2023
Watercolor, acrylic, gouache, pencil, pen, and ink on found paper
8 x 6 inches (12 pieces)
What is life like on the margins?
This mixed media series explores the unique gifts and challenges of life on the margins for the plants and people who live there. Halophytes (salt-tolerant plants) and autistic people both live on the margins and face constant bombardment from toxic stimuli, yet find unique strategies to regulate and survive. While these outsiders are sensitive and at risk, they are also critically important to future life on earth. Who else is absorbed by the unknown and can help us navigate it?
2022
Mixed media on found paper
10.5 x 8.5 inches (7 pieces)
2022
Fabric and binding combs
26”x8”x4”; 18”x8”x4”; 11”x5.5”x4”
This installation explores group identity by elaborating on the creation and erosion of social constructs over time. The variety of fabrics reflects the multiplicity within the autistic community and considers how neurodiversity might mirror biodiversity.
2018
Watercolor, acrylic, pencil, pen, and ink on found paper
8.5 x 5.5 inches (8 pieces)
An autobiographical series exploring the themes of identity and relationship in early motherhood. Created with mixed media, this celestial landscape is full of discovery, fear, hope, loss, and celebration.
2022
Digital photographs
Dimensions variable
An ongoing series of photographs of halophytes (salt-tolerant plants) taken around San Diego, CA. These images explore the plants' unique characteristics that allow them to survive in such harsh environments. They also serve as research and inspiration for future mixed media artwork.
2022
Digital photographs
Dimensions variable
A series of photographs taken at San Elijo Lagoon
2019-2020
Watercolor, charcoal, and pencil on paper
8 x 5 inches, 8 x 10 inches, and 16 x 10 inches
Series of three mixed media pieces exploring the effect of time on a mother’s relationships with her young children.
2012
Mixed media on paper
22.5 x 15 inches (9 pieces)
This series was commissioned by Whitworth University and installed in the Chapel Reception during the Spring of 2012. Each mixed media piece accompanies a teaching on a miracle from Mark's Gospel in the Bible.
Four pieces from the series reside in Whitworth University's Permanent Collection and are currently hung at various locations on campus.
2011
Charcoal, chalk, ebony, pencil, watercolor, acrylic, and ink on printed photographs mounted on board
5 x 12 inches (6 pieces)
This series is an expansion of “Ars Moriendi” (The Art of Dying). Building on the concept of dying that occurs in the season of fall, “Ars Dormiendi” (The Art of Sleeping) examines the serenity that accompanies such death in the winter. Both series experiment with communicating ideas and expressing emotions through photography.
2011
Charcoal, ink, paint, chalk, pastel and pencil on original photos
11 x 17 inches (9 pieces)
In this series, various mediums act as the editing process on original photos. The handmade marks add a sense of expressivity that the unedited photographs lacked. These marks push the audience to explore the physical and emotional impact of death.
