Features Overview

My work expresses the relationship between humans and the earth. Plants and animals play a role in The Garden. I remember playing alone in the woods when I was very little and my work is reflecting the peace and spirit I found there. My paintings inspire the viewer that we still live in The Garden.

I use abstract imagery to explore harmony and beauty with plants such as the lotus, seaweed ,or fruit. This play has developed into multiple series. The Lotus Sutra, Water Plants, and Conference of the Birds.; which comes from a Persian fable.

Another series in The Garden is war. I use horses as a metaphor for the abuses of war and power. “Rising Up” is a portrait of a dead horse ascending and revisits an earlier series inspired by Picasso's Guernica.

You could call it war and peace in The Garden; in that order. And yes I'm angry as I grew up during the Vietnam War and it broke my little girl heart. But I am reminded by events to recognize the power of a painting in regards to our obligations to live in community. Paintings carry messages within them. And I am a messenger.

Lots going on in my studio.

Trying to archive all my work involves pulling out older pieces and photographing them, measuring, weighing and deciding if I still like that frame I picked fifteen years ago.

As you can see…there are always birds around. These studies are for my next painting.

I have plenty to say about our human capacity to wage war. But for now…I will just leave this here. This triptych is in response to what is happening in Ukraine.

And I am now working to clean up my studio. I have so many 3D projects laid out on tables and stacked up just waiting to be glued. A little complicated so time consuming. But…getting there.

My Combine_ Collage Pieces

And I have an amazing collection of combine assemblage pieces that I have not even started to photograph. Waiting to get some attention.

My house has birch trees in every corner which I saved from a dumpster at a theatre which was cleaning out it’s storage. Found objects, shells and rocks. I am deeply inspired by Joseph Cornell and have have stuff on the work table just waiting to be glued together.