Make your Mark

"Adding text to any piece always brings a human element.  Language is how we communicate ideas, and leave those ideas behind for others to learn from and experience.  This piece is the profile, the silhouette of someone’s, anyone’s…

Darkness Contained

I love black and white.  I don't know why exactly, but this combo is simply beautiful.  Perhaps that's why I like it- it's so simple, so clean and uncluttered. I started by writing out poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox on India ink.  I wanted…

New Life

This piece feels really different from any of my others.  Perhaps it's the color, or maybe it's the design. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it is different.  I called this piece New Life because it reminds me of clusters of new life…

Royal Darkness

I've been working on a lot of flat canvas boards recently, putting together a series of framed 8*10 pieces that I'll have displayed for my next show the first Friday in February.  It's been a great opportunity for me to get creative with…

Magnetism

I love to see how colors and paints will blend together.  Instead of thinning my paint beforehand, I started this piece with thick paint on a wet surface, and used a spray bottle to help blend it.  The rivers and cracks that formed in the…

Knowledge

Happy Holidays!!  I hope all of you have had a wonderful time with family and friends this December.  I have been so frantic to get things done- that's what happens when you're a procrastinator like me.  This painting I made for my parents…