Us and Them
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Gnarled and grumpy trees with their curves and gashes suggest connections, wounds, resilience and healing. Grace arrives with these winding rhythms, in the uprooted, newly found, awkwardly held. A baleful chick peers back at the viewer, while the intrusion of the microscope into an insect's life can be both humorous and startling. The process and materials are as symbolic as they are functional in illuminating what is often overlooked.
I like to consider myself a patient observer and a maker, carefully turning what I see into quiet narratives through pyrography and mixed media constructions. |
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Burning Images
I have been using pyrography and other forms of burning an image onto wood, paper or bone for over 20 years. Initially I experimented with burning images on the bone jewelry I made, but I quickly moved to furniture and then to large wooden panels. To date, I have used the technique to illustrate a book (in progress) to translate diagnostic images into portraits, to create wooden post cards and to burn large depictions of trees. I am currently working on a 100 owl project- small images of owls from around the world. |
100 owls project...
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Driving
When I drive , I think. Some people get ideas in the shower, or working out, walking, or they have productive dreams. Driving gets me going. I'm just an average driver with a noisy car-but... I see trees, of course and stop especially in the fall, to take pictures. But I am constantly running stories in my head. Maybe it's the product of a solitary childhood or a busy mind. The world would be bleak without stories, I think. |