Recent work
The possibilities of mixed media, and how those materials can inform the finished work, has always intrigued me. Current work includes a series of clay figurative pieces that are then transformed by the addition of encaustic wax, powdered pigments, woood, metal and other found materials.
 The Self-inflicted Stigmata of the ArtistStoneware, encaustic, pigments
17" x 10" x 8" |  The Stretching of a SpanStoneware, encaustic, pigments
12" x 5" x 7" |  The Earth Has Music for Those Who Listen_2Stoneware, encaustic, pigments |
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 WeightlessStoneware, encaustic, pigments
11" x 6" x 10" |  A Pale Cast of ThoughtStoneware, encaustic, pigments
10" x 8" x 6" |  SolitudeStoneware, encaustic, pigments, vintage catcher's mask, vintage industrial sand casting mold
18" x 14" x 11" |
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 Seen UnseenClay, encaustic, pigments, vintage casting mold.
26" x 16 " 13" |  HarbingerClay, pigment, encaustic
17" x 17" x 12" |  HarbingerClay, pigment, encaustic
17" x 17" x 12" |
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 HarbingerClay, pigment, encaustic
17" x 17" x 12" |  Woman HealingClay, pigment, encaustic, leaves
6" x 6" x 12" (SOLD) |  Woman HealingClay, pigment, encaustic, leaves
6" x 6" x 12" (SOLD) |
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 Woman HealingClay, pigment, encaustic, leaves
6" x 6" x 12" (SOLD) |  DreamerClay, pigments
9" x 7" x 13" (SOLD) |  DreamerClay, pigments
9" x 7" x 13" (SOLD) |
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 ReposeClay, pigments, encaustic
6" x 7" x 12" (SOLD) |  ReposeClay, pigments, encaustic
6" x 7" x 12" (SOLD) |  To The BoneClay, pigments, encaustic
6" x 20" x 2" |
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 19 + CountingRusted metal, paper, encaustic
43" x 13" |  19 and Counting (two)Wire, paper, encaustic
26" x 8" x 8' |  Identifying Characteristics at The Wilson Museum |
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 Identifying CharacteristicsClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments
7" x 27" diameter |  Balancing ActClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments, paper, metal
18" x 10" x 25" (SOLD) |  Balancing ActClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments, paper, metal
18" x 10" x 25" (SOLD) |
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 Icarus YearningClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments
8" x 8" x 16" (SOLD) |  Icarus Yearning, detailClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments
8" x 8" x 16" (SOLD) |  PrometheusClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments, metal, faux gold leaf
14" x 14" x 9" |
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 PrometheusClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments, metal, faux gold leaf
14" x 14" x 9" |  Promethues (detail)Clay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments, metal, faux gold leaf
14" x 14" x 9" |  NaiadClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments, metal
10" x 10" x 11" |
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 NaiadClay, encaustic medium, shellac, pigments, metal
10" x 10" x 11" |  How The Light Gets InEncaustic and powdered pigments on cradled panel
12" x 12" |  Journey's EndWire, wood, encaustic, found objects
(SOLD) |
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 Detritus, Black & AquaBeeswax, damar resin, powdered pigments.
18" x 24" |  Detritus, Copper & MagentaBeeswax, damar resin, powdered pigments.
18" x 24" |  Detritus, Blue & WhiteBeeswax, damar resin, powdered pigments.
14" x 12" |
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 VessoulCharred cedar, gut, rattan
20" x 18" x 6" |  For Richer, For PoorerClay, wax, damar resin, powdered pigments, oil stick, sisal.
14" x 12" x 4" |  Paradox of LossWood branch, wood veneer, wire, cord, stone.
36" x 24" x 5" |
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 Paradox of Loss, detailWood branch, wood veneer, wire, cord, stone.
36" x 24" x 5" |  Arctic Exposed (detail)Poured wax, charcoal, powdered pigment, rock salt
4" x 4" x +-3" (each) |  Arctic, ExposedPoured wax, charcoal, powdered pigment, rock salt
4" x 4" x +-3" (each) |
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 Quartering SeasEncaustic & mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, tree bark, charcoal and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
16" x 20" |  Out of DarknessEncaustic & mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, paper, imitation gold leaf, oils and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" |  Everything was perfect until it wasnEncaustic & mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" (SOLD) |
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 An Unexpected ThawEncaustic & mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, faux gold leaf and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" NFS |  New NazcaEncaustic & mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, oil pigment sticks and india ink on cradled birch panel
36" x 36" SOLD |  ReverberationsEncaustic & mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, oil pigment sticks and india ink on cradled birch panel
36" x 36" SOLD |
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 For A Brief Shining MomentEncaustic & mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, faux gold leaf, oil pigment sticks and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" |
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Carteographs
This series is inspired by my fascination with maps of all kinds, and what they tell us about societies’ intrinsic desire to not only create but also document their built environments. Maps of ancient ruins are often the only thing left of ancient or prehistoric cultures – and it excites the imagination to fill in the gaps. Humans build communities, and the community’s social boundaries and cultural customs are expressed in the patterns of those maps. Often, our worlds shape us as much as we shape them. I strive to convey the embodied spirit of those former or imagined worlds in material form.
