Time Gone By
24" x 18" x 2"
Deconstructed screen printing, rust printing, hand and machine stitching. Rust reminds me of things that are old and found.
$550 USD
Edge of the Woods
48" x 36"
Continuation and variation on my ongoing series based on Aspens.
$850 USD
Evidence of Hope
32.5" x 13"
Even in our darkest day's we look for something to see us through.
$475 USD
Contemplation
30.5" x 18"
This is an abstracted representation of cemeteries that I saw all over Japan. I have always found cemeteries to be a place of contemplation.
$675 USD
Exhale
26" x 48 1/2" x 1"
There is a phenomenon known as agonal breathing. Startling, and usually shocking even to medical personnel, a person already thought to be dead takes one last breath.
$850 USD
Silent Cry
41" x 46 1/2"
Helpless patients made speechless by machines keeping them alive, show their pain silently.
$1,150 USD
It Hurts So Bad
43" x 47 1/2"
Second piece in my study of pain and how to express it in art.
$1,225 USD
ECT
28" x 22" x 1
Since the 1940's Electric Shock Therapy has been used as a treatment for depression. The dark places in this work represent the memory loss that often happens after treatment.
$550 USD
The Journey
23 1/2" x 30" x 1
Life's journey has a beginning, middle, and end. Along the way there are detours, roadblocks, and of course all of life's little pleasures.
$620 USD
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Into the Woods
17" x 26 1/2"
The fifth in the "Aspen Series" of five, inspired by the countryside I have seen in my travels.
$550 USD
Chaos Removed
27" x 31 1/2"
Cutting up and reassembling helps to clear the mind.
$400 USD
Perspective
29" x 38 1/2"
The world is made up of many individuals with their own keen perspectives on life, love, and politics.
$875 USD
Nesting
20 1/2" x 17"
Dwelling challenge.
$450 USD
You Can't Go Home Again
24" x 18 1/2"
Whenever you go back to the house you were raised in, things are never the same. They seem larger, smaller, or somehow distorted.
$450 USD
Tidepools
13 1/2" x 17 1/2"
Deconstructed screenprint reminded me of Paradise Cove near Malibu, California.
$425 USD
Study in Green
12" x 12"
A green experiment with my embellishment machine.
Sold
Linen Napkin Series of 6
Each piece 10.5" x 10.5"
Deconstructed screen painting with hand and machine stitching.
$1000 USD
As a complete Series
Linen Napkin #1
10.5" x 10.5"
Linen Napkin #2
10.5" x 10.5"
Linen Napkin #3
10.5" x 10.5"
Linen Napkin #4
10.5" x 10.5"
Linen Napkin #5
10.5" x 10.5"
Linen Napkin #6
10.5" x 10.5"
Saddle Shoes
12" x 10"
A childhood memory.
Not for Sale
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Aspen in Spring
16" x 18"
The first in the "Aspen Series" of five, inspired by the countryside I have seen in my travels.
SOLD
Aspen in Autumn
16" x 12"
The second in the "Aspen Series" of five, inspired by the countryside I have seen in my travels.
$550 USD
Aspen in Moonlight
18" x 18"
The third in the "Aspen Series" of five, inspired by the countryside I have seen in my travels.
SOLD
After the Fire
18 1/2" x 33 1/2"
The fourth in the "Aspen Series" of five, inspired by the countryside I have seen in my travels.
$550 USD
Time Bandit
16" x 12"
Influenced by Machu Picchu and its destruction
$550 USD
Ghostly Existence
18" x 14"
Deconstructed screen printing and a hint of cranes.
$550 USD
Arterial Flow
18" x 16"
Inspired by my career in nursing.
$650 USD
Venous Returns
18" x 16"
Inspired by my career in nursing.
$600 USD
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Galaxy #1
23" x 24"
Experimentation in needlefleting.
$550 USD
Galaxy #2
19 1/2" x 29 1/2"
Experimentation in needlefleting.
$550 USD
Ciudad Verde
27" x 35"
A gritty, industrialized and anonymous city.
$325 USD
Machu Picchu
21" x 19 1/2"
My experiment in value.
SOLD
Tangiers
18 1/2" x 33 1/2"
The colors of Morocco.
$550 USD
Vortex
16" x 13" x 1" Framed
Experimentation in needlefelting
$175 USD
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Mermaid
18" x 12"
Inspired by my collection of beads and buttons.
$250 USD
Field of Dreams
12 1/2" x 22 1/2"
Inspired by the song "Field of Gold," by Sting.
$300 USD
Moonscape
13" x 13"
Interpretation of a dream.
$125 USD
Spinning Around in Circles
12 1/2" x 12 1/2"
An attempt to explain my anxiety about making art.
$125 USD
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