Category Archives: Art

I had just painted a piece that reminded me a little bit of Heaven, and I’m not quite sure what took over, but I became a little angry afterward. I felt darkness and just wanted to paint the opposite. So here’s what happened, and I was a little surprised. I’m usually a bright soul, butContinue reading “To Hell with It.”

This was the first wood-burned frame I made a couple years ago incorporating some oil paints. I love using oil paints because they are very blendable and enhance the design you burn into the wood, but it just takes a long time to dry. A good experiment, more where that came from!

The beginning of something new. This could mean a lot of things, but to me it looks like the conception of life. A child in the womb perhaps.

I wanted to paint her something in honor of her memory one year later. What would she want? Well she always drew so perfect and neat. So I wanted to do originally something with shapes. It didn’t turn out that way. I felt Heaven. Little Angels of light raining down on canvas and her favoriteContinue reading “Angelic.”

  I will be honest. I had no idea what would become of a black canvas and bright colors. I wanted to create something modern yet complex. I can definitely say that I feel intertwined just looking at this piece.

When I heard from a customer, “I want color. I want my clients to look at art and feel joy.” I knew exactly what I wanted to create. C O L O R. I will be honest… I don’t do well with bright colors. It tested my comfort zone. She wanted something simple, yet complex. AContinue reading “Joy.”

December 2014. This was one of my first pieces dedicated to my beloved mother and father. Kathy and Greg Tabaka. I will never forget… my mother handing me a swatch of their newly remodeled bathroom. I took that color sample and did my very best to match exactly what the interior design wanted to portray,Continue reading “Growth.”