This was a commission piece for a detailed flamingo on a tagua nut. It will be drilled and strung as a pendant to wear.

Pyrography and acrylic on tagua, actual size 1 1/4" x 2"

Pyrography and acrylic on tagua, pictured larger than actual size.

A gift for Ravynwolf, who is a really cool chica :)

Gift for a friend, who has a black jaguar for an avatar. He's an amazing bass player, so I took a few small liberties with the design

Sumi and india ink on watercolor paper. 9x12"
It's not reddish in the original, and the white isn't so glaring.

A commission for my "Heron Dance" Image on a custom shield. I made the shield myself, it's on the high end of sizes I can make right now, at 18" in diameter.

These shields have a surprisingly good tone to them, which I found out by accident, and actually would work well as flat hand-drums. They aren't very loud, but are very deep and rythmic. Good for traveling, too, because they are so flat!

Custom work a specialty! www.foxloft.com

Plugging away at commission work!
This is a dragon shield that I made and painted. Sorry about the photo glare, my camera is on its last legs.

The feathers are amazon parrot feathers, the shield and leather are deer rawhide.

Pryrography and acrylic on tagua, actual size 1 1/2" x 2"

Owls, especially great horned owls, are really special to me. Something pushed me to get this done, and so I did.

This painting is on a 12" diameter drum, deer hide over a pine frame.

I was playing around with the horse silhoutte that I made for the 'Aquarelle' series that I did, and I decided to use it to make a few 'painted ponies' on drums.
This drum is for sale, and will be up soon on my online store.

I do custom drum work and have more drums up on my site: http://www.foxloft.com/store/drums

This painting is on a 13" diameter drum, elk hide over a stained pine frame.

I was playing around with the horse silhoutte that I made for the 'Aquarelle' series that I did, and I decided to use it to make a few 'painted ponies' on drums.
This drum is for sale, and will be up soon on my online store.

I do custom drum work and have more drums up on my site: http://www.foxloft.com/Store/Drums/

These are hand made / hand painted drums, elk hide over pine frames. Both are 15" in diameter, and a detail shot of the painting can be seen here:
http://www.foxloft.com/Artimages/blhaidahorseweb.jpg

A limited edition run of these drums will be available via my website. Link:
http://www.foxloft.com/Store/Drums/LimitedEdition/

Pyrography and acrylic on tagua.

Original is 1 1/2"x2", less than half the size of the image on the screen. It's much more detailed in person, it's very hard to get a good capture of these.
This was a commission piece for the winner of my custom pendant auction on Furbid. I do offer custom tagua pendants for sale, email me if you are interested!

Pyrography on tagua, shown roughly twice actual size.

This was a custom glyph of a giraffe, burned onto a tagua pendant. I have added seven brand new glyphs to my glyph page, go take a look!


http://www.foxloft.com/store/jewelry/taguapendants and click on GLYPH IMAGES!

20"x26", handmade papers.

Aquarelle translates roughly to painting with water, specifically the process of or result of using thin, transparent washes of watercolor. It is also often associated with the famous (and very wonderful to work with) brand of paper of the same name. I really was going for an odd, water-reminiscent washed look with this, but more bold and stylized, so I thought it was a fitting title

I've never done a project like this, but I was greatly inspired to play with it. I have a small series I am doing in different colors.

This custom piece is a small shield inspired wall hanging. I hand-wrapped the hoop with buckskin leather and then stretched and laced a small rawhide circle for the middle. The glyph is my squirrel glyph, and the entire thing is about nine inches in diameter.

I was itching to adorn this little shield with feathers and fringe, but the people who requested it have cats that they say would never leave it alone! So I shall have to make a few more to quell my urge to fuss with adornments.

I am happy to make custom shields (they make great gifts!), drop me an email if you are interested.

A stylized raptor glyph for my good friend Broketail (if you haven't seen his art, check it out, it rocks! www.broketail.com)

I took a lot of liberties with the anatomy to make it flow better. After all, he's dancing!

Pyrography and acrylic on tagua.

The image here is well over double the actual size of this piece. The colors (especially on the beak) are more muted and the white on the wing fades in better in the original.

Eagles are often seen as the supreme messenger, since they can fly higher than almost all other birds. During a storm, eagles will often lock their wings and fly above the clouds, riding out the weather high above what rages below. They are a powerful symbol for many cultures around the world.

I do custom tagua work, check out my website!

Acrylic on a peacock feather. Approx. 5"x7".

