An artist and gardener intuits plant intelligence . It is unsurprising that inside a blade of grass, there is an alien thinking world, unseen and unknowable. If one is unzipped and thoughts were see-able, what would emerge? Are humans capable of comprehending?
Watercolor 9″ x 12″
Pain is a jealous God. Initially, a lit match and easily blown out. No problem. Disrespected, it flares, setting everything precious on fire, wickedly insisting on surrender. Everything is colored by pain. Nothing will be the same.
Watercolor 18″ x 24″
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Mirror mirror on the wall…
A Queen plots murder to be crowned the most beautiful in the land. Forget royalty, Beauty is the ultimate Power, and cannibalism is an acceptable price to pay for it.
Watercolor 24″ x 18″
Fire is elemental fuel, at once mesmerizing, fluid and ephemeral. A comfort on a cold night and feared when unconfined. So sits anger. Harnessed, it propels growth and creativity but left untended destroys with slow burning embers or explosive eruptions. A tended belly fire is a soothing wildness pressing on perfection and demanding emotional expansion.
Watercolor 12″ x 16″
My friend wrote a children’s story, Bear in Ballard, based on the true story of a bear spotted on the streets of Ballard a few years ago. The story depicts the bear as it cavorts and explores major landmarks in the area like Cupcake Royale and the Locks. She flattered and intimidated me when she asked me to illustrate it. Though I had my doubts, I love this friend and admire her spirit and vision. I wanted to work with her so I agreed. I finished two illustrations. Bear and Dragon is an interpretation of an elementary school playground. Bear in Sprinkle Park takes place by the library being led by the moon and followed by a police dog.
Unfortunately, we didn’t finish this project. But the project taught me how to merge my style with story telling, a true challenge.
A direct gaze distorts the truth as if it’s made of sand. To see differently expectations, photographs, mirrors, assumptions, categories, must be set aside. She emerged blind-sideways from the experiment and unwrapped a thousand other possible “me”s. Unpolished, but a strong catalyst and inspiration guiding me towards new artistic adventure and identity.
The first painting I proudly framed and hung on my living room wall, after I put the paint from photographs away.
watercolor 12″ x 16″
Opposites are not linear, but circular. At the extreme of one sits its opposite, always in contact with one another in a dance, not isolation. If the opposite of love is fear then the opposite of suffering is inspiration. A garden personifies inspiration. It is creation, beauty, growth where once stood loss, suffering and death while carefully and lovingly tended. You could not have one without the other.
watercolor 9″ x 12″
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In 2004 tendonitis shot numbness and electric pain along my forearm to my wrist, making it difficult to use my dominant hand. For over two months my days were stormy with Uncertainty, Questions, Frustration, Tension, Blame, Fear, Self-Victimization and only by necessity, Perseverance. Meanwhile, sticky sweet Healing brewed in the stillness deep below. My storm’s turbulent surface obscured the soothing deep. Injuries are a test of character and faith.
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In the summertime, my father would take me to the fragrant kaleidoscopic rose garden near our house. I liked to watch the goldfish rise and descend in the stately pond. One would surface in a quiet blip and peer at me quixotically through the ripples. A fresh joyful cry and my hands would shoot out in a fearless attempt to capture its magic but the wizardly creatures always escaped. A mutual act of full attention.
12″ x 16″ watercolor
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The year of trying to get pregnant drew longer until I began to wonder if something was wrong with me. I wished I could see inside myself and withdraw some understanding. Was I wounded? Broken? Was this karma? I held my belly; inhale, exhale, energy, light, healing, and please, some sight and insight. Nothing came. So I painted. What emerged glowed with health and beauty – a wondrous soul-catcher.
13” x 10” Watercolor
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