Visual-Explorations

I began this series of small drawings during my pregnancy to explore images of reproduction, gestation, and cellular growth within the confines of a restrained palette: pencil, needle, glue, paper.

I make work about desire, change, and living in pursuit of wholeness despite fear, anxiety, and obstacles. In these particular pieces, desire and yearning manifest themselves as physical thirsts for dirt and tears: gritty, basic, and pure.

One of 38 miniatures in watercolor from the “Aurora consurgens” (“Rising dawn”), an illuminated manuscript of the 15th century.

All of my work reflects my fascination with natural patterns and texture. I am interested in the natural cycles that are part of life. The subject matter is ordinary but transformed, isolated from its usual setting and viewed in the context of the universal forces of generation, growth and decay.

A series of computerized machine embroidered doilies mounted on black velvet. The design of each doily is based on a different viral structure.