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Past Awards

Mack the Knife is Back in Town

Mack The Knif Is Back In Town

Awarded Best of Show at the Galveston Art League’s 2015 Fall Juried Show. A grouping of four flapper dolls named for Mack the Knife’s girlfriends and inspired by Bobby Darin’s rendition of, “Mack the Knife.” They are Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdry, Lotte Lenya and Lucy Brown. Each doll is sitting on a collectible wooden car of the period and is costumed in silks, lace and velveteens with feather boas, jewelry and cigarettes! These four dolls may be purchased separately or as a group.

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Checks & Triangles

Checks & Triangles

Awarded Honorable Mention, 3 Dimensional, at the Brazosport Art League’s 2016 Open Juried Show. This doll was also in the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists’ Exhibit at the 2015 Houston International Quilt Festival.

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Rowdy & Buck

Rowdy & Buck

Awarded Honorable Mention, 3 Dimensional, at the Galveston Art League’s 2016 Spring Juried Show.

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Santa’s Kittens

Santa’s Kittens

Awarded 2nd Place, 3 Dimensional, at the Brazosport Art League’s 2015 Membership Show.

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Steampunk Elf #4

Steampunk Elf #4

1st Place, 3 Dimensional, at the Galveston Art League’s 2015 Fall Juried Show.

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Taking a Break

Taking a Break

1st Place, 3 Dimensional, at the Brazosport Art League’s 2015 Open Juried Show and 3rd Place at the Brazoria County Fair Adult Fine Arts Exhibit in 2016.

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Little Bird

Little Bird

Blue Ribbon, “Made by Exhibitor” Category in the Modern Doll Competition, United Federation of Doll Clubs 2014 Convention, San Antonio, TX. The doll had to represent either a cowboy/cowgirl or a Native American Indian.

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Rowdy & Buck

Rowdey & Buck

Blue Ribbon, Adult Fine Arts – Sculpture, The Brazoria County Fair, Angleton, TX 2014

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Madge

Madge

Madge is a one-of-a-kind all felt 20” doll that I created for the “Made by Exhibitor” category in the Modern Doll competition at the 2009 UFDC National Convention in Atlanta. The requirement that the doll must be made entirely from felt, including clothes and shoes, was quite a challenge since I had not made a doll of felt before. She was awarded a Blue Ribbon and also received the President’s Choice award.

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Luba with her Pysanka

Luba with her Pysanka

This 17” doll is costumed to represent a woman from the Ukraine carrying a replica of a decorated Easter Egg in her basket. The requirement was that the doll’s costume must represent an ethnic group. This doll also received a Blue Ribbon in the “Made by Exhibitor” category, Modern Doll competition at the 2009 UFDC Convention in Atlanta.

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The Gamblers

Up, Up and Away

This 5-doll vignette of poker players with an aging saloon girl watching them was awarded Honorable Mention at the Brazosport Art League’s 2009 People’s Choice Show. This group of card players is included as part of an 11-doll vignette titled, “The Sleepy Dog Saloon.”

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Roxanne

Roxanne

This 17” one-of-a-kind, Las Vegas show girl was awarded a Blue Ribbon in the Made by Exhibitor category at the 2008 UFDC Convention in Las Vegas. She wears a beaded and sequined costume with white feather boa headdress and lots of faux diamonds. The purchased platform heels (formerly key chains) are embellished with more sequins.


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Girlfriends

Girlfriends

This one-of-a-kind tableau of three dolls was inspired by the colorful sandals (formerly Christmas tree ornaments). Each pair had a right and left foot so of course they became doll shoes! The bright, summer outfits were coordinated to match their sandals. “Girlfriends” was awarded Second Place in 3-D category at the Brazosport Art League’s 2008 Open Juried Show. They were also included in a Special Exhibit, “Expressions! The Artist’s Way,” at the 2008 UFDC Convention in Las Vegas.

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Millie

Millie

"Millie" was awarded a Blue Ribbon in the Adult Fine Arts Exhibition at the 2006 Brazoria County Fair. My inspiration for this doll was Mildred Douglas Chrisman who, in the early 20th century, won the World Champion Girl Bronc Rider title twice and also acted in silent movies with Tom Mix. The 17" one-of-a-kind doll wears fringed suede leather culottes and vest, blue cotton shirt and leather boots with spurs. Her hair is mohair and she carries a white hat in her hand as she waves to the admiring crowd. Mildred was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1988.

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