ICON

"Icon"
11x14" mixed media on paper

This painting has been on my easel for such a long time, emerging, evolving, becoming, and speaking it’s own essence.

CORN RATTLE

"Corn Rattle"
11x14" mixed media on paper

The field corn is ready for harvest. Supple summer-green stalks have morphed into weather-faded, brown batons. On windy days the cornfield shakes and shimmies as an enormous percussive instrument, rattling with rustling dryness; an orchestral offering of plenty. 

MEADOW SWEETS

"Meadow Sweets"
11x14" mixed media on paper

The trees have begun to bloom with fall colours while the pastures and meadows begin to fade. I take a rustling walk, striding through dried seed pods, faded plant stalks, and dusty grasses, and spy candy bright colours. These meadow sweets stand out with a twinkling freshness: a constellation of Queen Anne’s lace, a dazzling shaft of goldenrod, purple asters with starry eyed centers, and alpine poppies still popping. I’m grateful the frosts have held off long enough for these late bloomers to have their day.