"Laura"
Acrylic

Recently, I was convinced I was having a heart attack. After surviving through the night, I called and made a doctor's appointment. I described my symptoms and they squeezed me in on the same day. In the waiting room I was beginning to feel like an idiot because not two days before I had been in the same waiting room for a check-up. When the nurse took me back she gave me a funny look. When the doctor came in I began to tell her how I felt. I told her that we needed to do an EKG because I was sure I had had a heart attack and since my head was hurting I needed an MRI to stop the brain aneurysm.
My doctor kindly informed me that while Heart attack is the number one cause of death in America, the odds of someone my age suffering from a heart attack would be nearly impossible. She then went on to say that if I were having a brain aneurysm I would know it. The pain would be almost unbearable.
The good news is that I am not suffering from either of the above. I just have anxiety and possibly a little, tiny bit of hypochondria.

"Golden Still Life"
Acrylic

Sometimes I feel like I work at "The Office." I look to my right where a guy focuses intensely on our life changing career. I look forward and stare at a grey cubicle covered in comical photos of family and friends. I look to the corner of my desk where the phone continuously rings, and I over hear the self proclaimed 3rd best collector in the country getting fired up on the other side of my cubicle wall. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a woman running by repeating "I'm running with scissors, I'm running with scissors," and just when I think wow..what a day..my boss walks by and shoots me the bird. Another day in the professional world.

"Grand Opening"
Acrylic
The Grand opening for Sips-N-Strokes in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Very Exciting!

"Toucan"
Oil pastel

A few weeks ago my beautiful, younger sister called me and said "I am engaged!" I was taken aback and for a short while thought it was a joke. After speaking with my dad and hearing the whole story, I found out it was true. He had asked his permission, bought a huge ring, proposed in the Cayman Islands, and recorded the whole thing on video.
A few days later our families got together for a toasting, engagement party, and I got introduced as "our other daughter, Laura's sister." --League of their Own

"Old Nature vs. New Nature"
Acrylic paint

I think it is interesting that we fight an internal battle everyday and usually fall short. However, with each day there comes a new feeling of hope that we could succeed. And for some of us there is an everlasting hope/certainty that ultimately the old nature will be defeated.

"Betsy"
Acrylic Painting
"Well that's a Horse of a different color." Wizard of Oz

"Fire Dragon"
Acrylic Painting

I was recently asked to paint a dragon for a co-worker's son. I said sure and did not give it much thought until it was time to paint. I printed several images of dragons off the Internet, but when it came time to create I ignored all of them. I created the entire painting from my imagination, and when I stepped back I realized I had painted the UAB Blazer.