Earth’s Children

 
As Earth’s Children, we are tied to this place we call home and to the energies inhabiting this space along with us.  Our view is not photographic, but rather a collage of images, melding and blending into each other.  It is sometimes driven by logic, sometimes driven by intuition and emotion.  It is a journey, a movement, from where we stand now to a place filled with mystery, with light and shadow, both intriguing and a little frightening.  These images are snapshots of the human journey. 

 
Images are captured from fleeting thoughts, impressions with doodles, drawings, or paintings in variety of mediums.  These sometime idle pieces are then digitized, brought into a computer, and gathered into a composition.  This results in a juxtaposition of as each as an original piece and each as a print.   We, like the Earth’s Children Series, co-exist in a strange combination of one state relating to another. We reach inward and outward at the same time, to help define the bounds of self.

The Village

 The Village Series is populated with painted wooden sculptures.  These wall hangings are inspired by Native American Rock Art, enigmatic and haunting.   Each inhabitant is uniquely created to tell the story of what it means to be human. Each has its role to play in a universe where the lines between the living and the spiritual world intertwine.

 
 Using materials of and from the earth, I adorn each character with a variety of organic parts. Items as diverse as wood, oil paint, sisal, jute, sinew, porcupine quills, feathers, a variety of beads, and leather, from cow to deer to buffalo come together to express the nature of each character.  It is a universe that goes from this humble village, to the tribes of many villages, to the nation of tribes, and finally to a world of nations, a community of beings living within this great harmonious circle.

Turtle Prints

   There is a series of turtles that has emerged as of late.  They seem to be the beginnings of a new series of something larger, a totem that comes into your life as a guide.   When turtle shows up in your life, it is time to get connected to your most primal essence. Go within your shell and come out when your ideas are ready to be expressed. The turtle cannot separate itself from its shell and we cannot separate ourselves from what we do to the earth.  When the pace of life becomes too hectic the turtle shows us how to slow down and go with the flow.

 
Because of its great age and its slow metabolism the turtle is associated with longevity.  Turtle medicine can teach new perceptions about time and our relationship to it. It can also help us grow old gracefully and in harmony with our environment.

Primitive Swimmers

These ceramic and jute pieces are reminiscent of carved Rock Art of a time long passed.   Somewhat whimsical and, at the same time, somehow spiritual, each piece is a unique fish or turtle.  They work as individual pieces or schools to adorn your walls.

Day Glows

  A dozen different surfaces and images married together then printed on vellum.   The surfaces reflect the caves of so long ago but what we find in our world today, such as, stucco, shattered glass, and ice   Text captures a unifying thought to help give a sense of connection, understanding, and inspiration.  The images are available in float framed prints, 5” x 7” and 8” x 10”.    When placed in front of the light, results are a glowing, attractive and thought provoking visual experience. 

 Spirit Guides

Currently under development

 At the cross roads between the physical, the world of matter, and its counterpoint, the energies of the universe, is the creation of awareness; elusive, indefinable consciousness.  It is a mystery of creation.  Measured in moments, individual mind events, by their very nature, so deeply personal, they become so very universal. 

Spirit Guides help steer us thru the twists and confusions of such moments when our path is so uncertain.   Each Guide is an energy, when felt and understood, holds a powerful message for a particular moment.   As carriers of awareness, they give hints and suggestions of our true path.  They have much to teach us.