Creating Heirloom Art using your Jewelry
When we lose a loved one we can get overwhelmed with the amount of items left behind. I love creating art using these personal momentos into something beautiful and tangible the family can view and enjoy.
The options are endless for what we can create.
Contact me and we can work together to create a piece that will last generations.
Chloe
This pup was just completed as a special request on October 2024. Her dog mom wanted a special pet portrait done of her beloved dog, Chloe.
Sketching the outline from several photographs of her in different angles, my goal was to accurately capture her as true to life as possible - using jewelry.
Chloe is a true beauty set on her 8x10in panel.
I took care to use pieces that conveyed the love and affection shared by her and her family.
Remembering a special pet
This cat was a special request - the jewelry was all artist provided. It's totally optional to provide your own jewelry to create your piece - sometimes the subject matter is all that matters.
When we lose our pet to the rainbow bridge sometimes the best thing for our heart is to commemorate our loved one's passing with something beautiful and with deep meaning.
I was honored to create this piece.
The 8x10in background was embellished with 24k gold paint double-mounted on a panel. My favorite piece is the playful kitty pendant just above her eye.
It just fit perfectly.
Angel on Vintage Mexican Pewter Frame
A special gift for a best friend, this was commissioned because her friend was a Red Cross nurse, and I included a Red Cross pin on the angel's long skirt.
The frame was a true find, a fantastic heavy pewter vintage frame that fit the angel beautifully.
My favorite addition to the angel is the little fluttering heart butterfly bouquet at her breast. I just love the ability to create in multiple dimensions with this medium! I like to think of this technique as painting with jewels!
This beauty was shipped to her new home as a surprise Christmas gift.
Yes, she absolutely loved it!
Jeweled Heart
This reverse-painted and bejeweled heart was a special commission as a gift to a newly wedded bride and groom, all the jewelry in this piece was artist-supplied.
The background was reverse-painted with a drip-pour-brush technique using iridescent paints on a clear acrylic panel. My goal as an artist was to create a shimmering vibrant background to give the piece magic and really make the heart pop.
My favorite piece is the brooch in the center of the heart, it actually opens and closes! Just one of the pieces I've been saving for just the right artwork.
Framed in a deep 9x11in shadowbox frame.
Love
A very special design, and a very popular request! I've made this style LOVE, more than a few times now, but each iteration is always complete;y different as the intention is always different each time I work.
This family commissioned two of these LOVE artworks, one for each sister utilizing their departed mom's jewelry.
The Mother heart pin at the base of the L is my favorite piece.
Framed in a 9x11in deep black shadowbox frame.
Love #2
The 2nd LOVE commission.
Created with the family's jewelry, the Mexican alpaca mother of pearl butterfly is the piece that made this beauty complete!
This one was also framed in a 9x11in deep black shadowbox frame.
Great Horned Owl
As an artist, there's a good deal of thought that goes into just which piece to place where. It should fit, of course, kind of like making a puzzle in reverse. Each selected piece should not only fill the space, but it should also tell a story.
The tiny porcelain flower at his breast, the pink rose pendant at his brow and the little wing to the side of his beak are all playing a part in the song of this piece.
The background panel was reverse-painted on a clear resin panel. I chose a drip effect with my colors to represent a vivid night sky.
This piece was framed in a black shadowbox frame.
Check back, as I continue adding my commissioned work on this page.
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Thank you for your interest in my work!
