Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.
—Georgia O’Keeffe
The Glacier Series
The Glacier Series is a body of work that was inspired by my participation in a group exhibition at the Museum of Northwest Art, focusing on climate change and its effects on coastal communities.
Cold Mountain Weeping
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2024, 31 x 32 x 5 inches.
Glacier Series
Clouds Waft Along,
Water Brims B
oundless
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2024, 30 x 30 x 5 inches.
Glacier Series
The Dendrite Series
Dendrite means any of several parts branching from the body of a neuron that receive and transmit nerve impulses.
A mineral that has a branching crystal pattern. Dendrites often form within or on the surface of other minerals and often consist of manganese oxides.
The work seems to emit an energy that sends out impulses. I felt by the subtle lines showing movement on the paper it would invite the viewer to look closely and experience a deeper connection with the work. The paper has had this relationship to it’s roots and other plants in the earth while it was growing as a mulberry bush. Now I feel that it reached out to me and asked me to enhance the energy. Once again showing how connected we all are in every moment if we only take the time to look deep inside.
Synapse = Together + Joining [commissioned]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper and Sumi Ink on birch panel, 2023, 20x 20 x 5 inches.
Dendrite Series
Twisting Whimsy
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2023, 26 x 26 x 5 inches.
Murmurations [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2023, 50 x 50 x 5 inches.
Peacemaker [commissioned]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2022, 56 x 56 x 5 inches.
Shimmering In The Storm [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2022, 62 x 62 x 5 inches.
A Flower Blooms, The Butterfly Comes* [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2022, 49 x 49 x 5 inches.
*Title from a poem by Ryōkan Taigu (良寛大愚) (1758–1831)
Click on the image to see a detail.
Blossoms 2-4
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2023, 8 x 8 x 4 inches each
Interbeing [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2022, 14 x 14 x 5 inches.
Oh Delicate Flower [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2022, 17 x 17 x 5 inches.
Awakening [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made kozo paper, on birch panel, 2021, 23 x 23 x 5 inches.
Click on the image to see a side view of the artwork
Harmony [commissioned]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made Kozo paper, 2021, 12 x 12 x 5 inches.
Click on the image to see a side detail of the artwork or view detail by video.
Cloud Atlas 3 [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made Kozo paper, on birch panel, 2021, 31 x 31 x 5 inches
Panel 3 of a three-panel (see multipanels), a meditation on humanity.
Her Bouquet [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made Kozo paper, on birch panel, 2021, 23 x 23 x 5 inches. See a side detail.
Blooming [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made Kozo paper, on birch panel, 2021, 12 x 12 x 5 inches
Recalling the Moment [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2017, 28 x 28 x 5 inches
Becoming Open [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2019, 21 x 21 x 5 inches
Once Again Against The Tide [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2017, 21 x 21 x 5 inches
Sitting in the Moon Water Dojo [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2020, 24 x 24 x 5 inches (per panel)
Originally, a five-piece panel
Sculpture in foreground (Cycloids of Ceva Inspiring) by Michael Schultheis (Winston Wachter Gallery).
Cloud Atlas [commissioned]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made Kozo paper, 2020, 31 x 31 x 5 inches
Enso Embrace (sold)
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2020, 48 x 48 x 5 inches
Enso in Japanese is the symbol for everything and nothing.
One Gentle Turn [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2016, 21 x 21 x 5 inches
Moon Bloom [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2020, 18 x 18 x 5 inches
Diamond in the Ruff [sold]
Encaustic sculpture from artist-made cotton paper, 2016,18 x 18 x 5 inches