Assemblages are the heart of my practice!! While I love to paint, a flat painting is usually not enough for me; must add sections of tree, inset of moss, slab o' birch bark or???? These pieces are currently available.
Since I use a WIDE variety of materials in my practice, when I create a commission for someone, I can incorporate leaves from the oak tree in their front yard, blueprints from their cabin, or rocks collected at their favorite beach. The skys the limit!!
These are selected commissions that range widely in size, subject, and medium, but each were created to reflect the client's interests, perspective and history.
These are primarily flatter two dimensional pieces that are comprised of surfaces that are built up and worn away, inserting carefully selected excerpts from conservationists, nature guides, pressed leaf or grass specimens and??
These works are available for purchase.
These vary from most of my other work; after my product sponsors Marabu and Grafix supplied me with their new line of alcohol ink and craft plastic surfaces, I supplied them with lesson plans and MANY small studies. Once I completed that, I was itching to do something more spontaneous, complicated, and BIGGER!
These are the result. 98% of this was done without use of a brush. I have always loved liquid processes and the shapes water creates; loose organic shapes of puddles or lakes, the way streams branch off, the eroding drips of sediment, the tide marks the ocean leaves on the beaches... so that was my intention to let the liquid dictate the direction.....
The term Wabi Sabi can mean “Living with simplicity while being at one with nature and focusing on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.” And with that in mind, I let the liquid dictate the direction for this series. Most were done immediately after looking at photos of oceans, waves, surf and beach.
