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golden glow oil on canvas 24 x 18 Golden Glow was created with a stunning model. Her exceptionally long neck and elegant facial features against the golden background create a dramatic scene reminiscent of an Egyptian goddess. Through my color choices and her upright posture, I aimed to capture her strong personality and commanding presence. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Lupita Kneeds acrylic 24 x 18 Lupita Kneeds is another of the series inspired by Laura Esquivel's novel "Lupita also Liked to Iron". It is another meditation in motion, with a nod to my Latina heritage and the indigenous adobe homes of Mexico. The title is a play on the word "kneeds" and "Needs". I hope this painting gives the viewer a quiet moment of contemplation. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

The Falconi Twins (Second Violin, Principal Viola) photo and pigmented beeswax combines on Kozo and wood panel 36 x 24 I create visual biographies honoring communities whose narratives have been marginalized, erased, or never recorded. "The Falconi Twins" portrays the resilience of two women from my childhood town who defied societal expectations in the 1970s. These women lived together, posed as twin sisters, and dressed identically to evade the scrutiny of the conservative community. In truth, they were a gay couple seeking refuge in a world that struggled to accept them for who they truly were. This portrait is a fusion of orphaned vintage photographs, my photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera in subtle layers of pigmented beeswax on Kozo. I replicated a solitary figure to create a twin, etched intricate patterns and sgraffito onto the platform, balustrade, and figures to weave a narrative of secrets and shared experiences that remain unreadable to outsiders. This is a portrait of the power of love, resilience, and enduring bonds. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Linnea oil on Wood Panel 4 x 4 Portraits are immeasurably fascinating to me for their breadth of expression. They can articulate an expansive language of mood and atmosphere. They can convey intent, brashness or delicacy, anxiety or hesitation. A viewer can vicariously venture into the realm of a face to invent a story about a person. I wanted to make these portraits in a miniature scale, so to bring a viewer close in proximity to the individual moods of each woman. They are intimate in scale yet vigorously alive with thick paint. Each portrait is 4" X 4", oil on wood panel. Painted with tiny brushes, my portraits of these women nevertheless remain hugely present. They reflect an unshakable vitality immersed in atmospheric spaces. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

She Spoke Up XXIII, Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson charcoal on arches paper 22.5 x 30 The ‘She Spoke Up’ series began as a reaction to the destructive and inflamed political and social climates. With the cascading revelations of the Me Too movement, centennial anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment, surreal landscape of the Covid pandemic unfolding, and the incessant assault on democracy by our elected politicians, I chose to elevate the work and words of women who have spoken truth to power, pursued freedom and equity, and transformed the broader world. Collectively the series stands as a response to so much misogyny, ill intent, sexism and obstruction. Parrot fish, symbolizing adaptability, possibility and freedom, are potent symbols of creative potential, and the world’s intricacies and healing mechanisms. I integrated specific bird and natural imagery into each work in the series, finding their symbolism often uncannily mirrored the characteristics of each woman. The series reflects on the struggles and inequities of the past, underscores the fundamental challenges that still exist, highlights the transformative achievements of intelligent, courageous women, and suggests possible tomorrows. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Self digital manipulation of a photo with tracing paper sewn over one eye 10 x 8 Sāji ga hassei suru (a surge occurs) II refers to the place of change, the great spirit, the believer's heart, seen as the creator and sustainer of all things. As artists, we are the creators and sustainers of our creations, representing yin and yang—a surge of positive and negative energies fused by one's attitude and stance. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Grandmother, Granddaughter digital archival photograph sublimated to aluminum 11 x 14 I am passionate about photography as an art form. In a world overfull with images, ideas, and messages streaming at us at warp speed, there is profound value in the thoughtfulness, the provocation, the silent aesthetic, the power of a single image made with the vision and ever evolving techniques of fine art photography. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Breaking Loose fired stoneware with an applied patina 9 x 9 x 11 She started in a block of clay. As material is carved away the figure emerges. Her message is of being contained, finding her self worth, and then breaking loose of her confines to freedom. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

