Acrylic On Canvas
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While my father was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, he lived with our family for six years. We kept him out of a nursing home as long as possible, until the last year necessitated it, even though he had the long-term insurance coverage to be in one longer. This was his first stay in a nursing home during an extended family vacation. Nursing homes had always seemed to me in the past, to be places where people became invisible and ignored by family, so our need to place him there during this first temporary stay was very upsetting to me...plus that night he was running a low-grade fever from a sinus infection and wasn't feeling well. I took a series of photos and re-composed his image with others in the waiting room in wheelchairs, placed behind him. I soon learned that people may need to have this extra help, no matter how distasteful the prospect. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.12.25 x 12.25"
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I was challenged to create a painting based on my garden in an extremely vertical space. I wanted the experience and I wanted to keep it abstract. The climbing vine clematis worked here. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.12 x 6"Oil, graphite, charcoal on paper
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Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.I am a abstract landscape painter. The greens of the surrounding lawn set off the blooms in the rose garden. The colors green and red are complements on the color wheel. Within the choices for the color green I went "Veronese Green." A blast of pure cadmium green with that Venetian/Veronese "twist". The red is many reds but mostly pure cadmium red medium and alizarin crimson--sometimes mixed or overlapping, other times almost pure. The "rose garden" is framed by a cadmium yellow deep border and then outlined in aluminum paint. I am excited about this painting: the big singular shape, the colors and the framing to set it all off.oil, charcoal, graphite, aluminum paint on paper 24 x 24"
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oil, charcoal, graphite on paper 26 x 21" For three years I have lived and worked in Dutchess County/Upstate New York. Here I cannot escape--the landscape. The natural environment of the Hudson Valley are triggers: rivers, ponds, mountains, trails, farmland, forests. I look for my own underlying order amid nature's chaos. Using drawing and mark making with charcoal and graphite and painting with layered oils, I generate an imagined reality. Draw/erase. Paint/scrape. Again. And again. A ghost remains. I work toward a bilateral glimpse of interconnectedness between what we can see and what we imagine we can see--a superficial and subterranean geography. The resulting blend of drawing and painting awakens the unknown and casts the familiar in new light.
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oil, charcoal, graphite on paper 26 x 21" For three years I have lived and worked in Dutchess County/Upstate New York. Here I cannot escape--the landscape. The natural environment of the Hudson Valley are triggers: rivers, ponds, mountains, trails, farmland, forests. I look for underlying geometry and order amid nature's chaos. Using drawing and mark making with charcoal and graphite and painting with layered oils, I generate an imagined reality from a perceived experience. Draw/erase. Paint/scrape. A ghost remains. I work toward a bilateral glimpse of interconnections between what we can see and what we imagine we can see--a superficial and a subterranean geography. This blend casts the familiar in a new light.
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Oil, charcoal, and graphite on canvas
30 x 30 x 1.5 in
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Oil on Canvas 48 x 24 x 1.5"Life Memories of A Tree is inspired by a tree in my neighborhood. The concept of all livings creatures somehow communicate with each other, and with us.. We must not only see them but also hear them. They communicate with us with every fresh branch, broken timber, and every strings in their body to tell us stories of their lifetime.
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Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase."A nkisi acts as an intercessor between ancestral spirits and the living." Minksi (pl of nkisi) were "used for a community’s well-being, assuring fertility, protecting against illnesses, and generally keeping malevolent forces at bay. Their commissioning reflected a fear that disruptive forces would damage the village’s unity." [source: Community Power Figure: Male (Nkisi) Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Yaëlle Biro, 2018.] I hope Nkisi for Elections will act as an intercessor between the spirits of the founding fathers of our democracy, our Constitution, and the politicians of today.mixed media 19.5 x 14 x 4.5"
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Mixed media, painted cloth, found objects on wood 72 x 24 x 12"A nkisi is a container for spirits that was widely used by healers in the 19th and early part of the 20th century in the Congo area of Africa. Nkisi for Remembrance is a contemporary and vernacular interpretation of those ritualistic sculptures created by the healer of a village to protect clients who had been wronged. This nkisi draws from those African sculptures some of their aesthetic elements such as the use of reflective surfaces which reflect both the spirit world and the natural world.
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Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.This image of harmonious chaos in watercolor, recites a poem reflecting a cosmic seascape of energy waves. In this realm water doesn't overwhelm, but meets adjacent elements with its own cosmic intelligence, creating a dancing spray in consciousness.watercolor 10.75 x 8.75"
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Bronze 6 x 3 x 2.5 in. This joyful piece was created after seeing this little girl in her own world of happiness catching the raindrops falling. It reminded me of the simple pleasures of life we have all felt. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.
