My BRANCHING OUT series is a result of the Pandemic. Due to Quarantine, I could not work with models, which negatively impacted my figurative work. As I spent more time in nature, I became inspired by river landscapes, forests, and trees. I saw parallels with our roots, growth and outreach. I began painting what grounds us. People's lives intertwine and branch out, mimicking what is seen in nature; life, hope, development, dormancy, and death. A fresh perspective can increase understanding, compassion, or renew respect for our world. Now when I see twisted branches and roots, I cannot help but think of the shelter provided in their tangled embrace. I appreciate support systems that develop and interconnect. Sometimes our roots can trip us up. Looking back and seeing the whole picture, our tangled lives are often messy, but beautiful.
Silviculture is the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands for society, wildlife, and wood production on a sustainable basis. It involves humans making decisions about nature. Both my BRANCHING OUT series and SILVI-(UN)CULTURED celebrate the beauty of the wild!
Silviculture is the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands for society, wildlife, and wood production on a sustainable basis. It involves humans making decisions about nature. Both my BRANCHING OUT series and SILVI-(UN)CULTURED celebrate the beauty of the wild!
UNBOUND
oil, 36” H x 48” W x 1.25” D, 2022
Original Available for purchase
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TREETOP UPRISING
Original Available for purchase oil on canvas, on wood, heavy, circle 27” Diameter x 1.5”depth, 2021 Framed with black hoop, bare industrial screws. Heavy, grounded, circle design, looking up at sky, tree trunks and branches dropping down like dew Contact for price and other print options |
HANG ON: FOR DEAR LIFE
Original Available for purchase oil, canvas, wood turntable, 27” diameter irregular circle x 2.25" depth, 2021 History: 2022 West Michigan Art Competition, Juror, Bill Davis, Lowell, MI Like a sunburst, or an atom, this golden and brown image radiates in a circle of life that illustrates our inter-connectedness. Painted on canvas secured to a solid wood turntable to rotate, it is about life and death and how precarious it all is. Contact for price and other print options |
TAPESTRY OF LIFE
Original Available for purchase
oil, 48"H x 48"W x 1.75"D, 2020
History: LowellArts "Getaway" Show, May 2021Just like people grow and live lives interwoven and connected, roots ground, such is the "Tapestry of Life". (Inspired by Michigan kayak river trips). Contact for price and other print options
Original Available for purchase
oil, 48"H x 48"W x 1.75"D, 2020
History: LowellArts "Getaway" Show, May 2021Just like people grow and live lives interwoven and connected, roots ground, such is the "Tapestry of Life". (Inspired by Michigan kayak river trips). Contact for price and other print options
SANCTUM
oil, 12"W x 24"H x 1.5"D, 2020
Companion piece to Tapestry of Life.
Sky looking through abstract branches or roots.
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FOOTPATH FLOOR
oil, 20"H x 20"W, x 1.5"D, 2021
HISTORY: Art Walk Central, Fall 2022 at Art Reach
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oil, 20"H x 20"W, x 1.5"D, 2021
HISTORY: Art Walk Central, Fall 2022 at Art Reach
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FOREST FLOOR
oil, 14"H x 11"W x 1.5"D, 2020
HISTORY: Art Walk Central, Fall 2022 at Art Reach
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RESTING PLACE
oil, 36"H x 24"W, x 1.5"D, 2020
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oil, 36"H x 24"W, x 1.5"D, 2020
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TUMULTUOUS BRACKEN
oil, 48"H x 48"W, x 1.75"D, 2020
HISTORY: Art Walk Central, Fall 2022 at Art Reach
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oil, 48"H x 48"W, x 1.75"D, 2020
HISTORY: Art Walk Central, Fall 2022 at Art Reach
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NATURAL FRENZY
oil, 48"H x 48"W x 1.75"D, 2020
SOLD
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oil, 48"H x 48"W x 1.75"D, 2020
SOLD
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