Being in Nature
I enjoy being outside, hiking, backpacking, exploring, sketching, foraging for clay and ideas
Sustainability with foraged Earth Pigments
I forage for ochres, clay and charred wood, hand-crush in a pestle and mortar, then mix with walnut oil or gum arabic and clove oil to make paint. I stretch organic cotton canvas and use a plant-based gesso for sustainable and lightfast art. I also sculpt cardboard, paint natural air-dry clay or find upcycled materials for my sculptures.
Abstract Wilderness Paintings and Sculpture
I try to capture the energy, color and shapes in nature, and there are often subtle figures in my work. I explore texture, achieved with the grit of my pigment, natural impasto, palette knife or edges of a stone or stickf, a kind of modern primitivism.
My Art Studio
I have a light-filled, peaceful studio in Borden Indiana where I paint, sculpt and create, surrounded by a forest and a pond.