“Fleeting Memories”
Color is powerful. The use of color can define whether something is full of hope or despair, joy or fear. The use of color can also create tension and drive curiosity. The color palette in this piece altered somewhat as more of the work emerged. How do the color dynamics in this piece speak to you? What story do they tell? 60″ H x 36″ W Charcoal & Acrylic on wood panel. 2026 $5200
“In Her Garden”
We all search for pockets of peace and serenity in our life journey. This ethereal woman searches for her peace in the garden amongst the growing things. “48” x 30″ Acrylic on Canvas 2026 $3200
“Soul Journey Reimagined”
Creating a painting is always a journey. The concept gets altered along the way. This painting took a lot of twists and turns before this horse’s journey was finally determined. Oil on wood panel, 36″ x 48″ 2024-26 $4200
“We the People”
Sometimes you have to be bold. To reach out with your grasping talons for that which you desire. Can we all be as bold and brave as the fearless eagle? Charcoal & Acrylic on Canvas 2026 36″ x 36″ $950
“Beauty And the Beast”
Monkey on your back? Don’t let it run you. Shake it off. In this Year of the Horse I feel its chaos, saddled with a burden. As my brush strokes over the canvas, the painting process brings peace. Acrylic on canvas. 36″ H x 48″ W x 2″ 2026 $4500
“Shhh! A Murder Is On Its Way”
Birds are symbols for flight, freedom, escape; all important aspects of my life. Crows often visit the gardens surrounding my home and studio nestled amongst the trees. I never tire of watching them. They are extremely intelligent and are community minded souls, living in family groups, conversing vigorously. Throughout history they’ve often been misunderstood and that’s why a flock earned them the name of A Murder. Acrylic on wooden panel 32″ Diameter x 1.25″ Deep. $2200 2026
“A Broken Nation”
Despair? Urgency? Fear? What emotions does this imagery evoke in you? Do you feel the pressure, the danger? How do you respond? Acrylic & Charcoal on canvas, 48″ H x 36″ W x 2″ D. 2026 $5800
“The Wheel Of Time”
The symbolism of the white mare as Mother Earth moves with the rhythm of the sacred spiral. Along with the bold color and the vigorous brushstrokes, the movement highlights the reference to the continual passage and turning of time. From the Awakening Series. 2025 48″ H x 36″ W x 1.5″ D. Acrylic paint on gessoed wood panel. $3800
“Questions”
I’ve got questions, most everyone’s got them, especially in times of uncertainty. From the Awakening Series. Acrylic and charcoal on Canvas 48″ H x 30″ W x 1.5″ D, gallery wrapped. 2025 $4500
“The Last Tree Standing”
From the Awakening Series, this is a painting that draws the viewer into a world rich with color and emotion. At its heart lies a solitary tree, standing tall and resilient, capturing the essence of strength and endurance amidst adversity. It’s a call to action wrapped in a moment of serene beauty. Oil & Acrylic on wood panel, 2025, 30” Diameter 1.5” Deep $2500
“Fleeing Chaos”
Have you ever felt like the faster you run away from something, the closer it gets to you? As a child, I was frequently overwhelmed by fear and the need to escape. When I first envisioned this painting, I was trying to capture those emotions and how they relate to current circumstances. From the Awakening Series. Acrylic on canvas 66”H x 35”W. 2025, $4500
“The Conversation”
From the Awakening Series, this painting was inspired by a 30 plus year old sketch I left to ferment. Here, we see crows gathering to converse, as they are very community minded spirits and one of the most intelligent birds. I can only imagine the conversations they share amongst themselves. Oil on canvas. 28” x 40” January 2025, $1800
“Trail of Lost Souls”
The Coyote is known as the Trickster by Native Americans, while the Hawk is the messenger from God. Having lived in the woodlands of Southern Illinois for more than 35 years, I’m very familiar with both animals. The haunting cries of the Coyote during the hunting and mating season is a joyous song to hear. However, their numbers are dwindling because many people shoot them on sight. Coyotes are underappreciated as an important predator of rabbits, squirrels and mice. From the Awakening Series. 48″ Diameter, Acrylic on canvas over wood panel. 2024 $4500
“Symbol For Our Time”
Sometimes it feels like the entire world around us is consumed by fire. This painting was created in 2020, amidst a raging world of environmental distress, book burnings, and health crises. (retitled Sept 2026) 36″ x 60″ Acrylic & Oil on canvas 2020 $3800
“The Breath of Life”
To breathe is to live. But there is a balance to breathing. Can we breathe life back into the existence of our planet, so it in turn can sustain us? Oil, acrylic, pencil & charcoal on linen 40”H x 30”W 2020 $1200
“Crystals, Cactus, & Cries”
The Hawk is known as the messenger of God and is a spirit animal to many. I have an affinity for birds, envious of their freedom of flight. For those that are familiar with my earlier work, you’ll recognize my fondness for working within a circle in this fantasy landscape. The cosmic connection is powerful. 48″ Diameter Oil & Acrylic on canvas over wood panel. $4500
“Remembering”
My first playmate, friend, teacher and soulmate was my dog, Copper. After 70 years, she still looms large in my memory, having been there for me when no family member was. Acrylic & Oil on canvas. 36″ x 48″ 2024 $3500
“Dreamscape With Spirit”
Escape into a dreamworld of color, light and movement. Imagine the exhilaration of dropping the reins, closing your eyes, and reaching your arms out. Can you feel yourself flying? Oil on linen, 36″ H x 48″ D 2024 $3200
