Hawaiian Birthday Gift

Sondra and John, Hand Painted Silk, 43 x72

This is my father John's gift to his friend Sondra. This birthday gift alludes to another gift to come - a cruise to Hawaii! The charicatures are my father's creations, which he asked me to put in a Hawaiian setting. You can see below the likeness he achieves!

Kitchen as Studio

Getting Creative in the Kitchen...a.k.a. When Food is Art
This is a 10 pound challah (braided egg bread) that I made for my niece Tracy's wedding this summer.

The lotus flower is a watercolor painting, the poppy is in acrylic. The pendants are just under one inch square.

A Couple More Pendants

These pendants are created with miniature watercolor paintings.

This Weekend

If you're in the Bay Area this weekend, please come and visit me at the "To Life!" Jewish Art Festival. I'll be showing my hand-painted silk tallitot, shawls, scarves, challah covers, even the new pendents I've posted here. There's more info at www.paloaltojcc.org/tolife.

More Wire-Wrapped Hand-Painted Pendants

What fun!

Wire-Wrapped Hand-Painted Pendants

Mini acrylic paintings are placed under glass tiles, and then wire wrapped in silver or gold with some cool beads. These are $30.00 each.

Even More Pendants....

World
Hand Painted Glass Pendants. Just under 1 inch square. $20.00

Pomo Peace Heart

More New Pendants

Koi

Eye
$20.00 each

Hand-Painted Glass Pendants

Purple Paisley

New creations! These are just under 1 inch square. They are teeny tiny paintings that have been applied to a glass tile, and are now nifty necklace pendants.

Chamsa

$20.00 each. Email me if you are interested.

Cat Eye

Chuppah, Part 6 - The Wedding!

The happy couple and their chuppah. Thank you Meryl and Mery's dad Steve for the photos! May you have a long, healthy, happy, joyous life together!

Chuppah, Part 5

The chuppah, at the end of the day!

Chuppah, Part 4

The next day, Meryl and Nick invited family and friends to complete the painting of the chuppah.

Chuppah, Part 3

The next day, we started in on the actual chuppah.

Chuppah, Part 2

Mery and Nick wanted to paint their own chuppah. So they came all the way from San Francisco, along with their friend Talya, to my studio in Southern California to do just that. Above, they are practicing applying "gutta," the resist material that will be the line work on the silk. And below, they are practicing painting on this small piece.

The Chuppah Happening, Part 1

Here are two sketches that I presented to Nick and Meryl, who asked me to design a chuppah for their wedding. They chose the top sketch.

New Custom Tallit

Willow Tree of Life Tallit, 22 x 72, Hand-Painted Silk
The corners contain the four elements - earth, fire, water, air

Watercolor Sketches from the Strawberry Music Festival

This is the main stage, also known as the Music Meadow, at the Strawberry Music Festival, which was this Memorial Day weekend.
Here's a sketch of Birch lake at Camp Mather, which is located just outside of Yosemite. What a beautiful place for a Bluegrass Music Festival! These are watercolor, 9 x 9.

Reception this Friday Evening

Studio 250 is exhibiting new works at the Tustin Area Senior Center. Please join us for the reception, this Friday evening from 7 to 9 pm.

Israel Expo

This is my booth at the Israel Expo which happened yesterday in Irvine. And in the booth is my trusty assistant, my husband Dave. Thank you Dave, for all your help!