Painted Frames
Button mirror frame
Acrylic paint, milagros, coins, and buttons on aged pine frame for 8" by 10" mirror. Outer frame in red, yellow, coral, grass green, sky blue. Inner frame painted sky blue.
Cross frame
Acrylic paint and varnish on wooden picture frame with cross motif on each side. Brilliant green with deep sky blue outline and 4 blue crosses. Earthy coral lining and matte. (Raven photo by Peggy Oki, Carpinteria + Rio Grande blanket photo by Jack Silverman, Santa Fe.)
Blue Star frame
Sky blue 8-pointed stars on cobalt background. Acrylic on wood. (Photo of rustic Virgen de Guadalupe shrine by unknown artist.)
Guadalupe clock with leaf frame
Acrylic leaf design on sanded metal in fuchsia, magenta, coral, deep violet and green. Paper Guadalupe tinted in colored pencil, glued to face of clock. Square Newgate clock from Pottery Barn, approx. 6" x 6'.
Sacred Heart mirror frame
A heart within a heart. Antique built-in mirror/medicine chest with abstract details in each corner. Acrylic over latex over wood in distressed, lacquered green, sky blue, turquoise, coral and violet.
Sun and Moon
Sun watches over a sleeping Moon in this charming illustration-style headboard atop a set of miniature shelves. Acrylic on wood.