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The sun paintings are in alphabetical order by title. Be patient, there are a lot! Suns created in other media are at the end.
DriftingLOST
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas, 2019
I have no idea what happened to this painting Too bad. I like it. :(
FrenesiaFOR SALE $95
Acrylic on 20"x20" stretched canvas, 2016
"Frenesia" is the Spanish word for frenzy. I felt like this painting had a Spanish vibe to it and your eye bounces around the image as if in a frenzy.
ManhattanFOR SALE $75
Original acrylic on 12"x12" stretched canvas, 2015
I have visited NYC several times and feel so inspired by its "melting potness". Hence, the various colors dancing around the face. They portray the active, moving part of the borough. The muted and calm colors in the rays convey the peace you can find.
MidnightSOLD
Seen on the CBS Sunday Morning TV show!!
11x14" original acrylic painting on canvas board, framed, 2003
This piece seems a little darker and sadder than most of my other sun faces; as if it's midnight and the sun isn't quite sure what it's supposed to be doing." The buyer traveled from Pennsylvania to my former studio in Akron to buy it because she wanted to own a sun that was on the show.
Moving OnFOR SALE $40
Acrylic on 8"x8" stretched canvas, 2015.
This reminds me of a wheel, always moving on ...
SecretsPrivate Collection (when my kids were younger I traded babysitting hours for this painting)
14x11" original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, framed
This partial view of a sun face makes me feel it is hiding more than its share of secrets.
Sun RoyaleSOLD
Seen on the CBS Sunday Morning TV show!
10"x8" original acrylic, framed, 2003
I wanted to try my hand at an abstract painting. I wasn't happy with it. I decided the abstract painting should be the jungle and I'd paint an elephant. That still wasn't working. I ended up with a sun -- but without a face like I usually have -- and used gold as my outline color. The colors and texture remind me of tapestries in a castle, hence the name.
The Story of UsFOR SALE $85
16"x16", acrylic, 2014
16"x16", acrylic, 2014
I painted this to represent my family -- I'm the sun and my husband is the moon. My three children (and sadly dead dog) are represented by the colors purple, pink, orange and blue in the stars and in part of my "face".
Trying to Find the LightSOLD
"Tomorrow's Another Day", acrylic on 8"x8" stretched canvas, 2015
When a day really stinks, it is comforting to know there will be another day that will hopefully be better.
Trying to find the lightFOR SALE $50
Acrylic on 8"x10" stretched canvas, 2017
This painting was originally going to be the Palace Theatre in Canton. When I had decided to turn it into a sun, I thought of a clever name like, "Palace Under the Sun" (get it, under the sun). Anyway, I decided I wanted to call it something more reflective of the way I was feeling, and I was stumped. Then I saw a tweet from singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles that read "It is trying to find the light sometimes. So I will do just that. I will just keep trying to find the light". I thought that was perfect.
Zodiac: LeoSOLD
16x20 original acrylic painting on canvas board, in gold frame, 2008
The work began as a lion made out of paint dots which I was going to make for my son’s bedroom. I pretty much had it done except for the outline when I decided it just wasn’t working for me. I decided to turn it into a heavily textured, funky sun face instead. But I kept the lion in the work’s title and thought maybe I’d do all the signs of the zodiac (didn't happen) as suns and for me, the piece still retains an air of “lion” about it.
These are not sorted out yet
"After the Rain" acrylic paint on stretched canvas. 14"x11", 2015, $40 (small hole in canvas)
"Intersection", 2013, 5x7", $10
"Klee's Sun", 2016, stretched canvas, $40
"The Sorceress", 2016, stretched canvas, $40
"The Sorceress", 2016, stretched canvas, $40
"Court Jester", 2017, stretched canvas, $40
"Desperately Seeking ...", 2017, stretched canvas, $35
"Not on my Watch", 2017, stretched canvas, 8x10", $35
"Unmasked" (collage), 2017, stretched canvas, 8x10", $40
"Crossroads", 2017, stretched canvas, 9x12", $40
"Let Them In", 2017, stretched canvas
"Celebrate Diversity", 2017, stretched canvas, 11x14", $45
"Zodiac: Gemini", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, framed, 2008, $50
This is the second in my ambitiously planned "Zodiac" sun series. I named it "Gemini" because like a Gemini is said to have split personalities, the two sides of the sun differ from each other. I think the eyes of the Gemini look confused, as if it isn't sure which personality to be at the moment.
"Starry", acrylic paint on found hubcap, 2014, one of 20 limited edition specially painted sun designs, $40
"Sparkle", acrylic paint on found hubcap, 2014, one of 20 limited edition specially painted sun designs, $40
Painted on papier mache sun and mounted on scrap wood, 8-3/8"x9-7/8", $25
"A Sun on the Run is Fun for a Nun". This was a revision of not one but two previous paintings. I thought it looked Suess-like so I gave it a silly rhyming name. 11x14" stretched canvas, acrylic
"The Rising", acrylic on 5"x10" stretched canvas, $40
SOLD (contact me for prints; also, some images are available on postcards and/or notecards (please see my Etsy shop)
"Fire and Ashes", acrylic on 8"x10" stretched canvas, 2017, SOLD
"Simpler Times", acrylic on 8"x10" stretched canvas, 2017, SOLD
"Stress", 8x10 original acrylic painting on canvas board with embellishments, 2008, framed, SOLD
Guess what frame of mind I was in when I created this piece?
