Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54"
Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54"
 Re-Membering- oils/canvas 68x54" in an interior setting
Re-Membering- oils/canvas 68x54" in an interior setting
 Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 oils/canvas 68 x 54"
Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 oils/canvas 68 x 54"
 Unexpected Performance Piece 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 66"
Unexpected Performance Piece 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 66"
 Annunciation #2 - with Donkeys 2004 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
Annunciation #2 - with Donkeys 2004 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
 Kouros Departure Altarpiece - quadriptych 2000 oils/canvas 10 ft. x 12 ft.
Kouros Departure Altarpiece - quadriptych 2000 oils/canvas 10 ft. x 12 ft.
 Tigerwoman # 2 - Kouros painted drawing 2011 oils/paper 40 x 24"
Tigerwoman # 2 - Kouros painted drawing 2011 oils/paper 40 x 24"
 Tigerwoman #5 - Kouros painted drawings oils/paper 2011 40 x 24"
Tigerwoman #5 - Kouros painted drawings oils/paper 2011 40 x 24"
 Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 mm/vellum 84 x 96"
Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 mm/vellum 84 x 96"
Re-Membering- two paper scrolls overlapping in an interior setting
Re-Membering- two paper scrolls overlapping in an interior setting
 Persephone - longing 1996 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
Persephone - longing 1996 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
 Trampoline 1995 oils/canvas 60 x 48"
Trampoline 1995 oils/canvas 60 x 48"
 Embrace - the Furies become the Eumenides 1995 oils/canvas 48 x 48"
Embrace - the Furies become the Eumenides 1995 oils/canvas 48 x 48"
 Resurrection 1994 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
Resurrection 1994 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
 Captive- Roman Ruins 1994 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Captive- Roman Ruins 1994 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Abandoned Madonna - Roman Ruins 1993 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Abandoned Madonna - Roman Ruins 1993 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Female Trinity 1991 oils/canvas 44 x 52"
Female Trinity 1991 oils/canvas 44 x 52"
Sacrifice- Orpheus & Eurydice 1990 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Sacrifice- Orpheus & Eurydice 1990 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54"
Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54"Mother Nature as the ultimate artist, rooted, surrounded by the elements, presenting her offering. For this painting, I revisited two earlier works: Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 and Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999
Re-Membering- oils/canvas 68x54" in an interior setting
Re-Membering- oils/canvas 68x54" in an interior settingThis richly painted, textured piece goes well in this expansive setting, full of light.
Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 oils/canvas 68 x 54"
Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 oils/canvas 68 x 54"An early painting in “Our Lady of the Roses” Series, the transparent figures, a child clinging to a faceless but very rooted mother figure. Referencing early psychological studies done of monkeys with surrogate mothers made of wire or cloth. Behind them flows a river of roses.
Unexpected Performance Piece 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 66"
Unexpected Performance Piece 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 66"Based on Charles Illgen’s photographs documenting our performance piece.
Annunciation #2 - with Donkeys 2004 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
Annunciation #2 - with Donkeys 2004 oils/canvas 48 x 60"The Annunciation Series was based on a dream I had, in which a voice told me that I was pregnant with seven babies. I protested, saying that I was past my childbearing years. The voice insisted and I said, in that case I will give them up for adoption. The voice said that I may want to reconsider as two of them are angels! The donkeys in this series are protectors.
Kouros Departure Altarpiece - quadriptych 2000 oils/canvas 10 ft. x 12 ft.
Kouros Departure Altarpiece - quadriptych 2000 oils/canvas 10 ft. x 12 ft.Based on a self portrait done during my 1998 residency in New York City, combined with the Getty Kouros, the central figure is stepping forward between times, epochs, from darkness into light. In this 10 x 12 ft. four panel altarpiece I am conjuring up female images of strength and healing from traditional cultures.
Tigerwoman # 2 - Kouros painted drawing 2011 oils/paper 40 x 24"
Tigerwoman # 2 - Kouros painted drawing 2011 oils/paper 40 x 24"Painted Drawing based on the quadriptych, Kouros Departure 2000. Figurative, expressive drawing, fantasy, organic, rooted figure, wearing tigerskin, winged figure.
