Wayfinding
All of us have strong connections to a place, anchored in memory of our time spent there. For me, it's mostly places throughout the...
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- Mar 30
- 3 min
Movement
After 8 glorious years of studio residency at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, it's time for me to move my workspace back to where it...
- May 12, 2022
- 2 min
Inward and outward
I'm one of 10 members of Cascadia Mosaic Collective, a group of Pacific Northwest professional mosaic artists (and friends) who create...
- Aug 7, 2021
- 1 min
Transition
Hydrangeas are sensitive flowers, wilting with insufficient moisture and easily scorching in summer sunshine. But when they find their...
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
Shifting seas
A mosaic that explores the changing conditions in our seas and how it might affect Dungeness crab and the people who depend on them.
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Finding the light
It seems like a good time to write about this piece. It's winter solstice, when we turn a corner and the darkness falls a little later,...
- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min
Caring for another species
From a high perch on protected public refuge land, an Oregon silverspot butterfly forages nectar from a thistle flower. Far below and...
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
Change is in the air
Today I want to share with you all an exciting change for me and my art practice. After 2+ years in a large, lovely space in the basement...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Swimming together
We're all in this together. This refrain has been repeated in the media for months. I always feel a twinge when I hear it, wondering, but...
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Renewal, wrapped in mystery
Finding renewal in the deeply symbolic native flower of Easter, the trillium.
- Mar 1, 2020
- 1 min
A Day's Catch
When we moved to the Oregon coast, I was inspired to learn how to catch my dinner. In the land of Dungeness crab, we were quickly...
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Into the woods
In the maritime Pacific Northwest, a distinctive landscape stands apart as a defining character. This is the temperate rainforest. From...
- Oct 11, 2019
- 2 min
Creating a Tidepool Community
In August 2019, I was asked to create a hands-on activity for participants of the Oregon Community Foundation's Studios to Schools...
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1 min
Study of a Headland
You may recognize this iconic place near my hometown of Lincoln City, Oregon. High up on a rocky cliff, there are grassy meadows and...
- Dec 22, 2018
- 1 min
A Watershed Trilogy
In a series of three related works, follow the movement of water through a coastal watershed. First, the rain falls heavily on the...
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