iron, grapevine, wire, barbed wire, fiber, beads, acrylic on canvas
As we spoil this sustaining earth-nest with disregard for the well-being of all, tears abound for everything that has been lost and is endangered.
acrylic on glass layers
That richly-trafficked interface, or boundary layer where air consorts with soil, exemplifies how we might live in this time of collapse.
Fungi, lichens, mosses, root systems, humus, all are in perpetual communication with one another—sharing nutrients, sensing danger/imbalance, sending aid to those in jeopardy.
This is earth’s virtual community enhancing survival under duress.
(my inspiration: Kem Luther, Boundary Layer; Exploring the Genius Between Worlds, 2016)
ink and acrylic
Many years ago three adjacent city neighbors opted to connect their three backyards.
We continue to enjoy the visual spaciousness and ready access to conversation as we come and go.
Garden ideas, fresh plums, a shared herb and vegetable bed add to the benefits.
This studio-carriage-house-backyard view inspires the four artists who live here side by side.
Plus, it’s a bird and bio-diversity mecca . . . all within contemporary Lancaster city!
bamboo/mixed media assemblage 2020
You have to go to the places that scare you so that you can see:
· What do you really believe?
· Who are you really?
· Are you prepared to take this all the way to wherever the truth leads you
and accept that you have to figure out different ways of confronting reality?
Alice Walkerinterview 2020
YES magazine
“Another world is not only possible, she’s on her way. Maybe many of us won’t be here to greet her, but on a quiet day, if I listen carefully, I can hear her breathing.”
Arundhati Roy
Created for granddaughter Emma’s 21st birthday, this piece honors the generations of women readers in the family who passed on their love of literature to her.
In 1957, four pigtailed 11-12 year-olds from PA. VA, and WVA met and bonded at a girls’ camp.
Our ongoing circle-foursome, 68 years later, remains vibrantly connected! (However, two months after creating this, the first death entered the foursome on May 6, 2025, with the loss of Sarah Bucher Myers.)
With ample conniving, we “will not die an unloved life!”
