My "Mad Clown Sun," 2019. Watercolor and gouache on paper, image size 3 x 3 inches. For the ThinkSmall10 Biennial at Artspace in Richmond, VA, opening Nov. 7. I decided not to do the companion moon to this sun that I'd posted a sketch for a while back.

My sketches in ballpoint pen for planned pair of watercolor/gouache paintings,"Glad Clown Sun" and "Sad Clown Moon." Finished works will be no larger than 3 x 3 in., as required for the upcoming "ThinkSmall10" exhibition at Artspace in Richmond, VA. ©2019 Sheryl Humphrey.

Girl with Many Jewels. © 1996 by Sheryl Humphrey. Oil on linen, 12 x 9 in.

Very pleased to announce a new exhibition that I'm a part of, at the Staten Island Museum: "Field Notes: Seed Stories and the Power of Plants." It features artworks and seed histories from Hudson Valley Seed Co., including my painting "Lady of the Rainbow Chard"  (see photo); documentary videos of Staten Island gardeners by Jay Weichun; photograms of local flora by Gale Wisdom; and museum botanical specimens selected by the Greenbelt Native Plant Center. ~~"These four projects explore the cultural, artistic, and scientific impact of collecting plant life. In doing so, they reveal narratives of resilience, fragility, and transformation. Field Notes speaks to the heritage embedded in the flora around us." -- from the Museum. Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13, 12pm - 2pm.

Sunbeam dramatically drawing my attention to a stack of books yet to be read. [My photo.]

I’m delighted that my story “Flora’s Lexicon” is included in this new anthology from Egaeus Press:

“THE BOOK OF FLOWERING is now available to order.

"A remarkable collection of eighteen new and previously unpublished weird fictions, exploring, in their various ways, the concepts of fatal beauty and impermanence.

"Decadent, wondrous, sometimes disquieting, this 280 page, lithographically printed sewn hardback is limited to just 350 copies, featuring colour endpapers by Toru Kamei.

"It can be ordered now for £36.00, inclusive of postage worldwide. See www.egaeuspress.com/The_Book_of_Flowering.html for more details.

"Edited by Mark Beech, the full contents are as follows…

"Mark Valentine - The Pale Sentinels Of Asphodel Tiffani Angus - What Cannot Be Described Sheryl Humphrey - Flora’s Lexicon Timothy J. Jarvis - With Scourges, With Flowering Sprigs Ron Weighell - Fugues of The Blue Lilly John Gale - A Garden of Sorrow and Sorcery Reggie Oliver - Lady With A Rose D. P. Watt - But They Withered All Colin Insole - Gallybag Alison Littlewood - Down In The Dendrons Damian Murphy - Flower Dream Sermon Rebecca Kuder - The Only Flower That Mattered Mat Joiner - Belbyne’s Lane N. A. Jackson - A Phantom Flowering V. H. Leslie - Marginal Species Jonathan Wood - The Absence Charles Schneider - The Floral Seasons of Life Thomas Strømsholt - The Book of Flowering.”

"Girl with Cookie." Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 in. ©1996 Sheryl Humphrey.

"Pine" and "Spruce”. Each is watercolor on paper; each image diameter is 2.75 inches. ©2011 by Sheryl Humphrey.

Tiny sketch (only about 2.5 x 4 in.) in charcoal pencil on paper. Perhaps a study for something larger, tentatively titled Night’s Eye. ©2018 Sheryl Humphrey.

Winter Morning Window. © 1993 Sheryl Humphrey. Oil on linen, 48 x 40 in.

Detail from Girl with Candle (Angel Girl), © 1995 Sheryl Humphrey. Oil on linen, 12 x 9 in.

Sol. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in. © 1999 by Sheryl Humphrey.

Rudolph, © 1985 Sheryl Humphrey. Gouache and marker on paper, ca. 5 x 7 inches. My personal Christmas card that year.

The Moon’s Grace, © 2017 Sheryl Humphrey. Watercolor and gouache on paper; image size is a tiny 3 x 3 in. This is the companion work to The Sun’s Bones. Both will be in ‘ThinkSmall9!’, the biennial international miniature invitational exhibition at artspace in Richmond, VA, Oct. 27 - Dec. 17, 2017. 

The Sun's Bones, © 2017 Sheryl Humphrey. Watercolor and gouache on paper; image size is a tiny 3 x 3 in. It will be in 'ThinkSmall9!', the biennial international miniature invitational exhibition at artspace in Richmond, VA, Oct. 27 - Dec. 17, 2017. 

Lighting of the Lantern, 1991/substantially revised 2005. Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 in. © Sheryl Humphrey.

Trick or Treat. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in. © 1985 by Sheryl Humphrey. From the Night Family series. Private collection, NY.