Mixed Media

Organically Unfolding
Mixed media: watercolor, gesso, charcoal, and acrylic
30" X 22"
2023

Emergence
Mixed media: watercolor, gesso, charcoal, and acrylic
30" X 22"
2023

Seeds of Change No. 1
Watercolor, gesso, charcoal, marker
14" X 11"
2023

Seeds of Change No. 2
Watercolor, gesso, charcoal, marker
14" X 11"
2023

Visible Impression No. 1
Mixed media: watercolor, gesso, charcoal, and RF paint stick
4" X 6"

Visible Impression No. 2
Mixed media: watercolor, gesso, charcoal, and RF paint stick
4" X 6"

Visible Impression No. 3
Mixed media: watercolor, gesso, charcoal, and RF paint stick
4" X 6"

Visible Impression No. 4
Mixed media: watercolor, gesso, charcoal, and RF paint stick
4" X 6"

Serotinous Dispersal

Some plants are serotinous, and only disperse their seeds in response to an environmental stimulus. Carried on the wind, picked up by flowing water and absorbed into the earth, the journey sustains life.

No. 1 - 6, Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick , 11.75 " X 11.75" _ each 2020

Ruminations
Philosophical thoughts about life, our planet and humanity.

Lowly Ruminations on A Conflict Not Defined as War

How to process the destruction and senseless acts of aggression against Ukraine and its people? From my lowly perspective, these small visual interpretations speak to the enormous turmoil, devastation, and death of innocents.

Lowly Ruminations on a Conflict Not Defined as War_ No. 1, Mixed media, 5" X5" 2022

Lowly Rumination on a Conflict Not Defined as War_No. 2, Mixed media, 5" X5" 2022

Lowly Ruminations on a Conflict Not Defined as War_No. 3, Mixed media, 5" X5" 2022

Elemental Stewardship

Buffeted by ever-rising temperatures, drought, forest fires, flooding, and diminishing polar ice, it is clear that we need to protect and preserve the Earth, the planet we steward. Each element of nature demonstrates its power and capacity to impact our lives.

Of Sea and Tempest

Sumi ink, gesso on watercolor paper_ 6" X 6" each_ 27" X 13" installed 2021

Details

Pollinator's Expedition

The Pollinator's Expedition series interprets the challenges to the honey bee, the tiny creature vital to human existence. The little bee is essential to plant growth and, by extension, the fruits, vegetables, and nuts that fill our plates. "The honey bee population is decreasing due to disease, climate change, and pesticides. Honey bees are essential for the pollination of flowers, fruits, and vegetables, and support about $20 billion worth of crop production in the U.S. annually," according to Matthew Mulica, senior project manager at the Keystone Policy Center. This consulting company works with the Honey Bee Health Coalition.

No. 1 - 4, Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick , 25.25" X 17.25" _ each 2019

References

Newton’s Third Law:
For Every Action, There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction

Each material an artist uses is different in its surface response, just as each sound we hear or image we see sends a flood of information to our synapses to be interpreted and decoded into something tangible and understandable. Sheila Ceccarelli states, “To become ‘articulate’ and able to understand and manipulate the material world, there has to be time invested into the exploration of materials and experimentation with a broad range of media.”

Play is essential to a ‘creative,’ and as such, I spent many years framing the world through a camera lens, adjusting to control light, speed, and angle. Here, I can hold the medium in hand and react to the selected tool's interaction with the substrate surface; it is an immediate response, most often beginning without deliberation. Experimentation proves the creative calculation a challenge.

Tempo Markings

Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon,
RF paint stick
9.75" X 19" _ each
2019

Piscean Fossil

Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick
10" X 14.5" _ each
2019

Interactions

Examinations of the notions of chaos, mental and physical, that we endure when medical and scientific methodologies impact our lives. The microbial, the microscopic shapes and abnormalities–what is unseen–inform these visual interpretations.

Dissected Flattery Watercolor, graphite, gesso, on paper 30" X 22" 2018

Envious Insinuation Watercolor, graphite on paper 9" X 12" 2018

Watercolor, gesso, graphite, 9" X 12" 2018

Watercolor, graphite, gesso 9" X 12" 2018

Watercolor, graphite, gesso, 9" X 12" 2018

References: Narrative Thread

In the summer of 2018, I entered my new studio and proceeded to listen to NPR on a regular basis, to scan the images of audio commentary, which resulted in the References: Narrative Thread series. These are small mixed media reactions to the daily info feed. The series continues...