Art, artifacts, experiments, and absurdities — things I have made. Click anywhere, there are no wrong turns.
Yet another self-indulgent drawing about the inner child
2003
colored pencil, pastel
Artists of the Wall Mural detail
2022
Acrylic on Concrete
Theme: The world of the future. With art ideas borrowed from a 4yr old.
Artists of the Wall Mural
2025
Acrylic on Concrete
Theme: "All Together Now"... Which I decided was over wrought and changed to "All Together Meow". Plus who doesn't love cats in space?
I painted a good part of it with paper towels and thought it looked like crap until suddenly ...voila! The best mural I've ever painted.
People Movers
2018
3x4'
Acrylic on Canvas, A brief affair with Manganese blue.
Life Escape
2009
Acrylic on board, As many shades of blue as I could get my hands on
Blue Iris
2013
Acrylic, epoxy, collage
Human Beeing
2011
Watercolor
It's a drag queen bee. She's wearing kinky boots!
Knitted cowl (detail)
2022
Yarn, wool roving. Mixed sizes and colors to get texture
Original design because knitting patterns make no sense. I simply have faith and start knitting.
Bunny and Friends
2019
7x3"
Marker
Bunny Plant
2017
5x3"
Marker
Artists of the Wall Mural
2023
Acrylic on concrete
Theme: "Community Dreams". I had NO IDEA what that theme was about so I just painted cute animals that made me (and hopefully whoever sat on this mural) happy.
Kitchen Window, Sunset
2008
18x24"
Watercolor
She eats the rainbow every Day
2007
10x14"
Watercolor.
When I was little I thought you had to eat all of the colors of the rainbow everyday. There was a frightening lack of blue in my diet
which my mother refused to ameliorate by buying Boo Berry cereal for me.
Another Bunny Drawing
2019
7x3"
Marker
Prescription for Perfection
2011
Acrylic, Epoxy, Rx Bottle, Tiny Ivory Skulls (as pills in the bottle)
Detail from a larger piece "Beautiful Death".
Rx: Perfection
Consume Daily for the rest of your life
May cause: Low self-esteem, distorted sense of reality, self-centeredness, social isolation, Selfishness and hypersensitivity to criticism.
Excessive use may lead to: Vomiting, irrational fears, over exercising, diet restriction, & general depression.
Warning: Not guaranteed to increase the amount of love in your life
Warning!! this drug never works
Falling
2003
20x20"
Colored Pencil, Pastel
Artists of the Wall Mural
2019
Acrylic on concrete
Theme: "In Your own Backyard"
Inspired by the pets and clandestine wildlife of Edgewater
Theme: "Legends of the Wall" This being my first year participating I didn't even realize there was a theme. Oops.
Artists of the Wall Mural
2021
Acrylic on Concrete
Theme: "Poetic Painting"
I painted a quilt with some of my haikus (from the pet calendars) on patches. After the pandemic I was keenly aware that for some people this
park IS their living room. So I wanted it to look like a comfy couch.
I really didn't like how it came out at all and thought it was the worst mural I had ever done.
It won first place.
Alley with Goddesses
2014
12x12"
Epoxy, Acrylic
Several techniques I had been working with converge in this piece. First, I prep the board by layering different colors of acrylic paint, each with a texture.
Then I go at the surface with a sander to get a distressed texture. I had also been looking a lot at city scapes and used the pattern of
windows in an alley to create a space. I had also made a tiny Venus of Willendorf mold. I cast many many tiny little epoxy Venuses
which quickly populated all of my work.
Countdown to Peace
2013
18x24"
Graphite, Watercolor
Joy Place
2012
3x4'
Acrylic on canvas
Interpretation of the space I saw out my studio window for a couple of years. I liked the juxtaposition of the natural tree form with the stairs.
My view was the back side of a halfway house. The residents would often sit outside under the stairs smoking. One night one of the male residents,
obviously distressed, yelled "You can't take this away from me! This is my joy place!!" I silently thanked him and added him to the painting.
Knitted Plaid
2021
Yarn of varying weights
Someone asked me if I could knit in plaid. I decided to take on the challenge. Turns out handling 10 balls of yarn at one time is
rather cumbersome! In the end the person who asked for the scarf changed their mind on it, sight unseen. I was secretly glad that I got to keep it!
