The Ladies of Summerland. 

From Wikipedia: "Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) inspired Andrew Jackson Davis (1826–1910), in his major work The Great Harmonia, to say that Summerland is the pinnacle of human spiritual achievement in the afterlife; that is, it is the highest level, or 'sphere', of the afterlife we can hope to enter." I designed these ladies after I'd heard of the Summerland and become intrigued by the idea and the name. I just thought how beautiful the idea behind it was and how if I were to rest on some other plane I would want it to be as beautiful as I find the natural world on earth. 

All of these ladies are available as archival inkjet prints on paper sizes of either 8.5x11 inches or 13x19 inches in my Etsy shop.

Memento Mori

A new show I will be in opens this Friday October 28 from 6-10pm at Zip Gallery in the Highlands. I decided given the theme I would reconfigure some of my pieces from my thesis show to fit the spirit of the season and the original inspiration for the show which was All Saints and Souls Days.
Zip Gallery is located at 3644 Navajo St Denver in the Navajo Arts District. If you can't make the opening this show will be open during Denver Arts Week as well as November's First Friday.

Postcard Art

I made one of the Repeated Patterns images into a postcard for a postcard show in Montana. It might not get there in time to be included in the show but maybe the postal workers will enjoy it in transit.

Studio Snapshots

This is a new drypoint on Lexan that I proofed yesterday. The plate is only half finished so far.

Self Portrait in Books

More Repeated Patterns

More images from the Repeated Patterns series. These were made with images taken of the sunset from Evergreen, Colorado.

Repeated Patterns

This is a new series of archival inkjet prints I am working on titled Repeated Patterns. I noticed I was making the same decisions over and over again in my life and the ability to see my part in the whole play eluded me until I was able to get some distance and some accompanying perspective. When I was able to see how the different elements at play fit together it inspired me to make these images.



The original image used to make this pattern was a picture of tree branches reflected in water.


The original image used to make this pattern was a picture of the sunset I took from my front porch.


The original image for this pattern was also a picture of the sunset from my front porch.