 Harbor22'-x-30” dyes,acrylic, graphite, watercolor and charcoal on archival paper. |  Haven22"-x-30" dyes,acrylic, graphite, watercolor and charcoal on archival paper. |  Wild Geese28" x 24" Mixed Media on paper buried for 28 days in the dry season. |
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 Sanctum25.5”x36” dyes,acrylic, graphite, watercolor and charcoal on archival paper. |  After the Storm46" x 46" Leaves, tea, watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper buried for 2 weeks in the wet season |  Glory47.5" x 49.25" Leaves, tea, watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper buried for 2 weeks in the dry season. |
 Sanctuary |  Windswept56" x 50.5" Leaves, tea, watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper buried for 2 weeks in the dry season. |  The Gift33" x 40" Leaves, tea, watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper buried for 2 weeks in the dry season. |
 Wishing You Were Here19" x 24" Leaves, tea, watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper buried for 2 weeks in the dry season. |  ParadiseInstallation |  Nest 2 |
 The Secret (in SALE Gallery)35" x 40" Leaves, tea, watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper buried for 2 weeks in the dry season. |  Epiphany49" x 39" Mixed Media on archival paper |  Nest 3 |
 Nest 5 |  Oracle42" x 36" Mixed Media on archival paper |  Nest 6 |
 Crusade49" x 39" Mixed Media on archival paper |  Nest 7 |  Revelation49" x 39" Mixed Media on archival paper |
 Harbingers of Change49" x 39" Mixed Media on archival paper |
Seeking Home
Depicting birds, common symbols of the spirit, and their nests, or temporary homes, have become a way for me to talk about the human spirit’s futile search for an ephemeral home in this material plane. Just as birds leave their nests season after season, the spirit must migrate to the higher dimensional when its life is over. Try as we might, turmoil is as common as peace in this earthly plane, as many of the drawings depict.
These are works on paper and the paper itself, having undergone its own process of deterioration, underscores the themes of life’s ephemeral nature I bury the paper in a shallow bed in order for the particular nature of the ground to make its impression. The worms eat holes in its surface, the rain breaks down the fibers, and the earth leaves stains and marks on the paper. After nature has left its mark, I remove the paper from its makeshift grave and draw or redraw the images of the surrounding flora and fauna upon its newly weathered surface.