Throughout time, botanical life has been an intimate part of humanity’s lore, medicine, and spirituality. In richly diverse cultures, the knowledge of indigenous plants has been woven into traditions passed from generation to generation, from mother to daughter. As a student of myth, legend, and archetypal imagery, I employ these natural organic forms to create images that explore spirituality.

Many of my works are individual portraits of botanical forms and other organic life. As one would witness in the portrait of an ancestor, these visual studies describe more than the exterior appearance of the subject, but explore the character behind the subject, and the meanings below the surface. The beginnings of each work literally germinate in my garden and visually evolve through the layering of colors, textures, words and drawing in my digital studio.  Subjects often depict natural life cycles – the changing of the seasons, the movements of rivers and streams. Of late, my works are inspired by the tale of youthful Greek goddess Persephone.  Her story poetically explains such natural cycles as well as the ability to move freely through her cyclical existence.