When I saw this vintage rabbit mold in an antique store, I knew I had to try my hand a making some chocolate rabbits for Easter. I melted down Ghirarhdelli dark chocolate wafers (24 wafers per rabbit) and made 6 rabbits. They turned out really well! I decided to […]
Creative Projects
Candy Corn Queen 2022
Inspired by the radiant women of Cartagena, Colombia, this year’s queen was created by quilling paper on an orange paint chip and adding hand-molded polymer clay accents. She is the tiniest queen in the line-up so far, measuring only 3 and 1/2″ tall. Thanks for stopping by and have a […]
Peace Child
Miniature Nativity/Mixed Media/Photography Recently, I was inspired by a photo of a nativity scene so tiny that it fit inside a bottle cap. I set out to sculpt my own this Christmas season. Forgive the unsightly Band-Aid; I’m always wounding myself in the process of creativity! I used Sculpey clay […]
Candy Corn Queen 2019
In the style of Czech artist, Alphonse Mucha, this year’s Candy Corn Queen dons Art Nouveau fashion. Here’s my black outline of the preliminary drawing. Feel free to print it out and color it in your own style~ Thanks for stopping by~ Scarlett
Allegory in Art
Helping Children Bridge the Fact/Value Split This painting is part of the beautiful collection of Dutch golden-age paintings at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. Not only is it lovely, it’s allegorical. Allegorical paintings are my favorite pieces in any museum. They do something daring! They bridge the chasm […]
On Peaches and People
I’ve been drawing peaches lately and pondering universals. Long ago, the Greek philosopher, Plato, set forth his idea of the ‘forms’. He hypothesized each thing in our physical world had an abstract essence or quiddity (the what-ness of a thing). Using the triangle, he said that the essence of triangularity […]
Dreams of the Unborn I
I was at the state capitol yesterday witnessing the historic hearing of HB896, a bill to abolish abortion in Texas. Conversations echoed throughout every corridor: talk of constitutions, equal protection, and supremacy clauses. There were attorneys and gradmothers, ranchers and doctors, educators and families of all sizes, gathered to support […]
“NY Infanticide”, The Loss of Human Value
“Without God, there is no foundation for human value.” As New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed legislation on Tuesday, January 22nd allowing infants to be killed up the moment of their birth, he demonstrated the truth of this statement. The new law gives us a clear idea of what the logical […]
The Theanthropic Embryo
Christianity has inspired artists the world over with its transcendent truths: Realities that render words inadequate. One such reality concerns the baby born in Bethlehem roughly two thousand years ago. During the Christmas season, we sing of his birth heralded by angels on a silent and holy night. Who was […]