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News and updates are found on this page. The image from left: my youth and adult workshops with The Hamilton Public Library and viewing my solo exhibition with one of my classes. The next image is from my youth workshop where we learned about botanical and paleolithic painting palettes. The woman in the next image is a visiting zen monk. She was the first visitor to my opening at The Waldron Art Center in Bloomington. The last image on the right is my beautifully installed exhibition with the Waldron. UpClose: Blooming Earth. Each painting comes with a hand held magnifying glass to see up close how the mycelium was grown onto objects and to the paper. Join me September 6th for First Friday from 5-8pm. The show will be closing on September 13th. Thank you to those who continue to support my work, visit and purchase paintings.
LandArt. a UK Art Collective
I will be teaching an (online) botanical workshop
October 26, 1-3pm EST. Register here.
Making botanical painting palettes with avocado, blueberries & pomegranate. Students in this virtual workshop will learn to create their own botanical palettes and understand the colours that can be created in these processes. By the end of the lesson, students will know which natural materials they need to create a lightfast botanical palette, be able to list 3 organic tannins used in dyes, understand the difference between a tannin and a mordant and have insight on how to develop a botanical palette and to paint a lightfast watercolor.
24 Blooms &
24 Recipes, 2024
24 new botanical paintings will be exhibited with the Hamilton County Public Library East, Fishers, Indiana. This exhibition will be on view in the front window gallery of the library in August 2024. This solo exhibition will be on view from
August 23 - October 4, 2024.​
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Image: Angel Amber Kiss Pansy, 12x12x2in., The color recipe: processed avocado, coffee, red cabbage, and green ink on recycled watercolor paper. 2024.
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ON VIEW: The Waldron Art Center August 2 - September 13, 2024
Join me for First Friday, Sept. 6, 5-8pm
Up Close: Blooming Earth
The exhibition is an Earth inspired, botanical wonder highlighting the use of foraged materials, botanical painting methods, and mycelium as a medium. The mycelium used in select pieces is unseeded, meaning it will never fruit mushrooms. Each piece has been oxidized at 200 degrees, which removes any remaining natural anomalies and cures the pieces into one whole fired object. The goal of this body of work is to bring awareness to the delicacy of our planet and its natural wonders. Through the use of healthier materials for a healthier world, we battle a term coined by Jane Goodall: Eco-Grief. This is my way of inspiring future generations of stewards working on the behalf of the natural world. I also host workshops informing participants how they can participate in the use of natural materials. All pieces will biodegrade, leaving behind no trace if left in the ground. If kept in a controlled environment the works will last a lifetime.
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Learn more about what is inside the Educational Gallery
at the Waldron.
Arrowmont School
of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Read the interview here, 1/24/24.
The Gate is 5 feet by 4.5 feet x 28 inches, grown from a mycelium composite from Ecovative.
Gatekeepers exhibited in a group exhibition titled Degrees of Commitment: Climate, Ecosystems, and Society in the Sandra J. Blain Gallery located at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts from September 4 - December 16, 2023. The Gatekeepers is now a part of their outdoor collection. The sculpture is meant to decompose and pictures will be posted here throughout the year. The images will be of the Gatekeepers project on the grounds of Arrowmont or possibly being worn as a necklace by on-site bears.
