2022
In 2022, I worked on diptychs that combined my love of ornithology and drawing. I created pairs of drawings consisting of one self portrait and one bird species. I used home-made natural dyes and paints, often coating my body with these, and physically imprinting myself on different surfaces. At this time, I was also exploring methods for making paper and dying and staining paper and other surfaces.
Reaching: self-portrait 2022 ballpoint pen and dye made from spinach and rhubarb on raw canvas 63 x 42"
A late frost: self-portrait 2022 Ball point pen and dye from wilting magnolia flowers on Strathmore 100 lb. Bristol Vellum
30 x 22"
Reaching: self-portrait. 2022 Ball point pen and dye from red onion Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper 30 x 22"
After a bath: self-portrait 2022 Ball point pen and white acrylic on hand-woven burlap and lace
60 x 35"
Fire Painting: self-portrait 2022 Fire, ballpoint pen, and turmeric on pine plywood 36 x 48"
Waiting: self-portrait. 2022 Ball point pen and white acrylic on pegboard 48 x 24 "
An early bird: Colaptes auratus 2022 Ball point pen and dye from wilting magnolia flowers on Strathmore 100 lb. Bristol Vellum
30 x 22"
Resting: Falco sparverius 2022 Ball point pen and dye from red onion Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper 30 x 22"
After a swim: Anhinga anhinga 2022 Ball point pen and white acrylic on hand-woven burlap and lace
60 x 35"
Fire Painting: Mycteria americana 2022 Fire, ballpoint pen, and turmeric on pine plywood 36 x 48"
Cyanocorax yncas. 2022 Black ballpoint pen and bleach on black mat board
40 x 30 "
Branta canadensis 2022 Black ballpoint pen and gesso on stretched canvas
24 x 36"
This work will be exhibited at the Flowing and Flying International Juried Exhibition at d’Art Center in Norfolk, VA in August, 2024.
Pelecanus occidentalis 2022 Ballpoint pen on large wooden spool 24 x 36"
Cyanocitta cristata 2022 Black ballpoint pen and dye made from black beans Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper
30 x 22"
Ardea alba. 2022 Black ballpoint pen and dye made from boiled red onion on Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper
30 x 22"
Alle alle 2022 Black ballpoint pen and dye made from purple cabbage Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper
30 x 22"
self-portrait 2022 Ballpoint pen and white acrylic on bedsheet 85 x 40"
Floating: Gavia immer 2022 Ball point pen and white acrylic on pegboard. 48 x 24 "
Watching: self-portrait 2022 Black ballpoint pen and bleach on black mat board
40 x 30 "
self-portrait. 2022 Black ballpoint pen and gesso on stretched canvas
24 x 36"
self-portrait. 2022 Ballpoint pen on large wooden spool 24 x 36"
self-portrait. 2022 Black ballpoint pen and dye made from black beans Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper
30 x 22"
self-portrait 2022 Black ballpoint pen and dye made from boiled red onion on Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper
30 x 22"
self-portrait. 2022 Black ballpoint pen and dye made from purple cabbage on Arches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper
30 x 22"
This work will be on view at the Modern Visual Arts Gallery’s National Juried Exhibit The Essence of a Woman in Pennsylvania in Autumn 2024.
self-portrait 2022 Dye made from boiled hickory wood and black walnuts, bleach on handmade hickory bark paper 27 x 22"
self-portrait 2022 Black ballpoint pen and dye made from black beans and purple cabbage on Aches hot press natural white 140 lb. drawing paper 30 x 22"
Platalea ajaja 2022 ballpoint pen and dye made from spinach and rhubarb on raw canvas 63 x 42"