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"Passing Through" A remembrance for a friend who died very young. My cousin had written to me that “The veil between life and death is very thin.” It's comforting to realize that we are not so far from those who have departed.
"Evolve to Eden" David Attenborough talks about the “tapestry of life.” This painting is a meditation of hope that humankind will find a way to be back in balance with nature.
How Old Would You Be If You Didn't Know How Old You Are? (Satchel Paige)Reconnecting with the childhood dream to have a horse has been a transformative and healing process. In resuscitating our childhood dreams, we can heal the wounds of time.
"Hoof" This picture was originally inspired by the beauty of a draft horse leg, but then evolved into incorporating many of botanical motifs from my childhood. My father was a botanist, and my mother used to do botanical illustration.
MERMAID "I am a mermaid and don't wear underwear!" a client announced to a friend of mine. This silly phrase was the inspiration, but I did find myself thinking about how people identify with the mythical, and perhaps everyone is a mythical being. Regardless of the state of their underwear.
PASSAGESI came across some old photos from World War II in a garage sale and bought them. I felt sad that the memories of these people had been lost. I donated the original photos to a history teacher after scanning them. These are reproductions on archival paper. This piece is to commemorate those lost memories.
OCEAN FLY Inspired by creatures that fly under water.
...I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.I do not think that they will sing to me.I have seen them riding seaward on the wavesCombing the white hair of the waves blown backWhen the wind blows the water white and black.We have lingered in the chambers of the seaBy sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brownTill human voices wake us, and we drown.-Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
DINOSAUR JR. The Brontosaurus was always my favorite dinosaur - it seemed so peace loving and graceful compared to the tantrums of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
BLUE EYED MONSTER Many of the monsters that visit me in my dreams and live my closet, have turned out to be my friends and allies...
WHY NOT? Like the Push Me Pull You in Dr. Zeuss - I'm often in inner conflict. It's good to ask "Why Not" - especially when there isn't really a "good" reason to not take a chance, except fear. The main limitation in life are the rules that we invent.
SPYRO GYRO HEART Love can have so many twists and turns.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I read into the random patterns of the crackle paint to find images. It's an art "Rorschach test." My obsession with horses is clear; but I'm also often surprised. In this case - a squirrel!
CLASSICAL HORSE A tribute to the beautiful Lipizzaner stallions that I saw perform as a child. Their dances continue to inspire.
ACE OF SPADES symbolizes, to me: luck. May this piece bring you luck in all your ventures.
KITE RUNNER This piece is loosely based upon the movie "Kite Runner." It's a meditation for world peace.
HIS & HERS His undies & her slip – a match made in heaven! (maybe)
...I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.I do not think that they will sing to me.-Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
"Dare Winks" Inspired by the biography of Dare Wright, "The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll" by Jean Nathan. Her best known work was "The Lonely Doll." She was a beautiful, brilliant woman with a troubled childhood who withdrew into her world of fantasy.
TOTEM Many people have totems or spirit animals that they have become disconnected with; this piece is a prayer to reconnect them and heal the broken pieces.
PROTECTOR I had recently experienced some really harsh antagonism, but had also stood up for myself - which isn't easy for me. It's a piece about standing up for what you believe in and what is right.
LOST WORLD I had from an epic dream about a city that was devoted to spirituality and the study of the arts and sciences. These images will be developed into a book.
RED LOST WORLD I had from an epic dream about a city that was devoted to spirituality and the study of the arts and sciences. This focuses on the observatory where monks studied astronomy. These images will be developed into a book.
SYCOPHANTS From the "Lost World" series. The Sycophants were a religious sect within the city that devoted themselves to inventing new gods to worship.
"Ocean Fly" Inspired by creatures that fly under water.
"Passages" I came across some old photos from World War II in a garage sale. I felt sad that the memories of these people had been lost. I donated the original photos. These are reproductions on archival paper. This piece is to commemorate those lost memories.
BHUDDA REMEMBERS I was almost finished with this painting and couldn't make much sense of it. I really know next to nothing about Bhuddism having come from a Protestant and Catholic background.Then I saw a documentary about the life of Bhudda and readlized that it was an illustration of when the Bhudda awakens spiritually and remembers his former lives.

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