Crow, Rebecca

Rebecca Crow thought she first painted with dots while decorating bowling balls for yard art, when lines and squiggles wouldn’t stick to the bowling balls as well as the dots did.  Her long-memoried sister reminded her, in the way that sisters do, that Rebecca was already a bit dotty while making batiks some decades earlier.

Gig Harbor residents for 13 years, Rebecca and her husband, David Salge, enjoy working together daily as the graphics department for a manufacturing company headquartered in Houston.

Rebecca considers it a great joy and privilege that she gets to volunteer twice a month at the NW Furniture Bank, assisting clients as they shop for furnishings to build new lives.

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Rebecca Crow thought she first painted with dots while decorating bowling balls for yard art, when lines and squiggles wouldn’t stick to the bowling balls as well as the dots did.  Her long-memoried sister reminded her, in the way that sisters do, that Rebecca was already a bit dotty while making batiks some decades earlier.

Gig Harbor residents for 13 years, Rebecca and her husband, David Salge, enjoy working together daily as the graphics department for a manufacturing company headquartered in Houston.

Rebecca considers it a great joy and privilege that she gets to volunteer twice a month at the NW Furniture Bank, assisting clients as they shop for furnishings to build new lives.

Fairy Dust Box

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This quiet little earthy box hides a secret that’s trickling out the li:  open either door and see the explosion of fairy dust inside!  Keep this close by for those occasions when life needs a little perking up with whimsy and fairy dust

Please feel free to touch this and enjoy the texture!

Tiny Chair

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For those who want a chair but don’t have space for a full-size one!

Yellow Dot Mirror

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Spice up a wall with this mellow yellow mirror.  Dots for all! 

Please feel free to touch this and enjoy the texture!

Red Mirror

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Reflect the world with a red frame, lots of dots, and sparkles of gold.
Please feel free to touch this and enjoy the texture!

Cheerful Fruit Chair

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The cheery 1940’s style oil cloth fabric for the seat was the starting point on this design.  Once I had that, all the dots and the fruit-from-dots followed.  I like its happy colors.

I found the chair in San Diego many years ago and flew it home with me to Houston, back when airlines were okay about bulky cardboard boxes being checked as luggage.  I reupholstered the seat, along with other mismatched wooden back chairs, and used it in my dining room for quite a while.  In recent years, this chair has been unused in the garage.  As I was considering what chair to paint for the Chair Affair, the lines of this chair’s back called out to me to follow their luscious curves with dots.

Pennsylvania Dutch Jungle Rocks

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There I was, minding my own business and painting the usual dots and spirals on this lovely, comfy rocker when suddenly, unbidden, a stylized tulip appeared— straight off my childhood Pennsylvania Dutch lapboard!  Okay, I can go along with that, thought I, even though the colors had taken a surprisingly tropical turn.  

I Painted more of my lapboard's flower motifs onto the seat and then: what's this? A vine had insinuated itself onto the seat next to the central tulip. And then that vine sprouted thorns! Never one to buck the odd vagaries of my creations' demands, I soldiered on, placing dots and thorns and Pensylvania Dutch motifs as the required of me.

Tiny Green Chair

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Who knows who or what you would be inviting to take a seat with this magnificent miniature chair small enough to fit on your palm. 

Chair for the Tulip Queen

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Dolls' size chair with glorious tulip detail enhanced by the detailed decorative design. This chair is perfect as an accent ushering Spring into your kitchen or bath. Outfitted with hand-dotted motif and tulip flowers. 

Art Displays Art

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Display your collectibles in style. Small wall shelf in deep blue, sporting a lively, colorful hand-dotted motif. A perfect complement to silver candlesticks or frames. 

Stars and Waves Tray

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Personal tray in hand-painted dotted motif, lively colored to bring whimsy into any practical function. Ready to carry or display anything, including simply air and light. 

 Tiny Heart Sofa with Dots

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Covered in dots, this little sofa measures just 7"w x 5"h x 3"d.

 Twig Chair with Dots

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Covered in dots, this little round-backed twig chair measures 7.5"w x 12"h x 8"d.

 

 Yellow Rocker with Dots

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Covered in dots, this little metal rocker is 7"w x 12.5"h x 13"d.