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right:
based on the an old world bee skep.

sanctuary station
(encaustic painting)

tar paper shack, 2013, 7 x 5 x 5
 

basket,2009, ca 24 inches diameter
 

left:
halo of blackberry thorns

right:
archie, my little dog, and i found ourselves in a huge field of 8 foot high blackberries and stinging nettles. i kept going deeper and deeper thinking that i'd come out at my house eventually.
instead i got more and more tangled up and turned around. i had to keep falling over backwards to try to make a trail. this lasted 2 hours and when i finally broke through i was right back where i started.

head, 1993,12 x 7 x 4
 

briar house, 2007, 38 x 8 x 6
 

left:
randy q. always won the handwriting and drawing contest at harlan grade school.
this is how he drew horses in 1965.
he was my best friend.

painting, ca 2005

small figure, 2011
 

small figure, 2011
 

lil doctor, 2000, 30 x 13 x 13
 

balance, metal sculpture ca 2004
 

Several similar metal sculptures
were acquired by
Swedish Hospital
in Issaquah/Seattle. (< link)

fire insurance, metal sculpture ca 2004
 

metal sculpture ca 2004
 

little rabbit's fingers got
bitten by a human tot
the children come with tiny lips
floating by on wooden ships.
waiting there with bated breath
in the woods we watch for death

wait wait - hurry hurry, 1996, 33 x 13 x 7

rabbit Robinson, 1995, 20 x 12 x 2