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Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.10.5 x 7.75 x 7.5" I was inspired by my visit to South Carolina, visiting a marketplace where local women were comfortably creating new baskets while surrounded by others for sale. I wanted to capture this beautiful story of the Basket Weaver, which is full of history and her life today.Bronze
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Bronze sculpture Council of American Art Societies, Inc. Award for Excellence in Representational Figurative Sculpture
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Every weekend I love hiking in the woods. One of my favorite hikes passes through wonderful gardens, and I cannot help myself but keep taking pictures of the beauties I find there. Flowers were always my most successful paintings, and to this day, I love painting flowers. I can employ the rich colors I love, and create paintings with intricate, interlocking patterns that nerveless result in a harmonious whole. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.9 x 9"watercolor on paper
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Works on Paper Colonial Park 15 x 11 in. I like to work outside, and many of my landscapes start as a plain air painting. Sometimes, I will refine and finalize my paintings in the studio. This work was started outdoors. I was attracted to the way the light reflected on the building in this scene.. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.
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mixed media 9 x 9" If you see a woman walking and occasionally swooping down to pick up a shiny metal object, a sparkling gem, or an interesting piece of metal or plastic, it could be me. I am constantly searching for treasures on the street, at flea markets, in thrift stores, in discarded jewelry, in the trash room in my co-op, and anywhere I go. When I get home, I soak the day’s finds in detergent, rinse and dry them, then squirrel them away in clear plastic boxes and drawers, along with things I purchase, that fill my studio waiting to be turned into a collage, assemblage, or mixed media art piece. I get my inspiration from lots of sources, including museums and galleries, magazines and books, art classes, artists, and my imagination and dreams. I constantly teach myself new techniques, experiment with ways to work with different materials, and share ideas. Many of my pieces come about serendipitously, trying one thing and ending up with something unexpected and wonderful, which is what happened for the pieces I am submitting. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.
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printing & mixed media 6 x 8"
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mixed 17 x 14" My Aunt May loved butterflies and asked me to create a collage for her with butterflies. When I finished this piece she inspired I could not part with it. I created another collage for her, which she cherished. I kept this one. My aunt passed away a number of years ago and in her memory I would like to share this collage with you and, I hope, have it find a new and welcome home.
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Assemblage 5 x 6 in. Several years ago I began taking apart computers and other electronics, using the materials to build models and wall hangings. I enjoy taking them apart as much as putting the pieces together into something else entirely. I begin by building a structure from motherboards and other large objects from the electronics. I then enhance them with bits and pieces of old jewelry, metal and plastic, and other precious “junk”. The result, I hope, is a piece that stimulates the imagination and takes viewers somewhere new and wonderful.
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print on paper 14.5 x 6" When I turned 50 and was forced to spend a lot of time in doctor’s offices and hospital waiting rooms, I began cutting images out of magazines – that was the beginning of becoming a serious artist. I took classes and created intricate collages. Eventually I began experimenting with other materials and techniques. I also began studying with instructors who encouraged me to be creative and follow my own ideas. The images in this show were inspired by family and friends -- my Aunt Mary who loved butterflies and nature, my friend Stephanie who encouraged me to fight for women's rights, and my teacher Martha who helped me explore new materials and techniques.
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rice, modeling paste, 24k gold, & acrylic on wood 36 x 48 x 2.375" Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.
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Rice, acrylic, & mica on wood panel 19 x 19 x 3"
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Cold wax oil on Birch panel 14 x 11 x .875"“The absence that defined it became the presence that defined them.” (Everything is Illuminated by Johnathan Safran Foer) I keep a copy of this quote on my studio wall because it tweaks my imagination. In the novel it refers to a shared hole between two bedrooms. The recent unforeseen pandemic years have done much to remind me of our uncertain human condition within the energetic flux of life. This painting is my abstract vision of passing through dynamic energy into an unknowable future.
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Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between artist and buyer after the purchase.encaustic 8 x 8 x 1"Everything around us was shades of blue and grey. We were sitting outside on the coast of Pico Island, in the Azores, listening to the waves break over volcanic rock. Not the nicest weather for a vacation with friends, but the Sangria we shared muted the chilly, damp weather. I love the contrast of the dark red and the orange against the stormy sky and sea. This piece takes into consideration, unpleasant weather, along with the concept of making the best of it.
