2019 - oil on canvas
30” x 40”
2019 - oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Oil on canvas 30x40” 2019
Oil on canvas 30x40” 2020
2021 - Oil on wood panel
Yellow - the color of spirit & light. Each layer radiating out from the body is atmospheric distance. Spirit exists with space, bringing light to spiral into womb space, allowing light to plant itself on ground. Brighter space is protected by mother principles, while the weight of surrounding space weaves its intrusive way into the body. Red being flesh - orange, the synthesis of flesh & spirit. The head brings union of feminine & masculine principles, resulting in the spirit of union (3) extending outward toward expansion.
2020 - oil on canvas
24 x 30”
2020 - oil on canvas
24 x 30”
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This shape came suddenly into my head - later translated as a destructive/regenerative symbol
When my head became my lungs
2018 - Oil on canvas
24 x 48”
2019 - oil on canvas
30” x 36”
cut paper, ink, gouache
36” x 24” - 2021
2018 Mixed Media - graphite, pencil, ink, paint on paper
18" x 24"
2015 - mixed media (oil paint, india ink, charcoal, colored pencil) on paper 18"x24"
The desire for movement & migration is innate in people. It is through our exploration & journeys in the world that we develop our unique ways of being. It is yet another interplay between internal & external - for just as we may journey in the physical world, we also embark on emotional, mental or spiritual quests. These endeavors are the catalysts for significant change & often fill us with new appreciations for life.
2015 - mixed media (colored pencil, watercolor, graphite, acrylic) 18" x 24"
Appreciation for mirroring between micro & macro in the universe. The infinite complexity of our bodies & minds so well echos the universe that made them. Be it an atom, cell, body system or solar system - the design is magnificent.
2018 - Mixed media - Paper cutting, pencil, ink, graphite - 22” x 30”
begging for mortality to witness the cycles, She shields , but many faces outward, inevitably standing in the Womb. One face is emerging from the spiral under the foot of (bone) regeneration , entering heart-space which reaches upward toward the axis point . The other face is in departure , under the foot of life , to re-turn the cycle.
Hands offer support to our process
2016 - mixed media (coloured pencil, graphite, cut paper) 21" x 25"
Transitional spaces grant us change, buoyancy holds us throughout the challenges of adaptation. The greater forces at work support each lifetime, allowing them to be a mosaic of experiences, emotions & thoughts. Birth & death - as we rely upon our mothers to bring us into the physical world, the universe brings us to our experiences of humanness.
"Just to be held by the ocean
is the best luck we could have.
It is a total waking up.
Why should we grieve that we have been sleeping?
It does not matter how long we have been unconscious.
We are groggy, but let the guilt go.
Feel the motions of tenderness around you.
the buoyancy."
-Rumi
2015 - oil on paper 18"x24"
Prints available
2013
Oil on Canvas
Oil and paper on canvas - 2017. 48" x 36"
This is the twisting of the body and it's memories, relationship with the shadow-self. The texture of this work is thick & diverse - many layers of paint and rice paper cover the canvas. It evolved over many years and took many color palettes before settling on one, but bares many marks from this process of experimentation. This speaks to the theme of the work - the relationship between body & memory.
2018 - Watercolor & oil on canvas
24”x18”
Prints available
2018 - oil on canvas
24”x18”
2015 - mixed media (graphite and colored pencil) 14" x 18"
The experience of being held within skin and how we express our humanity through it. Sensations of skin can be powerful in moments of full awareness (touching, burns, injury, etc.) but is also an unconscious undercurrent of our waking lives. Just as many of our physiological systems, flesh often operates unnoticed.
In another relationship to skin, it has, nearly globally, come to carry heavy associations that do not belong to such an aspect of our being. Those of worth, character & humanity . As our species struggles to reckon with poisonous ideologies surrounding skin, my hope is that we can see the lessons offered by that which contains us .
2015 - oil pastel on canvas board 22"x 28"
The warm, vivifying experience of being boundless in thought, feeling & self-expression. The concept of freedom is multi-faceted and meaning can differ from person to person. Some are acutely aware of their lacking & deep yearning for a lifting of an oppressive force, while others may be ignorant to the many liberties they are privileged to have.
This work is less about the physical manifestations of liberation and is instead a tribute to freedom of spirit, with it's wild and bountiful nature.
2016 - oil on canvas 50"x 34"
2014 - oil and pastel on wood 11" x 14"
Watercolor, ink, pastel & charcoal on canvas paper
9” x 11.5” each quarter
2012 - Pencil & ink on paper
2015 - graphite 9" x 11"
2013 - Ink, watercolor & pencil on paper
Published by Mother Tongue Ink in the 2016 We’moon datebook & greeting card set
18” x 20”
Prints available
2011/2015 - mixed media (graphite, colored pencil, acrylic) 13 3/4" x 18"