Akeso 14″ x 14″, First in a series of spirit dolls, Akeso the Greek Goddess of Healing and Curing, carries her Covid-19 mask. Materials: reeds, beads, embroidery, fabric, clay face by Earth Shards. Created 2020
Adding to my Series on Greek Goddesses: Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon god of the sea (left), Iris goddess of rainbows and messenger of the gods (middle) and Rhea goddess of nature (right). Includes handwoven fibers and reeds, as well as coral and crocheted embellishments 2020
Stone Speak 36″ w x 12″ h x 6″ d
History comes in many forms, rock layers, Anastasi rock art, Stone Speak was inspired by a journey through Utah and its many National Parks as well as historic monuments and state parks. A rock is not just a rock ….. they speak volumes
Hanging By A Thread, 12″ x 18″
Hurricane Irma blew through the Florida Keys, its eye through Cudjoe, its dirty side through Big Pine Key. Not a story of destruction, not global warming but a story of hope. Browned Mangroves-growing leaves, roots reaching deep for nourishment, providing hope. Embroidery, crochet, fabric, beads 2019
Life In Pieces, 12″ x 24″
Hurricane Irma blew through the Florida Keys, its eye through Cudjoe, its dirty side through Big Pine Key. Not a story of destruction, nor global warming but a story of hope and resilience. Using a grape leaf- torn, mud fabric-stained, stitched growth showing a rebirth of the environment and its people. Embroidery, crochet 2018
I’M MELTING: 70″h x 19″w wall with 10″d x 19″w floor, Several different overshot woven sections, embroidered glacier cracks, glacier photo tear drops, felted river rocks. 2017
STUMPS’ VOICE 28″h x 21″w, Embroidered poem “Prayer Of the Woods” (unknown author), handwoven piece with applique layers of fabric, found ‘Upper driftwood. 2017
Shaving Brush Tree 12″h x 12’w, Embroidered handwork on painted muslin, applique. Lower Keys Artist Network Colorfest 2017 First Place ‘Pigments of Our Imagination’
Mother Ocean 8″h x 23.5″w x 16.5″d, Postcard sized embroidered Crab, Starfish and Parrot Fish, decoupage boxes, shells, sea beans on painted canvas.
All The Fish In The Sea 16″w x 20″h Winner of the 2015 Lower Keys Artist Network ‘People’s Choice’. Embroidery on painted muslin, mounted onto a watercolor background.
Horizon Window Pains 13″h x 18″w tapestry woven images of the Gulf oil spill. 2011
Journey Within 24″w x 18″h embroidery on hand painted muslin, 2014
Newfound Harbor Reef 12″w x 18″h Embroidery on painted muslin, mounted on watercolor painting. 2015
Emerging 24″w x 20″h x 10″d Shed antler basketry, woven nest, tree bark, feathers 2009
Glimpse of Key West 11″w x 15″h Embroidered on painted muslin, mounted on handwoven material, painted canvas. 2013
Saving Time 12″h x 12″w ink and watercolor painted muslin, embroidery. 2016
Fishy II 11″h x 17″w embroidery on painted muslin mounted on handwoven material, crochet seaweed 2015
Glacier Creek 18″h x 12″w embroidery on painted muslin, painted canvas. 2013/sold
Fire-Death-Life 11″h x 18″w x 3″h Altered book project in a black & white Thoreau book 2016
Canyon Cactus 23″h x 11,5″w handwoven material, original photos on silk, embroidery. 2011
Havasupai Faces detail of original photo on silk, applied to mud dyed material 2011