Original Artwork
Atmosphere & Flight: Encaustic Monotypes
These small, playful pieces are the combination of painting with encaustics, monotype printmaking, and in some cases, mixed media drawing and/or painting. Encaustics are a blend of pigment and wax, a medium that artists have created with for thousands of years. For these monotypes, I melted the pigmented wax on a heated surface, then pressed paper overtop to make a one-of-a-kind ("mono") print. Once cooled, some of the images "asked" me to add more to them, and some were complete as-is. Therefore, some have additional watercolor, gouache, or acrylic details. I mounted each piece of art to a cradled birch panel, added a gorgeous glossy resin coat, framed in a handmade floating wood frame, and wired the back for hanging. Personally, I love interplay of colors, as well as the textures and layers created by the movement of the wax. I've also always enjoyed abstract work, as it leaves room for personal interpretation and contemplation.
Heart Maps
These are small but meaningful matted, signed, and dated watercolor works on paper. Heart Maps show the places that you love from above, in an abstract, colorful, fun style. Contact me for a custom one for the place you love!
Nature-Inspired Work
These mostly large, acrylic landscapes, abstracts, and still lifes were inspired by pictures I took while visiting national parks and other beautiful places with my family. The variety and beauty of nature never fails to amaze me!
Included here is Flowers (Interrupted). These are created with a mix of paints, and finished with oil sticks, which are super-luscious. The interspersed and layered dashes are a nod to art history, a play with color, and a visual symbol of the information that is so quickly coming at us each day. It's a bit of a statement on the importance of slowing down to see small beautiful things, like flowers, in the midst of everything else this world is sending our way.
Statement Series
I've always had a close relationship with the written word. For as long as I can remember, I've enjoyed reading and looking, writing and painting, thinking and creating.
These paintings, acrylic on canvas, show the intersection of those interests.
Most of these works were born from a place of gratitude and with a hope that I can be present throughout the passage of time. For me, they serve as a reminder to live each day in the "now" and to appreciate what I've got. Life is constantly changing, and, hopefully, we can focus on the good parts of every stage.
