Abstraction Ornamentation

I care deeply about space, emotion, and movement in Art. Asteroid, Pre-dawn
was made with a broad, brass sign painting tool that broke within thirty minutes of beginning the
final painting. Earlier painting studies were much smaller in size, and the papers were smooth
finished. But, my aim for the painting was the look of nighttime drawing nigh to dawn;
and it was a rough, full sheet of watercolor paper which was best able
to reveal my invented color wheel as a spiraling heavenly body
42.5 x 55.5 inches, framed

Dress Blue Gown
My embroidery creation
stitched on the full-length,
royal blue satin gown which
my Mother sewed

artist statement

I saw in my mind's eye deepest blue dark night,
a blueness un-ending in the firmament
high above the whole world. From afar stars
sparkled streaming through deep space lighting up
other heavenly bodies whose
presence become visible. But one star
was moving solitary coming, passing so
quiet over the deep over the face
of the earth, finally resting
overhead this little cove
of rough but goodly shelter
at Bethlehem

Prayer: The Medieval
Commission: four lines of stanza of the Christmas carol 'Away in the manger'
Moderm Illumination in watercolor; 11.50 x 16.50 inches