Tigerwoman #5 - Kouros painted drawings oils/paper 2011 40 x 24"
Tigerwoman #5 - Kouros painted drawings oils/paper 2011 40 x 24"Oil Painted Drawing based on the strong central female figure of the quadriptych, Kouros Departure from 2000. Figurative, expressive drawing, fantasy, organic, rooted figure, wearing tigerskin, winged figure.
Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 mm/vellum 84 x 96"
Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 mm/vellum 84 x 96" These are two separate vellum scrolls, overlapping, to get a vertical and horizontal view simultaneously. The transparency of this vellum allows the images underneath to be partially visible. The rooted figures were based on myself and my older son, the themes are: two out of one, and the cosmic flow of the life cycle.
Re-Membering- two paper scrolls overlapping in an interior setting
Re-Membering- two paper scrolls overlapping in an interior settingthis large drawn and painted mural design does well in a well lit, expansive setting
Persephone - longing 1996 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
Persephone - longing 1996 oils/canvas 48 x 60"Expressing entrapment and longing, like the mermaid in "Captive," Persephone is reaching out from her struggle with Hades, god of the underworld, who tricked her into leaving Demeter, her Earth Mother and staying with him for half of every year. a mythological explanation of the seasons.  
Trampoline 1995 oils/canvas 60 x 48"
Trampoline 1995 oils/canvas 60 x 48"Wanting to get more movement into my paintings, this painting was based on photographs taken of me jumping on a trampoline. When I painted this piece, I was trying to visually capture the experience of jumping continuously through space.
Embrace - the Furies become the Eumenides 1995 oils/canvas 48 x 48"
Embrace - the Furies become the Eumenides 1995 oils/canvas 48 x 48"While working with dance movement, I kept turning this as I painted it on this square format, so it can be viewed from any of the four sides. I observed the model from above looking down at her as she moved. Based on the Greek myth where the Furies evolve into the Eumenides, anger is pacified, transformed into creative energy. The upper more translucent figure represents a feminine healing presence.
Resurrection 1994 oils/canvas 48 x 60"
Resurrection 1994 oils/canvas 48 x 60"One of my strongest early paintings, based on a very early female mummy discovery photographed in National Geographic Magazine.
Captive- Roman Ruins 1994 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Captive- Roman Ruins 1994 oils/canvas 52 x 44" Also part of the series, "Roman Ruins" painted following my summer visit to Italy, this work was inspired by Michelangelo's sculptures, called Captive, where the figures are being released from the marble. The mermaid, also a captive, of the water, is drawn to the sculptured male figure.
Abandoned Madonna - Roman Ruins 1993 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Abandoned Madonna - Roman Ruins 1993 oils/canvas 52 x 44" From the Series called, "Roman Ruins" painted after spending the summer in Italy, visiting all of the art that I had previously only seen in photographs. The Great Earth Mother is releasing a blood curdling howl in response to the outrageous disrespect, which she is suffering at the hands of mankind.
Female Trinity 1991 oils/canvas 44 x 52"
Female Trinity 1991 oils/canvas 44 x 52" Among my first paintings, I painted this during the Persian Gulf crisis in 1991. Black oil and red blood strewn across the canvas became a self portrait with mask, that expanded to include a skeletal figure. I saw it as mother, daughter and holy ghost, discovering in retrospect that centuries before the patriarchal trinity prevailed, a female trinity held the collective’s central position of spiritual strength. 
Sacrifice- Orpheus & Eurydice 1990 oils/canvas 52 x 44"
Sacrifice- Orpheus & Eurydice 1990 oils/canvas 52 x 44" One of my first paintings, based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus goes to the underworld to retrieve his beloved Eurydice. “Sacrifice” is a large theme, it can be tragic or holy or many things in between. The word history of sacrifice means to make sacred. For me the woman in these myth based paintings is also Mother Earth or Mother Nature, who is being sacrificed. My raw approach to painting presents an unexpected juxtaposition of images. As I edit, I allow essential elements from each layer to remain visible, in this painting, for example , the double male image.
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