Category Archives: shine

These blended media works are pre-COVID. I made them in very sizable studio space so the scale of the work is much larger than I was accustomed to from working in a small in-home space previously. They were made at a time of great transition, both personally and globally.

These paintings start in much the same manner as most of the works I make currently. No plans. It’s more of a way to express non-coerced visions and contemplations to fruition. I let the brain deactivate from the process and lean in to trusting where the movement of medium will go.

These marks on paper are exactly just that. I start with closed eyes and let my gut move the charcoal across the page. Then I “paint” the marks by manipulating the marks with fingers and palms of hands. In the end it feels like a thing has left me. Quite cathartic.

Lots of times when I’m guiding folks in yoga, I have a sense of realizing a felt sense of “shine” that comes over me. I feel myself glowing. Like a mirror. I think about how I’m reflecting back all that the teachers with whom I’ve studied have guided me in to the place where IContinue reading “Mirrors”

This body of work started on the inspiration of a meditation painting course that I took online in May. For those of you how know me, following the directions of that course was a challenge. But I was intrigued with the idea of making art after a small yoga practice followed by some meditation. TheContinue reading “Uterus Series”

I have been making art for as long as I can remember. I followed my graphic design career all across the country. Starting in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, then on to LA California, followed by New York City, Washington DC, Portland Maine, Wakefield Rhode Island and now to the Pacific Northwest. The story behind this art beganContinue reading “The Oregon Stix Story”