Strain in Trade
During the inception of this trade, items from each culture were highly desirable by the other, and not only goods, but culture was exchanged at the rendezvous.
Western Art Week in Great Falls, MT
I exhibited with the Western Heritage Artists at Western Art Week in Great Falls, Montana recently.
Moreau River Scene
This watercolor is painted from a photo I took on my husband’s family ranch, bordering the Moreau River in western South Dakota. Miles from anywhere and in the middle of everything: a beautiful region. The Moreau River fluctuates from a shallow moving stream to a raging over the banks river, depending on the season and amount of precipitation. I truly …
Borrowing Symbols
Symbols have been borrowed and exchanged forever. I am drawn to the petroglyphs and symbol studies I have been painting, by that very thing: how symbols are a visual language, which seemingly jumps across time and continents. Many of the same type of imagery in yesterday’s petroglyphs is found the world over. Those same images are prevalent in society today. …
Signs of Change
“Pictograph of Change” 11 x 30” Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Nothing remains constant. As humans we tend to resist change while at the same time, craving it. Life is uneventful without variety and change. Yet, we often cling desperately to the comfort zone we are accustomed to. As my son hits his teen angst years, I am reminded at …