Here are my newest projects. These are mixed media pieces including acrylic, pastels, pen, color pencils, gouache and watercolors.
Songbird
40cm x33 cm, acrylic, ink, pastels
With matte, glass/wooden frame
$500, plus shipping, Contact me.
Inspired by an early morning walk listening to the birds hidden in the trees, I was reminded of Mary Oliver’s words, “Wild sings the birds of our hearts in the forest of our lives.” You know that magical moment when you are walking in nature and your heart is reawakened by some unexpected, special encounter.
Blue Bird
30cm x 20 cm, acrylic, ink, pastels
with matte, glass/black wooden frame
$250, plus shipping. Contact me.
This is one of a pair of blue and black birds, mixed media paintings.
Inspired by walks in Autumn, I began with gathered leaves for background printing. I imagined an orderly, bright, patterned textile suddenly released into an explosion of movement in the season’s winds.
Black Bird
20 cm x 30 cm, acrylic, ink, pastels
with matte, glass/black wooden frame
$250, plus shipping. Contact me.
This is one of a pair of blue and black birds, mixed media paintings.
Inspired by walks on a windy Autumn day, I began with gathered leaves for background printing. I’ve recently been looking at the textiles of indigenous groups, which are filtering into this explosion of colors.
Pigeons at the Base of Banyan Tree
31 cm x39 cm, gouache, acrylics, pastels, color pencils
With a glass/black wooden frame
$525, plus shipping. Contact me
Sometimes my paintings are influenced by my poetry. This piece was based on a day plein air painting, focused on banyan trees at Tetuan Plaza. I ran home to write a poem about the trees and pigeons and then painted these busy birds gathered at the base of the trees.
Autumn Owl
19cm x 29 cm, acrylic on paper with black matte
$80, plus shipping, Contact Me.
I love owls. They are my power animal. I remember late at night, hearing some in the woods of Virginia where I grew up. This one is welcoming the oncoming night.