My art is about nature--what I feel is left of it-- and the potential of human nature to recover our loss. I have been experimenting with different ways to express this, both in choices of medium and degrees of directness. I am finishing up 3 years of studies ( "a moment in my life" as my husband says) in fiber and agriculture, chemistry and color, and the green movement. I have also been experimenting with ways to connect many points so that they resonate strongly in unison.


OPEN STUDIO
Saturday, November 15th, from 11am to 4pm
855 West Blackhawk Street, top buzzer
1 block west of Halsted, 2 blocks south of North Avenue.
CHICAGO


WORLD RIVERS CURTAIN

Above are opportunities to see the World Rivers Curtain, which is over 100 ft long. Thanks and appreciation to Alice Vanhousen, Cathi Bouzide, Marjorie Woodruff, and Mel Theobald.


EXHIBITION / INSTALLATION
Sunday, October 5th is the opening of a group show "Heating up", about our changing world, at the Evanston Art Center. I was given a room to create an installation. I have been working on this since December 2007 and stretched some boundaries into an unknown creative area that is offering me a new direction for my art. Appropiately, the installation is titled: FOUND


PROJECT / RED TREES: scroll

I finished the Red Trees Scroll in an edition of nine. Shroud fabric, linen, bamboo, a Mongolian button and ink. The imagery inside comes from my sketchbook.


PROJECT /100 TEARS: part 2

The disturbing traits of humanity carved in bronze is something to address and pass through to gain more understanding of our world. I am finishing up my writing that describes the 100 disturbing truths of humanity. Needless to say, this is been a grueling task that takes its toll on me, one that I turn away from often. In many ways it feels like a mission of record keeping so that these traits become a thing of our past. Someday the complete saga of part 2 will appear on my site.


DRAWING

This year I created 5 Buddha works on paper that represent stages (my interpretation) that many go through over and over: birth, challenge and absurdity, wisdom, death, return. I did this as a form of permission so that my charcoal works can move to a rougher voice of protest. View selected works on paper.


PAINTING

In 2007 I was able to paint the secrets on my mind; scenes from an opera. I continue with this direction. View paintings here.