• “Do trees mourn when their neighbors fall?”

  Watercolor and ink drawing.

• “We are an invasive species”

  mixed media collage

• “Study for chipping sparrow”

  Soft pastel drawing

• “crown of birds”

  Digital photo collage.

• “flower mandala, peony and weigelia”

  Colored pencil over watercolor botanical.

• “Corn field, Lone Rock”

  Pastel drawing landscape.

• “Where are the children ?”

  Digital photo collage related to family separation at the southern border.

• “Treasures from an afternoon walk”

  colored pencil over watercolor botanical drawing. items picked up during a covid 19 social distancing walk.

• “After”

  at the end of the year, what nature leaves behind. colored pencil and watercolor botanical drawing.

• “Libations for King Pugsly”

  Layered digital photographic collage

• “Cat at the Door”

  Digital photographic layered composition for a cat in a fantasy house.

• “On the way to Madison”

  Pastel drawing of a sunset on a summer evening

• “Morning walk at Sunset and DT”

  Pastel drawing of a country walk on a fall morning

artist bio

I've been interested in art and doing art work since I was 4 years old when my sister would draw pictures for me. I attended the University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee and graduated with a BFA . I completeed the Digital Photography program and received a Certificate of completion from Waukesha County Technical College

artist statement

I am a visual artist who uses"traditional medium" (pastel and pencil drawings and photogaraphy) to reflect and reflect upon the beauty of the natural world around us.
I also use non-traditional medium (digital photo collages and digital paintings) to create images that poke gentle fun at popular culture topics and to create mysterious landscapes not found in nature. Sometimes creating the collages allows me to deal with frightening or foreboding events or feelings and place them into easier to handle images. All photographs in my collages are taken by me.

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