"Sun Surprise" acrylic paint on laminate sample, 5-3/4x8-3/4, 2012, sold
"El Sol" acrylic paint on laminate sample, 2012, SOLD
"Sun Soleil", acrylic paint on laminate sample, 2012
"Sun Stare", 14x11 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, SOLD (prints only)
Heavily textured, colorful and with an eye that dares you to look away.
Seen on CBS Sunday Morning FOUR times! "Night and Day 2002", 20x16 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2002. This painting was commissioned by a client who had seen the original “Night and Day” but requested a different color scheme to better match her living room. (She ended up putting the piece in her office, where it was a definite focal point.) This is one of only two designs I have repeated.
"Sunrise", 14x11 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003. One of my first sun paintings and because it was one of my favorites I chose to use it as my logo.
"Night and Day 2014, variation"
"Night and Day" 2014
"Night and Day"
"Moonbeams and time machines", 20x16 collage with acrylic paint on stretched canvas, 2011, SOLD
"Rising Star", 14x11 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, SOLD (prints only)
After painting several partial sun faces, I decided to try to paint a whole one. My first attempt was kind of Don Drumm-ish, but not in a good way. In fact, it was actually pretty ugly. So I painted over it and made it a lot “prettier”. It was purchased right away, before it even had a title. When the woman who bought it took it home and showed it to her niece, her niece fell in love with the piece, so the woman gave it to her as a gift. Her niece at that time was very active in the theatre and music, so I named the painting “Rising Star”.
After painting several partial sun faces, I decided to try to paint a whole one. My first attempt was kind of Don Drumm-ish, but not in a good way. In fact, it was actually pretty ugly. So I painted over it and made it a lot “prettier”. It was purchased right away, before it even had a title. When the woman who bought it took it home and showed it to her niece, her niece fell in love with the piece, so the woman gave it to her as a gift. Her niece at that time was very active in the theatre and music, so I named the painting “Rising Star”.
"Awaken", 20x16 original acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 2010, SOLD
If this doesn't wake you up, nothing will
"Hush", SOLD
"Just Visiting"
OG "Sun Swirl", acrylic on 20x16" canvas board, framed, 2003. This design is the original; it was so popular that it is one of only two sun designs I've ever repeated. It was purchased by a friend who lived in New York.
"Sun Swirl"
"Sun Swirl 2014"
"Sun Swirl, Fall", 2014, 20"x16", acrylic on stretched canvas, SOLD
"Sun Swirl 2", featured on the CBS Sunday Morning Gallery, January 27, 2019
"Flygirl"
"Wheel in the sky", acrylic paint on found hubcap, 2012, donated to a fundraiser
"All that glitters", acrylic on abandoned hubcap, 2013 (limited edition, #2/20)
"The Greek Way", acrylic paint on found hubcap, 2014, one of 20 limited edition specially painted sun designs, SOLD
"Royal", acrylic paint on found hubcap, 2014, one of 20 limited edition specially painted sun designs, SOLD
"Girl Power"
"Fallen Star"
"Glory Days"
"Mystique"
"Truth", acrylic paint on abandoned hubcap, 2014, Contains the phrase "Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth" by Buddha
"Serenity"
"Sunday Morning"
"Funkalicious"
"Shine On"
"Good Morning, Sunshine"
"Electricity", revised, acrylic on 9x12" stretched canvas, $45
NFS
*"Pride", 8x10, original acrylic painting on canvas board, framed, 2003. This piece started off as a sunflower, but that wasn't working for me, so it became a sun. I added some pastels and charcoal to it as well. I named it "pride" but not in a bad way.
"Zodiac: Pisces", 8x10 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2010, framed, nfs
"Zodiac: Pisces", 8x10 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2010, framed, nfs
"You are My Sunshine", 8x8, original acrylic painting on canvas board with painted frame, 2008. One of my few paintings with writing on it. I feel like my husband is my sunshine. At the time I was painting this he was traveling extensively and I didn't want him to go.
"Gypsy Rose", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003. I am fascinated by suns, especially ones which show a partial view. I like the color combination of this one - the contrast of the bright blue sky against the oranges of the sun and the rose color in the face. My beloved Grandma Rose loved to travel and used to say she had "gypsy blood" so I named this after her.
Seen on CBS Sunday Morning April 13, 2013, "2, 5, 10", acrylic on stretched canvas
The original "Mystery" was begun in 2003 as a horizontal acrylic painting on an 11"x14" canvas panel. I wasn't happy with the way that was going, so I flipped it vertically. I had most of the painting done in 2003 but took a 5-year hiatus on it. I finished it in 2008 after discovering that I had to include the bottom of the nose. This painting is so textured and I love the colors and the fact that one eye is green and one eye is purple. (FYI - this condition is known as Heterochromia and is uncommon in humans, but quite common in dogs (such as Dalmatians and Australian sheep dogs), cats, and horses.) (P.S. One of my daughters had the idea to paint the blue moon on the star in the forehead - the perfect last touch!)
"Mi familia", acrylic on stretched 20"x16", 2014, NFS
"Mother Earth", acrylic paint on found hubcap, 2014
"Burning Up", acrylic paint on found hubcap, 2014
"Long Way Home"
"Magic"
"Lullaby", 8x10" on stretched canvas, $40
"Chasing the Blues Away", stretched canvas, 2018, $40
"Night and Day, 2016", acrylic paint on 16"x12" stretched canvas, 2016, $45
Primary ColorsLOST
Acrylic paint on 16x20" stretched canvas, 2018
Not sure what happened to this. I think I painted over it?