Image size: 8 1/2" x 12 1/4"

Paper size: 12" x 16"

Medium: Dry layered colored pencil on D'Arches hot press 100% rag paper.

Every time I look at Asparagus Tipsy!", I feel like a kid again! I laugh and I feel my eyes widen with wonder! The colors transport me to an April night in a magic asparagus patch. The pearl-like moon casts the scene in glowing jewel tones - emerald green asparagus tipped in dahlia purple, a lapis sky studded with stars of gold. And playing in the middle of it all are cats! Tiny cats of all colors, spots, and stripes...

This piece was created in celebration of the 1996 Stockton (CA) Asparagus Festival.