series was created in 2021 and cut from the same birch panel board.

Oil on board.

Oil on board.

This abstracted painting was painted with a palette knife wet into wet. It/s full of juicy textures and vibrant colors, that swoop and dance across the canvas.

The forest is alive with the sweep of colors and shapes. Standing tall the aspens reach upward so that they have a bird's eye of the world below. This painting has been created almost entirely with a palette knife using acrylic paint, gels and modeling paste. A touch of collage adds greater dimension.

Tulips bent by snow but will recover.

Needle felted wool with ribbon and bead embellishments.

Needle felted wool with ribbon and bead embellishments.

Mixed Media on Canvas

Digital black and white print on cardstock paper.

Digital print on cardstock paper.

The discovery that nature has already created everything in the most unique and beautiful way.

We often believe the grass is greener on the other side when maybe we don't see every detail on the other side.

Digital print on cardstock paper.

Digital print on cardstock paper.

This is a collage on a stretched canvas featuring magazine and book clippings, old maps and ephemera.

This is a framed collage using ephemera, and books.

Fledging is a representation of renewal, of letting go of what is to become what can be. To let go of the familiar, take that leap from the rutted nest to accept the challenges and experiences of the unknown. Allow the ebbs and flows of a creative life support you as you move and grow.

A pop art illustration of the lead singer from that band from Dublin - U2. Printed on high gloss metal.

The heart of KC mixed media collage. My 2022 Red Friday edition. Presented on wrapped canvas giclee

This waterlily is innocence, purity, fertility, pleasure, celebration, hope, rebirth, wellness, and peace.

A tree, woody plant that regularly renews its growth every year. Tall and steady.

A path in Schooners Beach State park, Northern California.

A hidden beach in Kauai Hawaii.

Glass art sculpture depicting the shining, sparkling paths we can dream of and take. Artistic Process: The glass background is black and then is layered with red glass organic paths, along with designs of various dichroic glass. The glass stand is kilnformed into a shape to support the sculpture with coldworking to ensure the bottom is level and sturdy.

Janis Jopplin

Cheerful painting of sunflowers in a blue canning jar and fruit.

Abstract tiles with leaf

Abstract tiles with leaf

Abstract tiles with leaf