Painting Gallery ARCHIVE

Hive Interiors

This series explores the rounded, folded shapes of interior bodies or the inner working of a honeybee hive.

Whole
Whole
encaustic on birch
9" x 9"
SOLD

Perfect Blush
Perfect Blush
encaustic on birch
9" x 9"
SOLD

Curious
Curious
encaustic on birch
9" x 9"

Mars
Mars
encaustic on birch
9" x 9"
SOLD

A Long Time Ago
A Long Time Ago
encaustic on birch
9" x 9"

Like a Bad Girl Should
Like a Bad Girl Should
encaustic on birch
9" x 9"
SOLD

Receptor
Receptor
encaustic on birch
9" x 9"
SOLD

Dearest Twig
Dearest Twig
encaustic and gold leaf on birch
9" x 9"
SOLD

Ferns and Labyrinths

These tender little yearners were inspired by labyrinths. I spent a lot of time looking at labyrinths, roots and branches while making them. If you look closely you can see miniature labyrinths embedded in the unfurled fronds of "Blue Fern" and "Joyful Plant."

Adrift on a Sea of Pink
Adrift on a Sea of Pink
encaustic on panel
7" x 7"

Yearning Heart
Yearning Heart
encaustic on panel
7" x 7"
SOLD

Burning Coral
Burning Coral
encaustic on panel
15" x 15"
SOLD

Joyful Plant
Joyful Plant
encaustic on panel
7" x 7"
SOLD

Mint Tulip
Mint Tulip
encaustic on panel
7" x 7"

Rose Fern
Rose Fern
encaustic on panel
7" x 7"

Blue Fern
Blue Fern
encaustic on panel
7" x 7"
SOLD

Little Red Coral
Little Red Coral
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
NFS

Cities and Gardens

Cities and gardens are wondrous environments made by humans for the expression and comfort of human life. Honeybees make cities too. The imaginary cities and gardens you see here were inspired by street maps and the wax cities made by bees.

City of Electric Berries
City of Electric Berries
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

City of the Midnight Pool
City of the Midnight Pool
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Dancing Garden
Dancing Garden
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Holland’s Garden
Holland’s Garden
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

June Garden
June Garden
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Plum Garden
Plum Garden
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Tree of Hearts
Tree of Hearts
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Untitled
Untitled
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Secret Garden
Secret Garden
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Young Fern
Young Fern
encaustic on panel
15" x 11"
SOLD

Nine Patch City
Nine Patch City
encaustic on panel
33" x 33"
SOLD

Twigs and Berries

These ten-inch square paintings are cut from larger works. They started out as an attempt to capture the warm energy of berries or buds clustered on a twig. In the process of cutting my buds and berries became landscapes. I love the idea that the curve of a berry or edge of a twig can become an entire horizon depending on how you look at it.

Bittersweet 1
Bittersweet 1
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"
NFS

Bittersweet 2
Bittersweet 2
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"
SOLD

Pale Moon Rising
Pale Moon Rising
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"
SOLD

Snowscape with Copper Tulip
Snowscape with Copper Tulip
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"
SOLD

Dim Path Illuminated
Dim Path Illuminated
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"

Seascape with Iron Fence
Seascape with Iron Fence
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"
SOLD

Subterranean Landscape 1
Subterranean Landscape 1
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"

Subterranean Landscape 2
Subterranean Landscape 2
mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"

On Paper

These black and white drawings were made with chalk, graphite, gouache and acrylic on Arches black paper. They represent newness and light emerging from ancient darkness.

Pollinator
Pollinator
mixed media on paper
40" x 30"
SOLD

Mosquito Dreams (and conversations)
Mosquito Dreams (and conversations)
mixed media on paper
40" x 30"
SOLD

Larva with Halo
Larva with Halo
mixed media on paper
40" x 30"
SOLD

Streetlight Cairn
Streetlight Cairn
mixed media on paper
40" x 30"

Tower of Milk and Fire
Tower of Milk and Fire
mixed media on paper
40" x 30"

Queen Cell
Queen Cell
mixed media on paper
40" x 30"
SOLD

The Little Prince
The Little Prince
mixed media on paper
40" x 30"
SOLD