Artist Gallery

Photography

Painting

11"x14"

Mixed Media

"The best therapist has fur and four legs" 

Painting

Oil.

Photography

shot at a public nature reserve in the reeds along the river, 2009

Works on Paper

Every pack needs a leader.

Photography

Mixed Media

57 x 36in

Works on Paper

Digital drawing.

Photography

(playin and lovin PhotoShop. Rarely but Passionately

Works on Paper

Digital drawing.

Painting

Sculpture

Works on Paper

Digital Drawing.

Mixed Media

Painting

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MANDEM is a working team of artists, one of whom lives with the genetic disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) that causes failure of connective tissue. The Hypermobility series recenters that disability as a form of beauty via MANDEM's signature approach to the classical realist tradition of figure painting. Using studio models diagnosed with connective tissue disorders, such as EDS, the series captures moments where joints hyperextend or dislocate and the body moves into broken-seeming, impossible configurations. These technique-oriented mixed media/oil paintings explode the line between medical documentation and art. This project began during MANDEM's artist residency at the Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino (Florence, Italy). Hypermobility has exhibited in Italy, England, Canada, and the United States. (http://MANDEMart.com/hypermobility)

Mixed Media

Painting

My first painting 

Photography

Black butterflies are often regarded as a symbol of renewal, reconstruction, and rebirth in many cultures.  Encountering a black butterfly can indicate that the person is about to embark on a major life transformation.  In some traditions, they also represent longevity. 

Painting

Mollie Tibbetts was reported missing, and all of America hoped, waited and prayed that she would be found, safe and sound, while the local police and the FBI searched Brooklyn, Iowa, interviewed neighbors and left no stone unturned. This abstract painting was done in alcohol inks on Terra Skin stone paper, which was then mounted on gallery wrapped canvas. Gold foil was used to shine as her life shone, all too briefly. The palette of purple and blue express the grief and deep regret that we feel for Mollie, for her family, fiance, friends and neighbors. It is a sorrow we feel for all missing persons and their families, whose absence is a loss to us all. Hanging hardware not included.

Photography

Works on Paper

This work is a block print to create a yin and a yang type of image amonst the fish and the wave. The work is 30Wx18L

Mixed Media

1/10 in a series based around themed playlists paired with painted floral patterns. Hand lettering is digitally affixed on top of the pattern. This is the first in the series, exploring "songs that encourage you to bloom"

Photography

Bodega Head photography 
One of my favorites

Painting

Painting

Watercolor