My work as an artist is largely informed by previous work episodes as an anthropologist in the American Southwest, assistant amphibian and reptile biologist in Vermont and a lifetime of walking in field and forest with my family of three school age children, husband, and canine companions. In my creative process I emphasize line, color, and detail, as well as the play between the microscopic and macroscopic...all without losing the spontaneity of seeing and recording, in an effort to keep the work alive--No straight lines in life, or nature.
My education includes a BA from Middlebury College, an MA from Northern Arizona University, and a pending certification as a Veterinary Assistant. I hope to combine my visual interest in painting and sculpting the animals I see, with a new caretaking role in the veterinary environment. I believe one will inspire the other.
Having saved inumerable salamanders with my children and dogs as we walk our dirt road in mud season, I work to cultivate an interest through my creations in conserving the natural world. Materials I use include clay and glazes, wool felt, wire, watercolor, water-based oils, found objects (even the "creative re-use" of forgotten and woe-be-gone children's toys).
And while my art pieces seem to be light, humerous, irreverent, the poems I write come from a deeper place---while still attending to obsevations taken in walks through the woods.
This web page highlights my interest in "old stuff," animals, and architecture and I hope in a humorous and easy to live with style.