Map of My Subconscious
2002
8x10"
Colored pencil
Very stream of conscious drawing with pattern inspired by flying over the midwest.
Bill and Bob
2009
3x4'
Acrylic on Canvas
Harmony
2007
18x24"
Watercolor, Graphite
No Man's Woman
2003
Pastel, Watercolor, Graphite
I drew this at a juncture when I moving toward more emotional sobriety. This was one of my mom's favorites because she understood that
it was a person breaking barriers and opening up to their true self.
Cerebella, patron saint of the gut feeling
2009
Watercolor
2x3'
This is what happens when you raise an overactive imagination in a Catholic church.
Bunny and Owl
2017
3x5"
Marker
I really just wanted to draw a textured tree.
In the midst of death, life persists
2007
Ink, Graphite, Watercolor
Who knew that clematis seed pods were more fascinating and beautiful than the flower itself?
What would life on earth look like if humans weren't the dominant species?
Knitted Tank Top
2025
Knitted Wool
Someone (you know who you are!) sent me a photo of a crocheted skirt that sent me off experimenting with ways to create a "V"
shape in the structure. Again...knitting patterns make me grow crosseyed so this experiment was torn apart and restarted 3x.
Driving off the edge of the map
2012
3x4"
Acrylic on canvas
Lilith
2010
20x20"
Ink, epoxy, plastic
I accidentally broke a previous casting and realized I loved the shattered parts better than the original. I collaged them
over another drawing.
Knitted Wrap Original Design
2025
Knitted Wool
I figured out an acceptable way to wear a blanket to work! So soft and toasty...
Hug blanket (detail)
2024
Knitted wool
In the spring of 2024, a close friend of mine was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Stunned by powerlessness, I picked up my knitting needles.
Envisioning her sitting in some over air conditioned office getting treatment, I created a blanket for her. I attached a fleece backing embroidered with the words "You are greatly loved". My friend loved her blanket and it stayed by her side all through her last days. She called it
her "hug blanket" and encouraged me to make more. So I did.
I bought a skeleton model to teach figure drawing. I named him "King Richard". I liked experimenting with the reflection.
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Guardian Gryphon
2009
9x12"
Watercolor, Graphite
Unmask your joy
2003
graphite, watercolor
Marigolds
2007
20x24"
Watercolor
While volunteering at a garden I got put in charge of collecting all of the giant marigold seed pods in the fall and replanting them in the spring.
I fell in love with their warmth and brilliance.
Irises, red
2008
12x12"
Acrylic, collage
I love bearded irises. Actually I love all flowers. When I draw them I imagine I'm the water coming up through the stem and
flowing out through the leaves and pedals. Bees have all the fun I tell you.
Prayers for the Pollinators
2012
8x8"
Acrylic, Epoxy, Collage
Cat Collage
2015
8x8"
Acrylic, Collage
Inner Monster
s2003
12x12"
Colored Pencil, Graphite
Roundabout
2013
12x12"
Acrylic, Epoxy, Collage
Leap year frog had a taster for time flies
2019
Post it note drawing
One of hundreds of post it note drawings made to brighten the day of some coworkers.
September , Detail from pet haiku calendar'
2022
Digital Drawing
When your Prince Charming
Once kissed, turns into a frog
Come see me...I'll wait
Love Machine
2008
20x24"
Watercolor, Graphite
While waiting for a doctor I was left alone with a plastic model of the heart. After playing with it for a while I realized it
was actually a perfect metaphor for love. It accepts everything and lets everything go.
Sketching the trees by my mom's house. Right by the road was a giant maple whose top branches looked like
my dad's profile. When the wind blew and disturbed the branches I imagined my dad talking.
Goose Fisher
2002
4x6"
Graphite
On a sunny day after a faculty retreat I watched one of my colleagues pull out his fly fishing tackle and enjoy some R&R. I started sketching him.
I started sketching the geese. (Fisher is in the top left)
In the spring of 2024, a close friend of mine was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Stunned by powerlessness, I picked up my knitting needles.
