Birch Bark Paintings

My love for nature and trees informs my work. I love the imagery created by nature and it excites me to respond to that imagery. The attached photo demonstrates an emotional response to my perceptive loss of a dear loved one. Instead of writing about that loss, I illustrated that loss visually by tearing away […]

Teaching Painting and Drawing

7/15/2013  This week I am teaching in St. Amant for the River Region Art Association. This is my third workshop this summer for this organization. I am teaching beginning painting and drawing for ages 9-15. The first week I taught interior paintings using Henri Matisse’s “The Open Window” as the focal point for the lesson. […]