Throughout a career of over 45 years my artistic practice focused on creating figurative paintings that addressed the human condition. From the 1980's through the 1990's my paintings portrayed images of sorrow, pain, and inner wounding, as a pathway to facilitate healing & self-growth. During this time, I did many large diptychs which paired a figure with animals or landscape, to show the importance of our connection with nature to heal our wounded souls. After the birth of my only child in 1997 my paintings grew to include the question, “what we will leave of our earth for future generations?” I began to incorporate words, text, images of children, nature, prayer, and additionally images of the ethereal realms, of memory, dreams and spirit.

I have always mined the experiences of my own life, searching for a universal truth within that experience, which then serves as a road map for my work. “Death is a Hard Teacher”, has the quote scratched onto the surface, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” While this painting came from a personal experience of suffering the loss of a relationship and the inability to fit into another’s life (or drawer), it caused me to reflect on the many traumas of our current world situation and the issues of loss, betrayal, pain and grief. It is a time of grieving for so many.

My paintings offer a vision of a spiritual path, the importance of our connection with the natural world, and the encouragement to face life’s sorrows and suffering, to ultimately awaken in our hearts compassion for all life.