She Commands the Current oil on canvas 16 x 12 This work honors my woman ancestors—those whose strength, intelligence, and intuitive ways of knowing were often unrecognized or unnamed. Their legacy is carried forward through the body, through perception, and through an increasing attunement to unseen forces. The electrical lines extending outward suggest transmission as much as reception: the figure absorbs cosmic energy while simultaneously radiating it back into the world. I dedicate this to my late mother, a woman who was a conduit of power, perception, and inherited knowledge. She stands beneath a luminous moon, her gaze lifted and unwavering, as if listening to frequencies beyond the visible world. The currents radiating from her head are both electric and ancestral—visual manifestations of intuition sharpened over time and wisdom accumulated through lived experience. The moon functions as a cosmic anchor, symbolizing cyclical time, memory, and the enduring presence of those who came before. Its craters echo the marks of age on the figure’s face, reinforcing the idea that time leaves evidence not as damage, but as history. The woman’s crossed arms and grounded posture convey authority and self-possession. She is not passive beneath the cosmos; she is in dialogue with it. Aging, in this painting, is depicted as an expansion of consciousness. With time comes a heightened sensitivity to patterns, rhythms, and truths that transcend the individual self. This figure embodies the idea that as we age, we grow closer to the cosmos—not by leaving the body behind, but by fully inhabiting it, charged with memory, lineage, and luminous awareness. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Mother Nature in Control oil on canvas with seed beads 16 x 16 Mother Nature controls the natural world. She nurtures, but she has the power to destroy. Mother Nature represents the interconnection of the living. My piece was inspired by this power and the fact that this power, throughout time, has been personified as being female. My Mother Nature in within the wings of a dove and she is wrapped in floral growth. She is within the darkness of night. She is powerful. She is with what is good. She is our story. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

To My Favorite G.I. collage, acrylic, charcoal on panel 24 x 24 During World War II, my father wrote more than 500 letters to my mother while fighting in the Pacific Theater. Two works from my Between the Lines series—"To My Favorite G.I." and "Left Behind"—focus on the women and girls whose lives unfolded in the shadow of those letters and events. "To My Favorite G.I." incorporates original correspondence and photographs my mother received from overseas. Her image became a lifeline—proof that love, beauty, and constancy still existed amid chaos. On the back of one small photograph she wrote, “To my favorite G.I.” The term “G.I.” was not anonymous to her; it was intimate. A coded declaration of belonging, resilience, and hope. This work honors the countless young women who stayed behind to wait, work, worry, and believe. "Left Behind" turns to the quieter, often overlooked experience of children shaped by war. Lorraine stands suspended between innocence and fear, forced into emotional adulthood by absence. Her story reflects generations of young girls whose lives were irrevocably altered by conflicts they did not choose. Together, these paintings bear witness to longing, faith, and endurance carried by the women and girls who held families, memories, and futures together while history unfolded around them. In creating these works, I sought to capture what could not always be spoken—the quiet strength, unresolved longing, and inner faith that sustained those at home. Through layered imagery, fragmented text, and partial concealment, the paintings mirror how memory, love, and absence coexist, shaping lives long after the war has ended. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Ghost Story, Chapter 3 _ visiting with her memories pored watercolors and fluid acrylics on paper 17 x 18 Painting , for me, is an opportunity to retreat into my imagination and tell a "story”. As I paint, I work to cultivate artwork that tells a narrative about an experience from the point of view of the protagonist. In this painting, I worked with water-media to create an image that is inspired by the life of an elderly woman’s experiences. In “ghost story, chapter 3 _Visiting with her memories” my central character is living for today while she considers her past, in terms of her memories. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Summer In The City, 1944 collage and mixed media on panel 14 x 14 My aunt, Aspasia, born in Albania, came to America in 1933 with my then ten-year-old father, his sister and his older brother. She married into my father's large family was loved and respected by us all. She is seen here, in her younger years, taking her infant daughter out for a walk in NYC. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.