My paintings birth fecund reams where plants move from background to foreground and become the central forces. I worked in greenhouses and plant sanctuaries since I was young and have worked on farms and medicinal seed repositories and sanctuaries in Appalachia, California, and Colorado. The worlding process of painting is informed by a special interest in the botanical details in historic paintings and folklore, doing horticulture and herbology, and keeping many plants as children in my home. I often reference cartoons and stories that I poured over as a child and continue practice it as its own language.
Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons Together | Acrylic and gouache on wood panel | 16” x 20” x .75”
Some Thoughts I’ve Had | Acrylic and gouache on wood panel | 8″ x 10″ x 2″
Suburban Drought with Orchids | Acrylic and gouache on wood panel | 15.5”x 12”x .75”
Mermaid Purses and Bioluminescent Octopus Eggs | Acrylic on wood panel |15.5”x 12” .75”
All About Eve | Acrylic on Wood | 8″ x 10″
Falming Venus | Acrylic on Wood | 8″ x 10″
Desert sisters | Acrylic and gauche on wood panel | 24” x 19”
Bunny Ear Cacti, Bendy Straws, LEGOs, Dawn | Acrylic on Panel | 16” x 9” x 2”
color queens’ blue indigo and hibiscus tea | Gouache, charcoal, and graphite on wood | each 10″ x 8″
Ode to Thyme | Acrylic on Panel | 16” x 9” x 2”
Diffenbachia in Fair Condition | Acrylic on Panel | 11.5” x 13”
Returning to Seed | Acrylic on Panel | 11.5” x 13”
Reaching Funkia | Acrylic on Panel | 15” x 13”
Lion’s Bane | Acrylic on Panel | 15” x 13”
Waiting for Abulia | Acrylic on Panel | 15” x 13”
Dandy | Acrylic on Aluminum | 8”x 10”
Red Hot Poker | Acrylic on Aluminum and Wood | 10″ x 12″
Cinquefoil and Pill Bugs | Acrylic on Aluminum and Wood | 10″ x 12″
Forest Eulogy | Acrylic on Panel | 42” x 60” x 2”
Overwhelming among the Gillies | Acrylic on Panel | 42” x 60” x 2”
Mothering Wound | Acrylic on Panel | 42” x 60” x 2”