A Punch to the Gut
2016
The US elections left many of us feeling shattered, as if we'd been attacked, and wanting to hit back in response. The creation of these images reflected the mental and emotional violence of that process ... the surfaces have been stabbed, slashed and scarred to reveal the built-up accretions underneath.
 Lost Land of the Cloud PeopleBeeswax, damar resin, paper, ark, oil pigment stick, and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" (SOLD) |  Root of all EvilBeeswax, damar resin, silver leaf, cardboard, roots, paper, wood and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" (SOLD) |  DetenteBeeswax, damar resin, paper, wood and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" |
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 Border ClosingsBeeswax, damar resin, paper, oils and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 24" |  Tra Le VigneBeeswax, damar resin, paper, bark and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" (SOLD) |  Over the RiverBeeswax, damar resin, paper, pastel, roots and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" (SOLD) |
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 Central ParkBeeswax, damar resin, paper, pastels, roots and powdered graphite on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" (SOLD) |  Past ReflectionsBeeswax, damar resin, paper, graphite and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" (SOLD) |  AdriftBeeswax, damar resin, paper, pastels, rust and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x18" (SOLD) |
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 Fallow FieldsBeeswax, damar resin, paper, oil pigment stick and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" |  It Takes a VillageBeeswax, damar resin, paper, vellum and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" |  Childhood RootsBeeswax, damar resin, paper, cording and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" |
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 We are ALL ImmigrantsBeeswax, damar resin, paper, vellum and powdered pigments on cradled birch panel
24" x 24" |
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 Election 1, Shape of DialogueMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, nails, pigments and pastel on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" (sold) |  Election 2, UnsalvageableMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, pigment and pastel on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" (sold) |  Election 3, From Unexpected QuartersMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, pigment and pastel on cradled birch panel
18" x 18" |
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Ghost Totems
2016 - 2019
The belief that we can speak to those who have gone before is as universal as it is necessary. Inspired by traditional Congo shamans' masks, these totems serve as the conduit to communicate with our ancestors, our lost families, even our future or past selves.
 Broken in TransitClay, beeswax, resin, powdered graphite, found objects
6" x 14" |  Ghost Totem #1Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, clay, paper, pastels, and wire on reclaimed wood
4" x 16" |  Ghost Totem #1, detail |
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 Ghost Totem 6Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, clay, powdered gold, pastels, newsprint, and dirt on reclaimed wood
4" x 16" |  Ghost Totem #2Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, and clay on reclaimed wood
4" x 16" |  Ghost Totem #2, detail |
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 Ghost Totem #3Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, clay, paper, pastels, and nails on reclaimed wood
4" x 16" |  Ghost Totem #5Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, clay, rusted metal, paper clay, and wire on reclaimed wood
4" x 16" |  Ghost Totem #5, detail |
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 Ghost Totem #4Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, clay, and pastels on reclaimed wood
4" x 16"
(SOLD) |
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Qosqo Dyads
2017
A chance exposure to the art of ancient Inca stoneworking left me blissfully haunted, as if the stones were speaking to me from eons past. Those shapes have been inserting themselves in these studies, and the arrangements of pairs let them continue to talk to each other.
 talking stones dyad 1Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |  talking stones dyad 2Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |  talking stones dyad 3Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |
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 talking stones dyad 4Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" (SOLD) |  talking stones dyad 5Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |  talking stones dyad 6Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |
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 talking stones dyad 7Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |  talking stones dyad 8Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |  talking stones dyad 9Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |
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 talking stones dyad 10Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |  talking stones dyad 11Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |  talking stones dyad 12Cold wax and oil pigments on Arches oil paper
9" x 12" |
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Black & White
2015
The simplicity of the palette in these paintings allows for engagement with the dimensional aspects. The wax has been both built up as well as scratched and carved into, providing a more primal emotional expression.
 Mexican ExcavationMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, and pastel on oak panel
10 1/4" x 14 1/4" |  On the VergeMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, rusted steel and pastel on oak panel
10 1/4" x 14 1/4" (SOLD) |  Worlds ApartMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, and pastel on oak panel
10 1/4" x 14 1/4" |
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Inside Outside Inbetwixt
2015 - 2016
Explorations of surface, depth and division
 OpusEncaustic - beeswax, damar resin, and india ink on cradled birch panel
10" x 10" x 1.5" |  My Soul Is An Open BookMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, fabric and found paper on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |  Between Ripe and RuinMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, and pastel on cradled birch panel
10" x 10" x 1.5" (SOLD) |
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 Until My Darkness GoesMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, india ink, string and cloth on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |  Pandora's PillowMixed media - beeswax, damar resin, india ink and cloth on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |
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 Ova #1Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, powdered gold, thread, glass beads, and pastel on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |  Ova #2Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, powdered gold, and powdered graphite on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |  Ova #3Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, powdered gold, rusted steel, and pastel on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |
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 Ova #5Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, powdered gold, and pastel on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |  Ova #7Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, powdered gold, powdered bronze, fiber mesh, and pastel on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" |  Ova #8Mixed media - beeswax, damar resin, plastic, and pastel on cradled birch panel
8" x 8" x 1.5" (SOLD) |
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Orb Ore Ova
2015
A series of circular forms with a curiously permuting scale - they can be thought of as small as a cell or as large as a celestial body.
