What's New In the Studio: UPDATES

-April 16th 2025

After my holiday shows, I took time off to  develop a new body of work. Following three months of experimentation - printing and hand painting papers to use in my collage, as well as exploring adhesives to use with art and up-cycled papers of various weights,  I have begun on a series of large abstract narrative works. 

Part of my goal is to use supplies that I have had for years; those beautiful large pristine white canvases, all the paint/powders/potions I amassed. The other is to explore my life long passion for illustration and the narrative, to create images that are magical and/or narrative in nature, and to make them BIG! 

The art is often inspired by the papers I create.  This piece titled: "A Little Night Dance" was made because I had made a large stock of red and pink papers for a design class I taught- and  even though it was not my usual palette, it made for a great collage combined with paint. It was also inspired by my love for fairy and folk tales -which often find their way into my work. Tales from the Arabian Nights inspired this piece;  I recently aquired a copy from 1909 with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish!

Over the next week I will be putting some of the smaller works on paper and canvas into my store while I work on the larger pieces.  They are offered here unframed, as they are easier to ship and I can save you some money. Feel free to inquire how to frame these affordably too!