death valley national park


photo gallery // first trip to death valley national park // backcountry camping adventure

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joshua tree national park


photo gallery from backcountry camping and exploring joshua tree this spring

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spring update // wild times

Springtime transition this year was all about slowing down to integrate past, present and future before taking steps on a new path. After spending some sweet time with family, I went on a nostalgic road trip through hundreds of miles of california to wild places both very familiar and unknown.

mandala collage series

microcosms formed from worn natural history books, nature field guides, seed catalogs & used up seed packets from the garden
assembled with loving intention into a cohesive series of mandalas
combined with impetuous ink & salt wash
on cold-pressed paper or wood panel

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Gallery Route One

gold seed mystical abstract oil painting

Thanks to juror M. Louise Stanley for the award of merit in this years Gallery Route One group show. So happy to be a part of a group of amazing local artists.

Winter

Winter is the slowest time of year out in the fields and the busiest time for me in the studio. [Read more…]

planets // celestial series

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winter commission


painting my summer garden scene in the dark days of winter – thank you for the support! – may summer live on your walls forever

Autumn

Autumn is a time to reap and cull, to collect and to discern. Today I choose to radiate abundance, reaping the late harvests of the gardens and sharing the goodness before the stillness of winter.

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tahoe rim trail

backpacking the tahoe rim trail, the whole loop around the lake this time!, with my good friend & best backpacking buddy Brittany…together “we are brittany” 🙂

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