Earth Manifesto

Deeply moved by natural earth forces, I started this series with a new approach to applying fluid paint to landscapes. It’s become more entrenched then that, with a look at the primordial forces beneath the mountains, trees and oceans. It’s a consideration of the fact that humans can’t control everything, but that we can affect the earth in a profound way.

Something that I need to add that sets this series and other recent work apart: I am determined to let nature and animals loosen me up. I was trained and had a career as a medical illustrator. Nothing could be more wonderful, but more constraining at the same time! I enjoyed the career but my own vision is working its way out, slowly but surely. The freedom is profound but terrifying at the same moment, but when it works, it works.

SpaceX Launch No.1, Unmanned or Unwomaned, March, 2019, 2:49 a.m.

I was supposed to go to the launch but it got complicated with the timing and the dogs, so my husband went. It was wonderful to experience the launch vicariously and watch the launches video stream.

Good grief, the power, the sound, the blinding light. That hundreds of people would be there at 2 - something in the morning was just incredible. The flight will be manned in July; maybe I’ll try again.

From SpaceX:
”At 2:49 a.m. EST on March 2, SpaceX launched Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This test flight without crew on board the spacecraft is intended to demonstrate SpaceX’s capabilities to safely and reliably fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.”

The Edge of the Earth

12 X 12”, acrylic on canvas archival board.

Blue Ridge Cloud Shadows

12X12”, framed, sold.

Blue Ridge Vineyards 3.0

12X12”, framed, sold.

Electric Storm Approaching

12X12”, framed, acrylic on canvas.

Gnarly Vermont Apple Tree

12X12”, framed, acrylic on canvas.

Deep Forest 1.0

6X8”, acrylic pour on archival board.

Blue Ridge Down Sun

5X7”, oil on canvas board.

Earth Manifest 1.2

18X24”, acrylic on canvas

Blue Marble Earth 1.1

12X12”, acrylic on canvas, sold.

Blue Marble Earth 2.3

12X12”, mixed media on canvas.

People Manifesto: What's To Come of the Earth?

5X7”, acrylic on birch boarded frame

Grandfather Mountain Adoration

18X24”, acrylic pour on archival board

Running Dog Clouds With Mountains

12X12”, acrylic on canvas, framed.

The Gulf, Sarasota With Sunset

12X12”, acrylic on canvas, framed.

Molten Kilauea Lava and Earth

6X8”, mixed media on archival board, sold.

Wave and Silver Sky

6X8”, mixed media on archival board.

Animal Manifesto

There is a Manifesto of the earth, and then there is this, a manifesto for the most wonderful creatures of that earth. I’m starting with horses because I ride, except right now I have to have my third surgery on my left leg and can’t ride until the spring at the earliest. If that isn’t on the agenda, then painting my muses is the next best thing.

This series starts with some careful, controlled studies of the anatomy of the horse in a Renaissance style. The plan is to continue the studies, but add in a great deal of looseness and dynamic movement.

I have big plans. Many more animals. All in due time.

Lippizan Levade 1.0

12X16”, mixed media on Canson canvas board.

Lippizan Portrait 1.0

12X12”, acrylic on canvas, framed.

Instinctive Pirouette

12X12”, acrylic on canvas

The Horse's Gaits Revealed: DaVinci Piaffe

11X14”, digital, print.

DaVinci Horse: The Horse's Walk Revealed

11X14”, digital print

DaVinci Horse: The Horse's Trot Revealed

11X14”, digital print

DaVinci Horse: The Horse's Canter Revealed

11X14”, digital print

The Horse's Poll Revealed

11X14”, acrylic on canvas

Landscapes 2008 - 2017

Still Lives 2015 - 2017

Award Winners

"East Fall Blue Ridge"

Winner of the national “ArtInPlace” contest, the original was reproduced on a 12 ft. X 24 ft. aluminum billboard; seen by thousands of commuters daily in Charlottesville, VA.

"The Horse's Gaits Revealed: DaVinci Piaffe"

First Place winner of the American Horse Publications Association Illustration Category. On the cover of the United States Dressage Federation “Connections” magazine.

"Hand to Brain Connections"

Winner of TED competition (Technology, Education & Design) this illustration was projected on high definition screens throughout the San Diego Conference Center.