Paintings
Painting, like scrying and divining, is an act through which an artist channels information and turns it back into human experience. My subject matter varies, but my vision remains true to its sources in the natural world. As a painter I am interested in building space through the loss and restoration of horizon lines, in exploring botanical and geological processes, and also in examining some of the daily and not so daily artifacts of human activity.
Though my paintings do not announce their political intent, it is my hope that each one, as it goes forth into the world, conveys a message that each of us is intimately connected to the earth, that our survival depends on knowing how to care for rather than exploit the natural world.
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The Visible World
The source of my landscape paintings is the sensory experience of the living earth - its spaces, patterns, sounds, tastes, and smells.
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Jars and Vessels
During a residency in Spain, I was fascinated by the jars and garden urns on the grounds outside the building.
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Warp Weights
These drawings are inspired by the warp-weighted looms of the Neolithic era, whose stones carried a history of human activity.
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Oysters
Charcoal and paint record the textures and intricacies of oyster shells, first responders in rebuilding shorelines.
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Geologics
Process determines the images in these paintings about the ways water moves stone, leaving patterns on the earth’s surface.
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Botanicals
In this group of small paintings and drawings, I look carefully at familiar forms, with an eye to understanding how they grow.