This painting began as a watercolor months ago before being tucked away in the studio. When I returned to it, I covered much of the surface with new layers of acrylic. Then something unexpected happened. The handwritten marks I’d made in an earlier session—apparently with an ink that wasn’t quite...
I’ve just finished two new pieces for my Breathing Room collection, and although they arrived by different paths, they seem to belong together. Both are mixed media on handcrafted paper. Both suggest a horizon without insisting on a specific place. And both are really about light—how it settles,...
This painting spent time sitting quietly in the studio while I figured out what it wanted to become. The forms remind me of algae, or some kind of floating ecosystem—green shapes suspended above deep indigo water. Eventually, I added gold leaf details… Over time, it became a meditation on the...
These three small mixed-media paintings showed up in my studio carrying bright October skies, cotton-candy pinks, spinning leaves, looping lines, and the unmistakable feeling of lights coming on at the county fair. I’ve been calling them Bumper Cars, Carousel, and Tilt-A-Whirl. They are all 4×6,...