The original quote actually goes: ”The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Sometimes the family you create for yourself is more loyal than the family we have been born into. I feel sentimental seeing pictures or letters in the flea market. Someones history sold for a coin. This is…

The Mediterranean a is a combination of soft caress of waves, August waters that have been warmed by the sun hotter than skin. Those endless summer days when you smell like sun lotion and chips. Lay in the sun all day and return home covered in sand exhausted from all the sea air. Mediterranean is…

Unlike their flamboyant bigger sisters lilies of the valley are subtle and delicate yet once they have rooted themselves they will return year after year. This was a practice on cutting lino block after carving and then using two colors. Assembling the lino block before printing giving a seamless printing with two different colors. Hand…

Shadow work with lino blocks Hand carved lino block Oil on paper March 2024

Practicing on two colored brush strokes. Acrylic on paper October 2023

Sometimes you meet people who inspire you. They might inspire in ways they didn’t mean to. It might be something in their demeanor, or their stories or the way they treat others. What is a life when you have all you want but are forced to leave it over and over again. Can money really…

”To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.” Hand carved lino block Oil on paper March 2024…

I love lino printing and I love lilies. Lilies have a distinct unapologetic strong scent, voluptuous flowers and strong long stems reaching far above all others. With lino cuts I’m fascinated with the negative space and revealing something beautiful by carving away the unnecessary. Hand carved lino print Oil on paper March 2024

I see creativity as a little stream in the woods. It’s lush, green and full of earthy smells. Breeze in the trees creates a soothing noise with occasional birds singing. The soft ripple of the stream creates continues murmur to the background.