This piece was a challenge because I have never drawn frogs before (much less painted them) and working on a peacock feather was... difficult! Even with a good coating of acrylic fixative, the strands were very delicate and did not hesitate to split. But anyways, here it is, a little tree frog climbing on a peacock feather.

Original and prints are for sale, email me for details!

14"x18", watercolor and india ink.

I am fascinated with the idea of transformation, it is a constant inspiration I explore with a lot of my art. I think that is part of why I find myself so drawn to northwest coast native american art styles - their bold stylization covers a heavy theme of transformation and connection. Horses can fly without wings, they use the wings within.

Acrylic on a turkey feather, approx. 3"x8".

A chestnut mustang charges through a shallow stream, heading off alone into a bright, moonlight night.

I've been working on this piece for awhile, one of a few feather paintings I want to bring to the 2005 Rocky Mountain Horse Expo. I really love painting on feathers, and though I am new to it, I know it is going to be a lifelong love affair with this media.

Prints available! Email me if you are interested.

This detail shot is about twice the size of the actual piece.

**I have an auction up for a custom one of these! http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction.pl?xmiscfur&1108089328 **

The actual slice this is on is smaller than shown on screen by about 1/3. The slice itself is slightly curved, so the wolf does not really look so cross eyed/crooked, and the detailing is much softer and richer in person. I am working on trying to get good, accurate scans of these!
Pyrography and acrylic on tagua. Original is for sale, email me for details!

I currently have one of these *custom* pendants for sale!
http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction.pl?fursuit&1108089328

This ruffed lemur pendant is a gift for the wonderfully talented Kenket! (http://www.kenket.com) It is pyrography on a tagua slice, the original slice is smaller than what is shown on the screen here - about 1 1/2" x 2".

People kept asking for photos of people wearing my masks, so here's one!

This piece is coming with me to the FC 2005 art show. It took me months to make, and the collar alone (which is made of over 2000 individual glass and liquid gold beads) took me over 100 hours to make. If you are heading out to FC, I will have work in the show and space in the dealer's den, so stop by and say hi!

Pyrography on tagua.
The original of this is about 1 1/2x2 inches, and is much more detailed than this scan shows. The original pendant will be for sale in the FurtherConfusion 2005 art show!

(I also take custom pendant orders and have tagua pendants for sale on my website - www.foxloft.com/store/jewelry/taguapendants

Pyrography on tagua. The whole piece is smaller than shown, about 1 1/4x 2 inches total. The original (made into a pendant) will be for sale at the FurtherConfusion 2005 art show!

"Ponder"
16x20" acrylic and ink on illustration board.
This is my part of Kyoht's "Bump in the Night" portfolio that will be for sale at FC 2005. I had a lot of fun making this, though I am not altogether pleased how it turned out.

This was a commission piece, the image is painted on a 12" octagon-shaped deer hide drum.
The colors and painting are much softer and more vibrant in reality.

Heron is a symbol of patience and wisdom. Heron people are generally good orators and leaders, powerful speakers and good listeners. Heron medicine teaches people that good things are worth waiting for, when to speak and when to listen.

I tried my hand at carving one of my glyph images out of the end slice of a piece of tagua.
I still have free shipping on all my pendants until Dec. 18th, 2004!
http://www.foxloft.com/Store/Jewelry/TaguaPendants/

This is a custom painted drum commission for Ravynwolf. It is painted on a 12" deer hide drum. It has a really high, sweet tone to it, and it's a drum I have been holding onto for over a year, waiting to find it the right owner.
The symbolism of the spiral represents a path, one with a distinct beginning and end, but many curves along the way. It is a very personal-relating symbol. The horse represents strength (standing strong but moving forward), feminine energy, empathy, and emotional wisdom. The blue and water themes are just that; a symbol of life, rejuvination, healing, power, and comfort.
The real version is much more vibrant in color and detail :)

http://www.foxloft.com/Store/Jewelry/TaguaPendants/

**Free Shipping** pre-holiday for a very limited time (until Dec. 18th 2004!). Take advantage of this offer and get a unique hand-made gift for any animal lover you know (or yourself!)

I burn my designs onto tagua (vegetable ivory) by hand, every little line is made with a hot needle tool. There's more information available about tagua and these pendants through my site :)

This is a holiday card commission image that I am not happy with at all, but it needed to go to print today...so... here it is regardless!
11x18" watercolor and acrylic on watercolor paper.
"Season's Solstice"