“Moody Blues”
This blue lady depicts a theme of escape, a reoccurring need in my history. 48″ H x 36″ W Oil on linen. 2023 $4800
“Wind In the Door”
Oil on canvas, 44″H x 24″W x 1.5″ Private Collection
“Spirit of the Woods”
As a young girl, I was gifted a black gelding that I named Spirit. He was an amazing horse and we were close companions. I still think of him on occasion, missing our adventures together. I live in the woods and can often see him in the tangled branches against the sky. This painting is an homage to him and his beautiful soul that didn’t deserve the ending he suffered. Oil on canvas, 42″ H x 27″w, 2021 $1200
“Cosmic Odyssey”
I’ve had a fascination for decades with the Universe, astrophysics, time-space concepts, energy flows and our place in this wondrous creation. My work returns again and again to this subject matter. Here’s my latest image of the power of the Cosmos. Oil on canvas, 41″ H x 34″ W, $2500 2022
“Journey of the Mind”
This is the culmination of a year of experimental drawing and painting. I love the results because it combines my 45 year interest in cosmology, astrophysics, the Gaia theory, movement, color and texture. 2022 Oil & acrylic on wood panels, each 30″ x 30″. $2800 for dyptich
“The Hot Radiance of Time”
Time is what you think it is. Some of my thoughts while working on it: We quest more time, always held in that state of anticipation instead of being in the present and utilizing our time well. I’ve expressed time here as a flowing, spiraling line from which explodes hot, glowing energy. Inspiration was the surface of our own Sun. It does glow with the radiance of a precious jewel. Time is running out for us to reverse the damage to the environment humans have caused burning fossil fuels. What are we going to demand? look away from? embrace? And endure? I am merely a humble messenger. The GAIA Theory tells us that the entire Earth is a single living organism, and all life is interdependent. Mother Earth tells us to look to the science for answers and for the tragedies that will beset the entire planet and challenge the ability of the human race to survive if we don’t accept change now. Oil on Canvas Painting 2022, 30″H x 40″W, gallery wrapped. $2500
“Birth of the Cosmos”
Before time, the creative source exploded energy and the minerals and gases formed the Universe. This painting was done quite spontaneously in 2012, put aside and then in 2020 I revisited it and altered the right side of it which had originally exploded off the side of the canvas. The new composition is much more satisfying. In studying it I began to see all sorts of figures in the brushwork that had not been intentional. Oil on Canvas 30″H x 40″W, gallery wrapped $2500
“Bursting With Life”
The Color Me Red Storyline Series is coming to you from Wolf Creek Studio in beautiful Southern Illinois with its forests, streams, lakes and rich veins of coal. This series is an extension of the Charcoal Storyline but this time in color with acrylic and oil on wooden panels. These small paintings exhibit the same level of rhythm, movement and energy, reminiscent of my childhood spent at the piano and in the ballet studio. At the same time they have a richness of color and the repetitive fractal patterns of nature. Today’s chapter is titled Bursting with Life. Life entails the cycles of birth, growth and death. This painting can hardly contain the energy involved with these cycles. Oil & Acrylic on Wooden Panel 12″ Sq. 2021 NA
“Poppies”
The second chapter of the Color Me Red Storyline Series is a dreamlike image that I titled Poppies. The round orbs dance and melt over the surface with rich color playing back and forth between foreground and background. The movement in this oil and acrylic painting has slowed, allowing the color to saturate the mind. Acrylic & Oil on board 12″ x 12″ 2021 $350
“Wound Up”
The third chapter in the Color Me Red Storyline Series is a small painting that I titled Wound Up. This was the seminal piece for all of the drawings and paintings in the Storyline Series. This piece is bursting with energy and it marks my move into abstraction. Wound Up is inspired by the power of the cosmos to generate life. The title also refers to my excitement and anticipation I feel as I move forward and discover. It is a celebration of life! My move into abstraction has been really exciting. It’s giving me the freedom to express emotions in color and line. Follow me to see where I go with it. Oil & Acrylic on Wood Panel 12″ Sq. 2021 $350
“Sun Melt”
This image has really grown on me, as I see more hidden in the color: figures melting away, poppies growing towards the sun, movement in and out of the dark. This painting pairs well with the smaller paintings Poppies and Wound Up. From the Storyline Series. Oil on Linen 48″H x 24″W 2021 $1500
“Rolling Along”
This painting is joyful, exhilarating, full of energy, something to brighten a space and uplift. I like the unfettered movement across the canvas, playing with the colors. From the Storyline Series. Oil on canvas 28″H x 38″W 2021 $950
“Into the Deep”
This painting has been juried into the online exhibition “True Blue” on the Art-Fluent website. http://www.art-fluent.com The creative directive wrote: “Into the Deep is such a standout, we absolutely love it!” It’s a luscious blue, a swimming delight! Oil and acrylic on cradled wood 36″ x 36″ 2021 $1800
“Conflict”
Conflict comes from opposition and it has a strong association to the color red, as red is the color of blood, birth and death. Here, a subtle heart shape is speared. Oil, acrylic, charcoal, pumice on floating board 30″ x 30″ $750 2021
All images are copyrighted 2026