Envisioning her sitting in some over air conditioned office getting treatment, I created a blanket for her. I attached a fleece backing embroidered with the words "You are greatly loved". My friend loved her blanket and it stayed by her side all through her last days. She called it
her "hug blanket" and encouraged me to make more. So I did.
In the spring of 2024, a close friend of mine was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Stunned by powerlessness, I picked up my knitting needles.
Envisioning her sitting in some over air conditioned office getting treatment, I created a blanket for her. I attached a fleece backing embroidered with the words "You are greatly loved". My friend loved her blanket and it stayed by her side all through her last days. She called it
her "hug blanket" and encouraged me to make more. So I did.
I wanted to create more texture and decided to mix different weights of yarn.
King Richard on the couch
2020
18x24"
Graphite
I bought this skeleton model to teach figure drawing (because there's no sense paying for figure models if you don't understand the
basic architecture of the body). About the same time I got the model, King Richard's remains were discovered under a car park in Leicester - hence the name.
I also wanted to exercise the drawing techniques of putting a shape in space and layering graphite that I learned at SUNY Purchase.
Water Angel
2008
graphite
8x11"
Growing up in church I wondered what it would be like if other animals had been blended with the human form to be God's messengers. What if
God needed to travel through water instead of air?
West 3rd St.
2007
Watercolor
10x14"
Last Memory
2002
8x11"
Graphite
In the late fall of 2001 I stood for hours in an ICU watching someone hold on to the last tenuous threads of life. I imagined their life as a structure
and their memories as origami birds taking flight as they were no longer needed. I was also doing a lot of "at water level" drawings at this time
thinking about what part of life we see vs. what adventures or grim monsters lie beneath the surface.
Parisian Crow
2018
Digital Drawing
This little fellow joined me for lunch one day outside the Louvre. We had a great conversation
King Richard imitates Keith Richards - it ends badly
2020
Graphite
I got a skeleton model for figure drawing. I named it "King Richard". I wanted to also practice putting elliptical shapes in space
so I added the bottle.
18x24"
Drag Queen Bee
2020
7x3"
Marker, Watercolor
Another Bunny Drawing
2019
7x3"
Marker
Why are there so many bunny drawings? I keep a notebook to draw in while I'm on the phone or in an online meeting. It keeps me from multitasking and losing concentration.
After a while I realized that I have drawn a LOT of bunnies.
Chainmaille choker and pendant
2017
Steel, Brass, Epoxy, Opal
Pendant made with synthetic opal cabochon and a found gear. Choker is alligator back weave from steel and brass. Oh and glitter!
Love the one you're with
2002
9x12"
Watercolor, graphite
Another Bunny Drawing
2019
7x3"
Marker, Watercolor
Another Bunny Drawing
2017
3x5"
Marker
Another Bunny Drawing
2018
7x3"
Watercolor, Marker
Pets in the City
2017
9x12"
Watercolor, Colored pencil
I like drawing animals. They make me happy. They make people looking at them happy. It's ok for art to make people happy. We can't
all be Marcel Duchamp.
King Richard Looking for bedtime reading
2021
18x24"
Graphite, Acrylic
Part of my ongoing love affair with manganese blue and gamboge yellow.
Trouble the Waters, 1
2007
8x11"
Watercolor
Lombard St.
2008
10x14"
Watercolor
Epoxy, Rainbow
2007
12x12"
Epoxy casting
Plastic, Green
2007
12x12"
Epoxy
Tinkering with epoxy resin castings. Discovered that I'm severely allergic to epoxy.
In the midst of darkness, light persists
Watercolor, graphite
2011
Trouble the Waters, 2
2007
8x11"
Watercolor
Early designs for the angels proved to be less inspiring
2008
Graphite
8 x 11"
Once the puppet strings were gone she realized she could fly
2008
8 x 11"
Graphite, Watercolor
In 2005 I scanned our family photo albums so that I and all of my siblings could have have a piece of our history. After spending so much time
with the photos I was inspired to work the images of little Caroline into my drawings. This piece appropriates a pose from a snapshot taken during a water fight with my sister. (She won)
Your Love is Complicating My World
2007
24x24"
Acrylic, Epoxy
Naked Lounge
2010
12x12"
Acrylic, Epoxy
Product Design Bears
2021-24
Drawings made for my team to bring some joy to the workplace
