Made at the Grand Marais Art Colony during the Art As Journey group attendance, May, 2021
Mourning Bonnet: Last Words
In the Studio
Offering
Offering
2019
11” x 14” (With frame, 15 ¼” x 18 ¼”)
Dishcloths, cotton thread, acrylic on canvas
The woman looks at you, offering her heart to you. The look on her face is calm. Not serene, not earnest, but determined. She realizes that with all of the anger and divisiveness in this world there is an antidote and that antidote is love. So she offers her heart but not as a greeting. She offers her heart asking you to take care, to act with kindness, to realize that to offer love is the greatest gift but also the easiest if you can see it that way. There is a reason to hope. If we become more real with each other, really look at each other and see what is really there and not just what we want to see, if we can do that with an open mind and an open heart, then there is hope.
Shows
Envisioning Hope
St. Paul’s Monastery
St. Paul, MN
In Art Show
Hallberg Center for the Arts
Wyoming, MN
Holding (detail)
This piece was stitched on dishcloths with cotton embroidery thread at the Art Colony in Grand Marais, MN.
Offering in Progress
A progress shot of Offering in progress on the embroidery hoop.
Dish Towels
60” x 42”
Worn dish towels, thread, embroidery floss
2017
Apple Painting
I love this little apple painting. Was an exercise in stopping before working the surface to death. It seemed like it was going nowhere, so I stopped to let it percolate. When I went back to it, I realized it was done!
North shore scene
Today’s painting is from a photo taken on the north shore of Lake Superior near Cascade State Park. I love the grey-blue-greens in the sky and water.
Apple. Not tomato.
One color per stroke.
40 minutes working fast
Four little 10-minute paintings. It’s a red onion, but my brain kept making me mix purple. I’m working on seeing color. I like the lively shapes and shadows.
Playing with grounds
This little painting, 6″ x 6″, is supposed to be a tomato. I’m still learning how to get convincing, saturated reds and oranges on a black ground. A second layer of paint would do it, but I want to learn how to get that color in the moment, not rework the surface to death. Still, you can see shape and roundness of the tomato and I like the energy of the background.