In Practice, In Care
What is my craft?
I play with how embroidery, water-based oils, printmaking, heavy-body acrylics or inks, penwork, three-dimensional paper layering, watercolors, and collage elements work together—whether that be on textile, paper, wood, or some combination of these.
With my larger works in particular, I’m interested in the distinction between being noticed and being seen—in what happens when we see something as one cohesive thing from a distance and as the many intricate parts that make it up when we come closer.
The work is intricate and symbolic, a craft in taking many detailed elements and building them into something whole. My art centers on nature, with influences of tarot, astrology, and mythology, in the practice of honoring the beauty and necessity of interconnection and interdependence.
Work Spotlight
“Lunar Dreams” 2025, 24”×30”
Acrylic, paper and canvas collage, & oil on stretched canvas set in a natural wood floater frame
Available
“Lunar Dreams” is a work initially inspired by the patterns of circular quilts that unfolded into an honoring of The Moon card in tarot.
The Moon asks us to hold our watery inner depths with great care—turning toward our desires and dreams as well as our fears and anxieties.
Who is this art for?
If you are a person who—literally—likes to stop and smell the flowers and then while you’re all up close in the smell you very quickly end up on a micro-hike where you’re taking in the vast wonder of all things tiny—the bugs, the movement, the textures, the colors, the sounds, the great diversity…
My art is for you.
If you are seeking something that mimics this experience in visual art form…
My art is for you.
My art is for those seeking the deepening that comes with slowing down and connecting—to ourselves, to life’s great beauty and intricacy, and to each other.
“I have a lot of edges called Perhaps and almost nothing you can call Certainty.”
- Mary Oliver, “Angels”
Why do I craft what I craft?
In short, because it feels good to my senses—the slowness, the texture, the repetition, the smell, the sound, the imagery, the feel, the movement, the essence of discovery…
Stepping into the senses can be a beautiful access point to experiencing wonder and awe.
To me, being a mixed media maker is rather synonymous with navigating a vastly curious terrain. The landscape is all at once unexpected, strange, surprising, mysterious, nourishing, and serpentine. What I love about my craft—like a vastly curious terrain—is that it’s a continual practice in not moving with certainty or force, but with presence, attention, and openness to whatever might arise.
What is serious play and why do I care about it?
Well, technically, I made the term up.
Serious play is something I define as a deep commitment to practice—as an act of resistance and care. It’s the sincere and earnest action that grows from a soil that’s rich in wonder, curiosity, and presence. It’s at the heart of my work in this lifetime.
It’s the connection to process over clinging to desired results. It’s the found fluidity in being serious about exploration, where there’s room for more grounded responding to whatever shows up—for continuing from a place of intention.
The oppressive systems at large do not want us in our bodies, in our joy, in our power. They demand perfection and dismiss practice. Because in practice, we all become more human. In serious play—in a deep commitment to learning, messing up, tending, and connecting—we open more and more pathways to collective care.
