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I create FuN FuNky Original Art. After selling 1400 "Wall Dancers" dolls I decided to play with found objects & I am having a RIOT! My turning 'junk' into masterpieces is a blast & I am loving it!

I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease in February 2002 and that kept me literally bed-bound where the first 300 “Wall Dancers”were made in bed. Since I have sold over 1400 dolls. I truly believe everything happens for a reason and I accept I am EXACTLY where I am supposed to be today. You can make lemonade with the cards you are dealt. You live your life like anyone else. I am blessed with a beautiful family & friends. I have met great people & I cannot change the Lyme Disease but I can choose how I want to live my life & I do!

Ken from Landfill art asked if I would do my polymer work on a hubcap I was hooked! To think he will be taking 1041 what some would think were junk but turning them into 'masterpieces!' It will be a table book & a traveling exhibit. After this I decided turning found objects with a 'Keri spin' would be a RIOT! And it is. I've not made a "Wall Dancer" since. After selling 1400 one of a kind dolls, I was ready for the change!

FOUND OBJECT ART:

I have decided that I lost track of WHY I love my art. I love the gals but it as time for a change & this change is going to be around for awhile. So I began to play with found objects or my art. For just the fun of it. The hubcap was such a cool idea for the Landfill Art Project I thought Ken's idea of turning junk hubcaps into art was so very cool. So I decided it would be fun to play & use junk as my canvases sometimes. Once I started putting polymer on it I was changing the junk into art.

"KeRicTures"

This is our version of whimsical greeters or just people friendly art pieces. Hubby and I are now collaborating on this new series. I sketch the faces & Ric renders them into multiple layers then transforms them into wood. They can have 3-6 layers of masonite to create them. Then I do the painting and assembling of the faces.

Next he makes the bodies & then back to me for painting. These are truly whimsical pieces so colorful! They average 25"-27" tall so nice size pieces. Each face will be different but the bodies will stay the same style but arms may switch sides. The 'gals' will have a small heel on their shoe where the 'guys' have flat shoes.

When people see our work because of the body style they will think "Ric & Keri made these!" (KeRicTures) They'll be painted differently & can be a blast in a grouping! Not intended for outside use.


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