"Dont-Give-A-Care Bear," 16" x 20", mixed media on museum quality panel, a continuation of my Year of the Spark studies. At first I thought I could part with this one, but really, I can't. So, next best thing, it is uploaded on FineArtAmerica . I think Bear is a fine companion to Under a Van Gogh Sk y, and together they would look fantastic in a playroom. Inquiries can always come to me , and thank you so much. I thought the Year of the Spark class would renew my passion for painting. I never expected it to push me into entirely new directions. And yet, here I am, creating work I'd not even imagined a few short weeks ago. These "totem paintings" (so named because the central figure seems imbued with a symbolic presence) were seedlings in the winter, with contours done on clear plastic layered overtop other drawings. A dialogue started between the objects and stories formed that stretched beyond the ...