My two children have majorly impacted my life, as most any mother would tell you. I have two sons: six and one half years apart. Raising a family takes a great deal of an artist’s time, and I believe that I balanced it well (thus far) Painting is my source of sanity, and is who I am… Motherhood is my …
Last summer I made a trip to galleries in Jackson Hole, Bozeman, and Billings. Those experiences are shaping my art today, as after seeing the more contemporary western painting there, I was emboldened to go bolder with color. As an art instructor, I often suggested students try “non-local color”, making things not their natural or expected color. Now, I am …
Turmoil, twirling, interconnected… seeming chaos, but then upon closer reflection, different aspects pull forward and one sees a more complex intertwining of component parts… This is the story of my life! The juxtaposition of many seemingly unrelated things make up the component part of the whole… I think it summarizes it up well!! It is not a conscious choice to …
Many of the ledger art images I have come across are very stylized: simplified forms resembling ancient cave drawings in some ways. The primal response to telling a story: to embellish where needed; and to simplify where prudent as well! I have been painting a great deal: especially liking this one, as it is depicting the importance of the bison …
To run free… the magic of the wild horse imagery. The way God intended, before the horse became domesticated. Perhaps this is a symbol of humans as well. We are easily tamed and domesticated, yet the free spirit within is harmed. It is a trade-off. Being tamed leads to different roads to travel, different experiences than one chooses on ones …
Everything in life is a negotiation… I’ll do this for you, if you do this for me… how much does it cost? Exchange of money has become a major driver in our culture. To some extent, the barter system is making a come-back… that is interesting, but then again, it DOES require interaction… we don’t do much of that these …