My work is mostly organized by location. Click on the image or place name to view each album.
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I've visited a dear friend twice in Alaska, and had a different dear friend share images from his time there. A glorious state.
These pieces seem to be all about layers and depth. Breath-taking and breath-giving beauty.
Colorado is pretty fantastic. Whether I'm hiking and camping, visiting friends, or learning the staging part of Up With People, I bring my camera. There's a painting around every corner!
I've had family in Connecticut all my life, but just haven't painted much of the area yet... more to come!
This is new territory for me, this southern landscape. Trees, water, clouds, sunlight, but with a twist! Expanding my experience!
I attended Principia College in Illinois (Studio Art major, Education minor) & worked on campus for a few years after graduating. The view from the bluffs was regularly breathtaking.
Thank goodness I have friends and family in Maine that invite me to share in it's magical beauty.
Maryland. It's where I was born, where I "grew up" and where I continue to call home. I'm connected to the earth here. Sometimes I'm late for work because I'm taking photos of the fields or clouds or shadows.
In July of 2019, I joined some art buddies in beautiful MA to do some art on location... and to gather inspiration for future art!
Michigan enticed me with it's beautiful coastline and incredible sunsets; I also have family and friends there. All great reasons to return each summer.
I've never been and I'd love to visit!
I went to Vermont in 2007 to begin learning the art of bookbinding from Susan Bonthron and to take a sustainability class at Shelburne Farms.
Nimrod Hall, regardless of its funny name, is an amazing place in Virginia where artists go to submerge themselves in the doing of art. I've returned for a blessed week in June for 10 years... I even get to teach there! Best job ever!
The dramatic coastline and amazing rainforest of the Olympic National Forest are remarkable. Once upon a time, I spent a week out there, feeling very small!
I spent less than 24 hours at a magnificent farm in West Virginia and was overwhelmed with the beauty. I've finally begun to paint from the photos I took.
In 2012, I did an acrylic mural at a friend's home on Pence Lake in Wisconsin, so spent a week taking photos around her beautiful place.
10 full-to-overflowing days in this incredible country in November 2018... how blessed I am to have been witness to such beauty!
Canada's a big place. I've only seen a snippet; from a trip to Nova Scotia (1998?) to a stay on a friend's island in Lake Temagami (2003?). It's pretty magnificent.
I went to Greece in 2006 for a vacation and to take a workshop with Gregory Kondos. These are some of the paintings that have come from photos I took during that trip.
I went to Ireland in 2008 to take a workshop with Walt Bartman, and then with Jeanean Songco Martin in 2012. These are some of the paintings and drawings that have come from photos I took during that trip.
I went to Rwanda in 2001 and 2005 to teach art and photography in the Imbabazi Orphanage. Both trips were eye-opening, breath-taking and affirming. Children are children, pure and simple. The country is a paradise in the long process of recovering from genocide.
I loved Scotland when I visited with my parents and when I traveled there post-graduate with an art group from my college, I took photos I still paint from today.
In 2010 we took a short vacation to Switzerland. We stayed with friends near Lake Geneva and soaked up chocolate, cheese and beauty like sponges.
I paint murals in private homes and public places. Clearly I have an affinity for trees, but I welcome other challenges as well.
See a new painting each month in my yearly calendar, or write notes to friends - It's always great to get "real mail." Kesra's cards or calendars make great thank-yous, or house warming gifts.
Journals are a pleasure to make, especially the paste-paper process.