Russian scientist Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945), founder of the biosphere concept, saw living matter as the greatest of all geological forces. In this painting, photosynthesizing red and green bacteria, algae, and plants are transforming the sun’s energy, (shown as photons) into a “green fire.”
Read MoreThree of my dioramas are in the Artist Books Exhibit at Illahe Studios and Gallery in Ashland, OR through April 2011. Each “page” is a self-portrait that transcends the personal story through its archetypal imagery.
Read More"Ode to the Eurkaryote" depicts an imaginary paradise (para + deisos in ancient Persian, meaning "enclosed garden") inhabited by fish and lizards and birds. “Paradise” also came to mean a place of supreme beauty.
Read MoreHow long have artists been depicting dancers? As far back as the Stone Age, about 20,000 years ago.
Read MoreIn "Dancing Scissors" I have used scissors rather than brushes or pencils or pens to create the dancers.
Read MoreThe series “Dancing Brush” was born when I took an easel and paper, brush and ink to the Ecstatic Dance gatherings that took place every Sunday morning in Ashland.
Read More"Miracle of Connecting" is the name of an exhibition of paintings by my husband and myself at Gallery DeForest, in Ashland, Oregon, November 2-28, 2005.
Read MoreI began to paint imaginary dancers in 1999, as a simple expression of joy. Women dancing are women of action.
Read MoreLife forms proliferate inside the Blue Cocoon. A pod becomes a womb for humans and replicates itself into a fractal network.
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