One Quiet PieceSlow-made art and handmade objects
Gallery — 41 pieces

Pieces, projects, and small handmade stories.

Browse finished work, multi-image studies, and process projects. Each entry can hold a gallery, notes about materials, and images woven through the story.

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A vibrant oil self-portrait with glasses and a gold earring, framed by blue, pink, yellow, green, and black brushwork, with knitting needles and a ball of yarn below.

Profile in Pastels (Portrait)

Painting · Oil on Canvas

A vibrant oil self-portrait exploring sculptural color, needlework, and a newly bold signature.

Colorful modern self-portrait with a face in layered abstract shapes, a hand resting against the cheek, a bracelet, and a signed watch.

Refractions of Self (Portrait)

Painting · Oil on Canvas

A modern self-portrait in oil, using bold color and fragmented shapes to explore a familiar pose, favorite details, and a new way of seeing.

Coastal landscape with golden sand, blue water, distant gray mountains, and small sailboats beneath a pale blue sky.

Echoes of the Tide

Painting · Oil on canvas

An early-summer memory of a Seattle beach, where boats gathered quietly along the water beneath an open sky.

Yarn artwork with long tentacle-like strands in varied colors.

Wisteria Drift

Origami & Paper Art · Yarn

A yarn piece that stretches a tiny inspiration into longer tentacles and a brighter, more imaginative color palette.

Oil painting of white waterfalls flowing between mossy green rocks beneath a dark forest.

Whispering Falls

Painting · Oil on Canvas

A crisp, rain-softened memory of rushing water, reflected sky, and two neighboring falls.

Handmade yarn jellyfish with a striped red, green, yellow, and pink head, black bead eyes, a blue ruffle, and colorful curled strands.

Kaleidoscope Current

Origami & Paper Art · Yarn

A large handmade yarn jellyfish shaped over two weeks, with bright color changes that grew from the making process.

Oil painting of two abstract butterfly wings arranged in an inverted composition

Flicker of Flight

Painting · Oil on canvas

A butterfly-inspired oil painting about change, pattern, and seeing a form from more than one direction.

A group of crocheted seasonal figures and objects, including a rabbit, bee, pumpkins, snowmen, and a dinosaur.

The Gathering of Seasons

Textile Art · Yarn

A crocheted gathering of small seasonal pieces, from a spring rabbit to winter snowmen, each holding a different making memory.

Crocheted yarn bouquet with roses, lavender, and a daisy.

Perennial Harmony

Textile Art · Yarn

A crocheted birthday bouquet made over one month, with roses, lavender, and a daisy gathered for a very special gift.

An oil painting with luminous floral forms in pink, blue, and violet emerging from a dark background.

Midnight Bloom

Painting · Oil on Canvas

A moody oil painting where soft floral color gathers against a deep, midnight-dark ground.

Oil painting of two grebes swimming together on a lily pond, surrounded by green leaves and soft reflections

Grebes on the Lilly Pond

Painting · Oil on canvas

An oil painting inspired by a quiet summer walk at Cottage Lake Park and a pair of grebes moving together across the pond.

Colorful oil painting divided by textured golden lines, with mountains, a sunset over evergreen trees, abstract forms, and headphones.

Between the Golden Seams

Painting · Oil on Canvas

A first exploration of modern art, bringing together headphones, nearby mountains, glowing sunsets, and evergreen trees.

Oil painting of white daisies arranged in a round cobalt-blue vase on a pink tabletop.

Summer Bouquet

Painting · Oil on Canvas

A vacation memory becomes a bright oil painting of white daisies gathered in a cobalt-blue vase.

Oil painting combining everyday studio objects, a magnifying glass, travel imagery, and evergreen trees in an imaginative composition

Floating Narritives

Painting · Oil on canvas

An oil painting that turns studio boredom into an imaginative scene of everyday objects, travel memories, and Washington evergreens.

Oil painting of a golden autumn tree beside red farm barns, with fallen leaves scattered across pale snowy ground

Autumn Whisper

Painting · Oil on canvas

A quiet farm scene where a brilliant autumn tree glows beside red barns and the season's first pale snowfall.

Oil painting of a pale winding path surrounded by gold, orange, red, and green autumn trees beneath a blue sky

Golden Path

Painting · Oil on canvas

An autumn path glows beneath trees slowly turning from green to gold, orange, and red.

Oil painting of a winding blue river bordered by golden grasses and green trees beneath purple mountains

Reflections of Serenity

Painting · Oil on canvas

An oil landscape shaped by the memory of a quiet river, golden grasses, and distant mountains.

Oil painting of a golden autumn path lined with trees beneath a blue September sky.

Path to the September Sky

Painting · Oil on Canvas

An oil painting of an autumn path made before one last birthday-season walk beneath the September sky.

