The last 8 years of my life have marked a distinct shift in how I perceive time. Becoming a mother fills your heart with a love that is unlike any other while simultaneously shattering your perception of self. You become an entirely new person as a life giver and caretaker of other humans. Time simultaneously speeds up and slows down in remarkable ways. As one learns to let go of their former selves and metamorphosize into this new being, distinct yearnings arise. Over and over for me I was drawn to nature. It’s quiet restores my sanity in a hectic world. Its fresh scents and rushing wind fill my heart. It leaves me in awe of its small miracles and humbling expanses. The night sky, the ocean’s frothy waves, the unfurling fern and springy mosses. They are a spiritual symphony. They call me again and again when I have a small space of free time. These works were created over several years when I could escape to nature and create. They were collaged and painted over long stretches of time with months between the beginning and completion of many, because that was all of the free time I could afford. Each one felt like an epiphany – nature, art, spirituality, and stirrings of a new self still evolving.
These works are a sampling on many collaged and painted works on paper. Most of what visually reads as paint is actually decorative paper torn and collaged. The pieces are filled with texture when viewed in person.
From the top left:
Auburn Heights
Encaustic Paper Collage – 10 x 10 in – 2023 – $375
Ashland
Paper Collage – 10.5 x 10.5 in – 2021 – NFS
Planting Seeds by the Full Moon
Watercolor, Gouache, Ink – 20 x 20 in – 2021 – SOLD
Iris’s View
Mixed Paper Collage – 20 x 20 in – 2024 – $650
