This will be my third entry into the Sanchez 50|50 show in Pacifica, CA. Each time, I relearn that 50 is a very big number. My theme for the show this year is close to my heart. If you read my other blog entries, you'll see what I mean. Theme: Psychedelic Playsets and Twisted Toys For an ambitious project like this, I find that my work improves and refines while my studio descend into chaos. I get paint and glue all over my clothes and I ruin paint brushes and tools. This tim

Sometimes I cruise estate sales or Ebay pages looking for inspiration and weirdness to use in my art. On one such day I found a group of...

In preparing for an online show called Stories We Tell, I started looking at some lesser known Wizard of Oz characters for inspiration. I...

I bought this crazy little vehicle on Etsy and it was shipped to me from Canada. It's in so-so shape with some dents and missing dingle...

Although I never met him, I had a very artistic and imaginative great grandfather named Gustave A. Hillebrand, who was from Stewartsville, MO. Grandpa Gus had a little woodworking shop where he made the most intricate and lovely tiny furniture . He used only hand tools and smoked Mixture 79 tobacco in a pipe while he worked. When one of his grandchildren visited, he would sometimes swap out what he was working on and say "I was just working on this for you!" Today, every memb

I've been collecting vintage and antique toys, charms, figurines, and oddities for a little while now. In general, I collect smalls and...