Though the process may be silent, I have always felt that my visual art was an expression of sound.
Dreamscape 1: Grandma’s Kitchen, pen, ink & colored pencil on paper
Dandelion, pen, ink & colored pencil illustration for Awakening Artemis
Dreamscape 2: The Shore is Enough, pen, ink & colored pencil on paper
SpiritFire: Ancestors, pen, ink & acrylics on bristol board
White Pine, pen, ink & colored pencil illustration for Awakening Artemis
SpiritFire: Autumn, pen, ink & acrylics on bristol board
Apple, pen, ink & colored pencil illustration for Awakening Artemis
Fly On, Jimi Hendrix in his lyrics, micron pens on paper
Nutmeg, pen, ink & colored pencil illustration for Awakening Artemis
Illusion, pen, ink & acrylics on bristol board
Red Clover, pen & ink illustration for Awakening Artemis
Metamorphosis, pen, ink & acrylics on bristol board
When I allow abstract images and shapes of sound to emerge from my body and onto blank pages, I shed old selves, integrate prior experiences, clear noise, and make space to receive.
I have described my pieces as snake skins—layers I needed to shed in order to grow.
This gallery includes a selection of those abstract innerscapes, plant illustrations from Awakening Artemis, and a portrait of Jimi Hendrix created entirely in his lyrics with micron pens. That style— visual verse— was initially created by unloading all the words and noise in my head, unedited, in tiny, tiny words. And since his lyrics were in there, I decided to celebrate him too. I have also included a new series of circular dreamscapes— symbols and remembrances of nighttime dreams.