Portfolio

Bonsai Series, 2022 to current, watercolor and graphite on Arches Paper

Inspired by the National Penjing and Bonsai Museum in Washington DC. I am greatly appreciative to the support of the staff and curators.

Blue Jays, 2022, watercolor painting and accordion book
poem 1177 by Emily Dickinson, entry for Delaware Chapter Guild of Book Workers Annual Exhibit

Amaryllis with Color, 2022
watercolor and graphite

Daffodils for Marley, 2022, graphite

Iguana, 2022, reduction woodblock print

purchased for the Anne Arundel Community College Collection

Pumpkins, 2021, watercolor.

Anthurium, 2021, watercolor

Most Recent Publication: Hatchlings, A Coloring Book Anthology of Birds

Purchase Hatchings Here

Handmade Long Stitch Book

Interior signatures are Gutenberg Smooth paper. Cover original watercolor with black tea stain on 300 lbs. Arches Paper with Belgian Linen thread.

Multi-colored Woodblock Prints

Etchings

Postcard Gallery

Small Watercolors

Drawings

Wood Block Prints

Handprinted Woodblock Bookmarks

Portobello Mushroom

Carnivorous Plants

Maryland native, Purple Pitcher Plant.
Medium: Graphite and watercolor

Interest image for upcoming workshop on drawing carnivorous plants August 2018 at the US Botanic Gardens in Washington DC.

These plants can be found in wet, boggy environments all along the Eastern US seaboard. They lure their prey to capture into the pitcher at the base of the flower stalk. Prey fall into the pitcher and drown in the rainwater that collects in the base of each leaf.Their prey includes flies, moths, spiders and mosquitos. Certain bacteria present in the pitcher water breaks down and mineralizes the prey making the nutrients available to the plant.

Native American peoples regarded this plant as medicinal and made a root infusion for treating Small Pox.

Moths and Their Host Plants Triptych

This work began three years ago as I sat on my front porch watching my cat watch hummingbird moths drinking from our garden Four O'Clocks in the evening. Inspired by this secret pollinators, I embarked on creating a series of three works: Luna Moths and Moon Flowers, Hummingbird Moths and Four O'Clocks, and Catalpa Moths and Catalpa Trees. I used the "triptych" arrangement that I learned about through an exhibit at the National Gallery on Dutch Master altarpieces. Each wall hanging is painted silk and measures 4 fee by 6 feet.