Colorful oil painting of two figures in patterned dresses reaching up to pick berries in a green field

Berry Picking

Painting · Oil on canvas

A joyful oil painting inspired by an artist's playful style, reimagined with bright color, lively patterns, and a personal twist.

Oil painting of a stream running under a viaduct between buildings.

Under the Viaduct

Painting · Oil on canvas

An oil painting of a quiet stream under a viaduct, made while practicing buildings, straight lines, and perspective.

Oil painting of red amaryllis blossoms with yellow centers against a softly blurred green background

Fever Bloom

Painting · Oil on canvas

A bright oil painting of red amaryllis blossoms, inspired by a front-yard flower that stood out among softer garden colors.

Handmade crocheted yarn hat created for Rainbow.

My Dog's Hat

Decorative Objects · Yarn

A crocheted yarn hat shaped for Rainbow during a road trip, finished by hand after an evening of careful fitting.

Oil painting of a glowing yellow-orange sunset over a green meadow, with a winding pale path and autumn trees

Autumn Sunset

Painting · Oil on canvas

My first oil painting, inspired by the warm light and quiet beauty of a nature trail at sunset.

Oil painting of pink and red flowers with yellow accents and dark green leaves

Blossoming Radiance

Painting · Oil on canvas

A floral oil painting built from a pencil sketch, with soft pink blossoms and deep green leaves.

Oil painting of pink and red roses with yellow flowers surrounded by dense green leaves

Rosy Symphony

Painting · Oil on canvas

A Mother's Day bouquet became the inspiration for this intimate oil painting, preserving a simple gift as a lasting memory.

Colored pencil drawing of a candle-like table with stars, planets, and orbiting lights above it.

The Cosmic Candle

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A whimsical candlelit scene where stars, planets, and orbiting color rise from a glowing table.

Colored pencil landscape of a cottage by a shoreline with trees, docks, rocks, and calm water.

Shoreline Serenity

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A lakeside cottage scene with soft trees, quiet docks, and still water gathered under a pale sky.

Colorful pencil drawing of birds moving through angular prismatic shapes and bright patterns.

Prismatic Ascent

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A vivid, prismatic composition of birds and angular color, full of motion, pattern, and upward energy.

Colored pencil drawing of colorful flowers arranged in a dark blue bowl on white paper.

Midnight Blooms

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A full floral arrangement glows from a dark blue bowl, balancing jewel-toned blossoms with quiet white space.

Colored pencil landscape with dramatic blue clouds, open fields, water, and a distant horizon.

Horizon's Breath

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A broad landscape of moving clouds, open fields, and reflective water breathing toward a far horizon.

Colored pencil drawing of orange and pink lilies with long green leaves.

Spring Lilies

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A lively bouquet of orange and pink lilies, drawn with layered petals and reaching green leaves.

Colored pencil drawing of pink flowers and green leaves arranged in a pale peach vase.

Pink Garden Vase

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A warm floral still life of pink blossoms gathered in a soft peach vase with fresh green leaves.

Colored pencil drawing of a small blue and white ceramic vase with a soft shadow.

Indigo Mountain Vase

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A small ceramic vase study with an indigo base, mountain-like white shapes, and a soft cast shadow.

Colored pencil drawing of a sailboat with white sails and a blue hull on quiet water.

White Sails at Rest

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A calm sailboat study where white sails and a blue hull sit against misty water and a pale sky.

Colored pencil landscape with pale golden trees, open fields, and a road fading into misty light.

Golden Morning Haze

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A quiet landscape of pale golden trees, open fields, and a road disappearing into soft morning light, drawn with tiny dashes of line as a way of trying a new style.

Colored pencil landscape of a garden path, trees, flowers, and a small figure among greenery.

Garden Path in Bloom

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A garden path curves through layered greenery, flowers, and a small figure tucked into the landscape.

Colored pencil landscape of a pale road through fields, tall trees, a moon, and distant blue hills.

Moonlit Country Road

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

An open country road leads through fields and tall trees under a pale moon and a distant blue ridge.

Colored pencil drawing of a round peach with pink and orange tones on white paper.

Soft Peach

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

My very first colored pencil artwork, inspired by a peach at home and shaped by a simple table-lamp shadow.

Whimsical colored pencil drawing with clouds, rainbows, small animals, fruit, and floating shapes.

Cloud Parade

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A playful colored pencil scene of drifting clouds, rainbows, animals, and tiny symbols moving through an imagined sky.

Colored pencil drawing of a small blue and cream teacup resting on white paper.

Little Blue Teacup

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A small blue teacup study that turns a borrowed classroom object into a quiet, characterful still life.

Colored pencil drawing of pink blossoms, green leaves, and red berry-like buds on white paper.

Blush Blossom Bough

Colored Pencil · Colored pencil on paper

A delicate colored pencil study of pink blossoms, green leaves, and berry-like buds on a quiet white page.