Midwife . 9x12 . September 2005

(*shown in both normal light and blacklight)

I made this as a type of birthday card - painting for Becky. It wasn't even supposed to be as detailed as it is. I only had a week to complete it, but I just kept having more inspiration to add things. I guess I had too much to say in one simple, 9x12 painting. Immersion, the idea of helping create something radical, The Rising Sun, Alice, friendship, bahhh. Too much. It's fun though. Looks nifty in blacklight.

Horizon Squared . 18x24 . 2005

I started trying to play with texture here. I think I wanted something really dark and really chaotic, yet centered on stillness. My favorite part is the light blue "horizon lines." It reminds me of the ocean.

Sunset . 16x20 . 2004

This is one of my earliest pieces, but I'm still happy with it. I'd like to revisit it. It's an interpretation of the sunset Colin and I saw the day after he proposed in Cambria, California. After a crystal clear, beautiful day, the skies over the sea became stormy, and the waves were very choppy. The sunset kept peeking through the clouds, turning them a soft, translucent orange. Perhaps because of this, the ocean looked teal, rather than gray. We couldn't even leave the car because of the wind. It was the most unusual display of sunset colors I've ever seen.

Thin Space