Water’s Movement
Water’s movement sustains, enlivens, and destroys. Flowing rivers, frozen glaciers, and cold alkaline oceans are a measurement of the living Earth’s health. My current and past works engage with water’s movement. The topographical “Pool” paintings embody the stacked life and abundance of perpetually circulating tidal zones. The gestural “Spill” paintings evoke the accelerated change and fluid boundaries as glaciers melt during this time of global warming.
Recent landscape paintings represent the shimmering rivers and surrounding environments where Snake River salmon begin and end their lives. These mixed media works are meant to share the “message brought forth by salmon” through encounters with land significant to their migratory life cycles and integral role in marine and riverine ecologies.
Sunbeam Dam, Watercolor, graphite, and pastel on paper, 45x29 inchesConfluence of Bear Valley and Elk Creek, pastel and watercolor on paper, 60 x 42 inchesConfluence of the Middle Fork and Main Stem Salmon Rivers, Watercolor, graphite, and pastel on paper, 42x50 inchesBear Valley Creek, Watercolor, graphite, and pastel on paper, 32x 60 inchesElk Creek, Watercolor on paper, 16 x 18 inches Spill Series, Dry pigment, gum arabic, and acrylic, on canvas, 4 x 2.5 feetSpill Series, Dry pigment, gum arabic, and acrylic, on canvas, 4 x 2.5 feetSpill Series, Dry pigment, gum arabic, and acrylic, on canvas, 4 x 2.5 feetSpill Series, Dry pigment, gum arabic, and acrylic, on canvas, 4 x 2.5 feetMarine, Acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 inchesMarine (detail), Acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 inchesPool Series, Oil on canvas, 6x6 inchesPool Series (detail), Oil on canvas, 6x6 inchesPool Series, Oil on canvas, 6x6 inchesPool Series (detail), Oil on canvas, 6x6 inches