Inner Fire
Inner Fire Mug
Inner Fire T-shirt
Messenger
Sumac- Acrylic Monoprint Collage
Sumac Focus Pillow
Sumac Kitchen Towel
Sumac Mug
Clover Monoprint Collage
Clover Pillow
Gray Dogwood- Acrylic Monoprint Collage
Gray Dogwood Throw Pillow
Monoprint collage on wood block. Inspired by Matisse.
The image also covers the edge of the block.
Painting with Scissors Pillow
Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point. Plein air painting on woodblock. At Lake Superior- inspired by the colors of the water & sky, the lines in the wood, and the beauty of agate. The water was red with churned up clay that day.
Wisconsin Point Pillow
Lake Superior, Cornucopia
Cornucopia Shower Curtain
Lake Superior, Herbster
Herbster Bag
Lake Superior, Herbster. Plein air painting on woodblock at Lake Superior. Inspired by the lines in the wood, colors of the lake & sky, and imaginings of agate.
Plein air sketch/watercolor of my son, Clayton, at Lake Superior
Florida Gulf Sunset, 30"x38" oil
"Lake Poinsett", first in a series of rock paintings
Painting in Spirit of the Lake Superior Witch Tree
Fischer Family House, Tripp SD
Klysen Family House, Little Suamico WI
Hand Stenciled Throw Pillows from "Mission" Inspired Designs
I'm currently exploring monoprinted collage. I enjoy working with saturated colors and organic variations introduced through monoprinting. Shapes are cut out and scanned so that I can nail down the composition in Photoshop, or create multiple variations on a theme. I'm having fun marrying art and design to form hybrid creations.
I've also started a series of paintings of Lake Superior– a special place of healing and peace for me. I first select a block of wood with natural grain patterns that speak to a sense of water and sky. I then use the plein-air experience to direct the mixing of color that captures the essence of the day. The tights bands of color that form on the edges of the blocks remind me of the agates we enjoy searching for on the beaches.
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