8.5″ x 11″ archival inks on Canon Matt Photo Paper
Sometimes I just can’t take any more “News” This is my painfilled emotional response to the Rayshard Brooks killing.
“Sometimes I just Feel So Sad and Tired”
“Living Inside My Head – Dealing With the News”
Canson Matte paper, archival inks 8.5″x11″
Trying to order the chaos in a way that I find more interesting and less painful. That this takes the form of a leaf with suggestions of the organic, reveals my belief that as they say in Jurassic Park, “Life will find a way.”
“Sometime Things Just Fall Into Place”
8.5″x11″ Archival Inks on Canson Museum Rag paper
Some days really are easier than others.
“Talkin’ It Out – The Many Sides of a Debate”
Silk on silk, hemp twine, cotton thread 30″x40″
After watching a political debate on TV
“We Stick Together Like Glue”
This represents my wonder- filled- 40- plus- years with my beloved Mark,. If I have to be at home with almost no social interaction for months , I am blessed to be living with my very best friend, companion and lover. We have been most happily at home together on our second honeymoon. And we do stick together like glue.
“Your Mind is on Vacation and Your Mouth is Working Overtime”
8.5″x11″ Archival inks on Canson Museum Rag paper
For the one who thinks he is King. I just had to get out my disdain for one whose name I will not say out loud. When I draw, it makes me feel like I’m letting off steam.
My Work at the Akwaaba Gallery
“Lovers Don’t Finally Meet, They’re In Each Other All Along” Rumi
My response to finding the love of my life, my soul-mate Mark, across a crowded room over 40 happy years ago.
16″x20″ Silk on polyester, metallic and cotton thread and floss
“Covid 19 – Fear and Hope”
This piece is based on my experience with my initial fear of the “VIRUS” and my decision to continue joyfully in the midst. It reads from left to right with the rigid as the pressure of fear, and the right side is me saying to my fears I intend to live lovingly, joyfully and always with hope. “Covid 19- Fear ad Hope” is hand sewn and embroidered silk on linen with cotton, metallic and hemp floss and thread 48″x48″ .
“Life Will Find A Way”
“Life Will Find A Way” 16″x20″ Silk on linen, cotton and metallic floss and thread
“Life breaks free, it expands to new territories, and crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh, well, there it is.. Life will find a way.” Jurassic Park
