Artist and Dancer
I have trained in formal art and dance. With time, the two forms have merged.
I dance the drawing. Arm stretching, leg swinging, foot pulling pigment. My body makes its marks.
Burned sticks, charcoal, smoke, dirt, berries and other natural pigments create the colors on my palette. The marks I make have a history of their materiality, a physicality and inherent under-story.
I hold an MFA from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and did my undergraduate studies at Smith College and Portland School of Art, Maine.
Artist at Work
Studio – Penobscot, Maine
Torpedo Gallery – Washington, DC
Danced Drawings
These large pieces were created using the whole body in motion over paper with charcoal – an exploration of dance, mark, embodiment and movement.
Big Nest – 84″ x 84″
Arc of Arm Swing of Leg – 40″ x 48″
Sound Waves – 64″ x 41″
Water and Light Waves – 84″ x 60″
Water on Rock – 42″ x 47″
Rock – 53″ x 34″
Slowing Time – 35″ x 47″
Phoenix – 192″ x 96″
Phoenix, detail
Underwater Current – 42″ x 53″
Waterfall – 34″x32″
Underwater Current, detail
Whirl Wind Body – 32″ x 47″
Scarred – 47″ x 32″
Momentum Split – 32″ x 47″
Gathering Center – 41″ x 35″
Current – 11″ x 10″
Sanctuary – 32″ x 35″
Wings 42″ x 64″
Veiling – 47″ x 35″
Smoke Drawings
These small pieces were created using candle flame, wax and natural pigments. I was interested in how the ephemeral leaves it’s mark on the world.
Fortuneteller
Burned Quilt
Dousing #2
Navajo Smoke Quilt
Chaos Body
Smoke Orchid
Dousing
Moth
Space Body
Bird’s Eye View
Smoke Beast
Volcanic Fissure
Bumblee
Natural Pigments
These intimate pieces use natural materials, including: dirt from places I’ve travelled in the world, berries, pollen, wine, algae, beet juice, blood, tea, ink, mud, charcoal, smoke, watercolor and acrylic.
Cantadora-The Story Teller
Morning Song
Veiling 2
Pele
Cave Light
Cave
Body Vessels
Belly Light
Verneer
Veiling 1
Time Keeper
The Rock
The Embrace
The Cauldron Boils Over
Second Self
Rib Wing
Red Body Vessel
Pulsing
Presssing
Persephone
Pendulum
Pandora’s Box
Mapping
Islands
Inner Dragon
Encounter
Earth Layers
Aura Body
Aerials
I was inspired to create this collection of 6″ x 6″ acrylic paintings while learning to fly a small Cessna plane. I fell in love with the clouds and landscape from above – a truly mysterious and wondrous perspective.
Solitary
Islands off Wiscassett Looking West
Bath Iron Works and Bridge from Town Direction
Bluehill from the Mountain-Early Spring
Close Up – Islands-Casco Bay
Northern Tip of Isleboro- View from Searsport at 3000 ft
Brunswick Area Islands, Doastline
Vanishing Point
Swirling Waterways at Sunset
The In-Between
Sea of Abaco
Sweep of Islands
Rain Cloud Over Ocean
Bluehill Village from Mountain- Looking Out to See Early Spring
Puzzle Piece Islands and Inlets – on Route to Halifax
Portland, Maine Eastern Prom #2
Penobscot River Looking East at the Verona Island and the Bucksport Bridges
Great Stretch of Blue – Portland to Mount Desert Island
Port Columbus Ohio-Landing at Night
Nestled in for the Night-Boats at Harbor Falmouth Coastline
Merry Meeting Bay
Dancing Cloud Over Trees
Fingers of Coastline Off Brunswick
Jewels at Night-Columbus Ohio
Mare’s Tails at Sunset
One Bird
Huddle of Cotton Clouds
Herd of Clouds Over Ocean
Two Birds
Wash of White Clouds
Grid of Snowy Fields
From Day to Night
Statue of Liberty from Above
Waterways and Town Aerial
Wash of White
Field of Snow Clouds
Dancing Clouds Over Snow Fields
Portland, Maine Eastern Prom
New York Skyline
Dancing Bank of Clouds Over Ocean
Curving Blue River
Cloud Shadows on the Ocean
Clean Blue Sweep
Cirrus and Three Blues
Bridge Over Florida Riverways
Bridge of Lights- Bath, Maine
Penobscot River #2-Towards Bucksport Bridges
Blur of Winter Hills
Blue Cloud Portrait
Bath Iron Works
Aerial of Beach, Ocean and Trees
Statue of Liberty-Up Close
Early Work
Meditating by Window
Rock and Swing
Praying Over the Trees
Candle in the Dark
Meditating Swimmer
Heart Healer
Green Thinker
Glowing Orb
Flying at Night
Firebowl and Wolf
Big Green
Side Stroke
Contact Me
Thank you for your interest in my work! I would love to hear your thoughts.
