This impressionistic/abstract painting captures the carefree days of my childhood when we would spin around until we could no longer stand.  

Canvas size:  20” h x 20” w x 1.5” d

Frame: Unadorned black wood frame (no glass) and wire hanging system.  Frame dimension ¾”

2020

This piece is part of an extended series “Tension in Motion”, showing how movement can hold tension inspired by dance and yoga. This piece plays off the tension of opposites within the elements of the painting, including line direction and transparency and opacity.  In addition, it is using exaggerated line and abstracted loose application of the paint to create a sense of affect.

Canvas is size:  47” h x 30” w x 1.5” d

Frame: Unadorned black wood frame (no glass) and wire hanging system.  Frame dimension ¾”

2020

This award-winning piece depicts the abstract fluid movement of a carefree spirited young women dancing with her hula hoop.  Inspired during an afternoon spent at an arts festival in Humboldt, CA.  This piece is part of an extended series “Tension in Motion”, showing how movement can hold tension inspired by dance and yoga using exaggerated line and abstracted loose application of the paint with a pallet knife.

Canvas size: 15”h x 30” w x 1.5”

Frame: Unadorned black wood frame (no glass) and wire hanging system.  Frame dimension ¾”.

2020

This award-winning piece is a response to a poem by Fran Portley, by the same title “Endurance”.  Published in the annual literary and arts journal “Plains Paradox” (2020).

Canvas size:  30”h x 41” w x 1.5” d

Frame: Unadorned black wood frame (no glass) and wire hanging system. Frame dimension ¾ “

2019

The roar of the waves, the sensation of gliding on top of the water, the saltwater spray on your face, the sweet fragrance of the beach roses, the heat radiating from rocks collected on the beach, the dune grasses swaying in the sea breeze, the sugar san between your toes, the taste of fresh clams, and the popping of the rock weed sacks when you squeeze them between your fingers.  My Happy Place.  Published in the annual literary and arts journal “Plains Paradox” (2020).

Canvas size:  17” h x 36” w x 1.5” d

Frame: Unadorned black wood frame (no glass) and wire hanging system.

2019

A limited pallet painting of a California seaside sunset.

Canvas size 20” w x 16” h

Frame: Antiqued gold frame (no glass) and bracket hanger. Frame dimension 1 ¼”  

2019

Find your inspiration and direction.  Show your grit and dig deep. Chase those dreams no matter how hard the climb.  

Canvas size:  17” w x 6” h

2019

This abstract sculpture was created using paper casts from plaster molds and then assembled using an intuitive process rather than a planned process.  Monsters in the Garden is a metaphor for the scary and unsettling things that may lie just under the surface of what is beautiful or content

Dimensions:  15” h x 16” w x 12” d

2019

This piece is a 3D recreation of a portion of Kandinsky’s Squares in Concentric Circles.  Kandinsky’s original piece is a color study, looking at how colors interact with one another.  This sculpture can also be seen as an experiment in color interaction.  However, it also goes further than that and challenges the viewer to think further about what this 2D image would look like in 3D form as the viewer’s perspective changes in relationship to the image.  

It is a simple metaphor on shifting one’s mindset.  If we shift our vantage point even a little the image takes on a whole new shape.  Opening up hidden areas we did not ever know existed.

Dimensions:  20” h x 16” w x 16” d

2019

I wanted to create a calming image that represents the universal energy that illuminates through every living creature.

Canvas size:  15” h x 29” w

2019

This painting was created following the full field illustration study in graphite.  Inspired by the intricacy of the original illustration and reflective nature of the subject, I wanted to recreate it in oil.   

Canvas size:  11” h x 14” w

Frame: Gold frame (no glass). Frame dimension 1”

2019

An image painted from my days sailing off the coast of Maine.

Canvas size:  20” w x 16” h

Frame: Antique gold frame (no glass) and wire hanging system. Frame dimension 2”

Published in the annual literary and arts journal “Plains Paradox” (2019).

2018

This illustration is the 4th in a series of 6 drawings depicting a wine glass.  The series was originally meant to tell the tragic story of the wine glass, but after finishing the series I realized that the story was really a metaphor for the struggles and disappointments we encounter in life.  Published in the annual literary and arts journal “Plains Paradox” (2019).

2018

This illustration is the 5th in a series of 6 drawings depicting a wine glass.  The series was originally meant to tell the tragic story of the wine glass, but after finishing the series I realized that the story was really a metaphor for the struggles and disappointments we encounter in life.  

2018

This full field illustration was a study in how beauty can be found in the chaotic and mundane objects found within our environment.   Creating this piece became a meditative study on how the most beautiful landscapes and best parts of our society are often created from destruction and chaos.  

Canvas size:  11” h x 14” w

2018

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This painting is a rendition of a black and white photograph (artist unknown), interpreting the black and white values into color and texture.  I chose purple because of its association with independence, wisdom, and devotion.  

Canvas size: 20” w x 16” h

Frame: Antiqued gold frame (no glass) and bracket hanger. Frame dimension 2” .           

2018

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Harkening back to a simpler time.  If only life could always be this simple and joyful.  We are all capable of taking the time to embrace these simpler times in our life.

Canvas size:  20” w x 16” h

Frame: Distressed black frame (no glass) and wire hanging system. Frame dimension 3”

2018

Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s stories “Allice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”, this painting reflects on the theme of courage and finding the inner-strength to face our own fears.  Like Alice we all must at some point step into our own story and address those demons.  

Canvas size: 16” h x 20” w

2017

The peacock is a reoccurring symbolic image within my work and has come to embody the archetype of the animus and is an important guide related to personal growth.  The field of paisley is often associated with the tree of life.

Canvas size: 24” h x 12” w x 1” d

Frame: Navy blue (no glass). Frame dimension 2”

2017

An image from my days sailing out of Long Beach.  Some real California Beauties. 

Canvas size:  29” h x 15” w x ½” d

2017

Racing Rhodes 19s out of Marblehead, Massachusetts

2017

Racing Rhodes 19s out of Marblehead, Massachusetts

2017

“A manifestation of the heavenly phoenix on earth”, the peacock often appears in my art.  A reoccurring symbolic image of rebirth, transformation and wisdom.  I found this peacock sitting among the cherry blossoms, another symbol of rebirth and transformation.

Canvas size:  30” h x 15” w x ¾” d

2015

This illustration is one of four in a series of images entitled “Women of Elemental Substance”. The series explores the unique characteristics of the four elements: water, air, earth and fire. Each of us holds a portion of each element’s power within us, creating our own unique inner strength.

Dimensions with frame (1/2” black metallic) and matting (2” purple): 24” h x 20” w x 1.5” d

Wire hanging system

2014

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This illustration is one of four in a series of images entitled “Women of Elemental Substance”.  The series explores the unique characteristics of the four elements: water, air, earth and fire.  Each of us holds a portion of each element’s power within us, creating our own unique inner strength.

Dimensions with frame (1/2” black metallic) and matting (2” teal): 24” h x 21” w x 1.5” d 

Wire hanging system

2014