Bloom tree

Bloom treeMixed media on watercolor paper 5" x 5" image (8" x 8" matted and framed behind glass) Embracing a more spontaneous, playful approach to my art process, I created a new series of mini paintings focused on experimentation and spontaneity. I worked on all twelve images simultaneously, starting each mini painting with simple charcoal marks, allowing my hand to move freely across the canvas. Then, I added translucent washes, letting the early marks peek

The paintings suggest the waves

This artwork's a fiesta for your eyes

I finished the work by adding the opaque white cold wax medium to obscure this leafy world

the inky water gently laps against the shore while these bioluminescent organisms sparkle in the dark

carborundum) on Arches watercolor paper

I love the dynamic movement in this painting as the fast-traveling cells must detour around a wall of large bubbles

and charcoal

Join me in my garden

Ornamental Grass Two is an original cyanotype on archival watercolor paper

22″ x 22″ on 4-cradled panels

There are three paintings in the “Sharp Edge” series

" It was a process of refining and finding balance