2025-2026 Paintings
Study for Wedding Bouquet
2026
digital drawing
unknown
2026
digital drawing
unknown
Double Self-Portrait about internal mother and younger girl, just after getting married. The girl is intimidated, but the mother wants the promise of mature marriage symbolized by the couple in the painting on the wall.
Drawing for Wedding Bouquet
2026
charcoal on paper
11" x 17"
2026
charcoal on paper
11" x 17"
I’m holding my wedding bouquet which fell apart after the honeymoon, and my white dress spread out into a puddle on the floor. The images are put together to make the interior contain the exterior world, as there is not much difference between what happens inside our hearts because of our environments and the people in them.
Nightfall
2025
Digital--Rebelle 5 Pro
2025
Digital--Rebelle 5 Pro
I am myself twice in one red dress. I began a new stage in my life, by getting engaged a few weeks before my sister committed suicide. So, I painted, and painted about her, but now it's about me even if the painting brings up me, her or both of us.
California in 1995
2025
acrylic on canvas
42" x 36"
2025
acrylic on canvas
42" x 36"
The red dress dominates this composition because I needed attention after my sister died, and I couldn't get it. The dead become larger than life. Here, in a metaphorical garden reminiscent of Southern California where John and I met and married is the first iteration of this idea. It was a fateful year.
My Beating Heart
2025
acrylic on canvas
24" x 30"
2025
acrylic on canvas
24" x 30"
Love, Life, and Growth. The tight space allows for an interpretation of closeness, or sticking together. A young couple trusts each other.
Passion, Time, and Ceremony
2025
acrylic on canvas
30" x 40"
2025
acrylic on canvas
30" x 40"
Wedding dancers in North Haven, an island near Rockland, Maine. Celebrating young love.
Dressing Room
2025
acrylic on canvas
18" x 24"
2025
acrylic on canvas
18" x 24"
Standing on a carpet and trying on dresses for the special upcoming occasion while my husband gives his opinion.
Self-Portrait with John and Shadow
2025
acrylic on Canvas
2025
acrylic on Canvas
John's Shadow Self
2025
acrylic on canvas
18" x 24"
I'm interested in more complex compositions that show relationship between people and environment. I want the viewer to take a second look and feel something. While I was painting the shoulder by using just one line, I remembered my shoulder was pulled out of socket in high school. I hadn't thought about it for a long time, but it came back to me just as I painted the line.
2025
acrylic on canvas
18" x 24"
I'm interested in more complex compositions that show relationship between people and environment. I want the viewer to take a second look and feel something. While I was painting the shoulder by using just one line, I remembered my shoulder was pulled out of socket in high school. I hadn't thought about it for a long time, but it came back to me just as I painted the line.
The Kiss
2025
acrylic on canvas
18" x 24"
2025
acrylic on canvas
18" x 24"
I interpreted a classic subject of a couple about to kiss only with eyes open, cautious.
