Being in Nature
I love to be outside, hiking, backpacking, exploring, sketching, foraging for clay and ideas
Keeping it Simple with Earth Pigments
I forage for clays and charred wood, then hand-crush to mix with walnut oil to make earth 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 Landscape Paintings and Sculpture
I try to capture the energy, color and shapes in nature, and there are often subtle figures in my work. I love texture, achieved with the grit of my pigment, natural impasto, palette knife or edges of a stone or stick.
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.