I am interested in the passage of time in nature. I focus on how plants grow and die and how we try to preserve and remember their fleeting moments of beauty.
My work ranges across many media: painting, drawing, collage, photography and installation. I grow, collect and preserve flowers and leaves. I dry them for use in collages. And I make stains from flowers and leaves, rubbing them onto paper, creating traces of their ephemeral color. Many record what grows at my home in Hillsdale, NY or places I visit and become a kind of diary or scrapbook. My work documents a particular time and place while investigating the beauty of nature and its transformation into art.
Danse Macabre
2023
leaves, acrylic on paper
14 x 11 inches
Leaves(s)2023ink, acrylic & leaves on paper
8 x 8 inchesfragments of leaves collaged on paper
Burning Bush X2023Ink, leaves on paper
8 x 8 inchesThe invasive Burning Bush is an invasive species and should be removed.
On exhibit in "Nature's Way" show at Odetta Digital/Shim Art Network on Artsy.
Maples on the Move2023leaves, ink, acrylic on paper
8 x 8 inchesSugar Maple trees are under threat from global warming and will have to move North to survive.
On exhibit in "Nature's Way" show at Odetta Digital/Shim Art Network on Artsy.
Black Square: Scream2023leaf, ink, acrylic on paper
8 x8 inchesAnother in the series of collages with black squares commenting on the environmental crisis.
In exhibition: “Plant Matter,” curated by Ursula Hudak; Roxbury Arts Group; Roxbury, NY; August 2024
Bash Bish Falls2022acrylic, pencil, fern, varnish on paper
16 x 11.5 inches My interpretation of Bash Bish Falls, inspired by the painting by Asher B. Durand and a recent visit to the falls.
Black Square: Touch2022acrylic, leaf fragments on paper
8 x 8 inchesOn exhibit at the Century Association in NYC June-Sept. 2024
Black Square: Oaks
2022
acrylic, leaf fragments on paper
14 x 11 inches
Black Square: Arc 12022acrylic, leaves on museum board
12 x 9 inchesLeaves and black square.
In exhibition, “ Small Works: Plant Based,”Woodstock Art Association & Museum:
curated by Tracey Cockrell; Woodstock, NY; August 2024
Black Square: Time out
2022
acrylic, leaves on paper
14 x 11 inches
Black square: face it2021acrylic, Sweet gum leaves, pencil on museum board
12 x 9.5 inchesBlack square and Sweet gum leaves.
Not for sale.
Black Square: guards
2021
acrylic, Japanese Maple leaves, pencil on museum board
12 x 10 inches
Black Square: Flight2021acrylic, Japanese Maple leaf fragments, pencil on museum board
9.25 x 9 inches on 12 x 10 inch boardThe first piece in my series of Black Square collages.
In exhibition: “Plant Matter,” curated by Ursula Hudak; Roxbury Arts Group; Roxbury, NY; August 2024
Tree Tree Tree2024archival ink jet print
multiple sizes available: 30 x 22 inchesThis collage was made from dried Japanese Maple leaves cut and arranged in a grid going from green to brown. It was scanned and made into a fine art archival ink jet print. Available in full-size edition. And 16 x 12 edition.
The original is in the collection of the Cary Institute.
Black squares: multi2021acrylic, leaves on paper
30 x 22.25 inchesA collage of dried leaves.
Circle Out2020leaves on paper
14 x 11 inchescollage of Japanese Maple leaves
Circle In2020leaves on paper
14 x 11 inchesdried Japanese Maple leaves collaged on paper
Black Square 1
2021
Japanese Maple leaf fragments, pencil on museum board
9.25 x 9 inches on 12 x 10 inch board
Bitter/Sweet wreath2021vines, acrylic paint, metal buttons
approximately 6 feet round x 8 inchesInvasive Bittersweet vines wound into a wreath with spokes to invoke the model of the Coronavirus. A site specific installation made for the ICEHOUSE Project Space in Sharon, CT.
12 Invasives2021acrylic & ink on canvas with painted vines
approximately 6 x 6 feet x 2 inches deepPaintings of some of the invasive plants in my yard. An installation made for the ICEHOUSE Project Space in Sharon, CT.
No Norways 22021/2022acrylic on wood
14 x 14 x 1.5 inchesA slice of a Norway Maple tree, an invasive in my area painted with a warning slogan. The wood has cracked over time, my collaboration with time and Mother Nature.
Nature Notes: 1 x 12019dried leaves, acrylic on panel
4 x 4 x .5 inchesdried leaves collaged on panel
Nature Notes: 2 x 22019leaves, ink, acrylic on panel
4 x 4 x .5 inchesdried leaves collaged on panel
Nature Notes: 3 x 3 (Fringe tree)2020leaves, ink, acrylic on panel
4 x 4 x .5 inchesdried leaves collaged on panel
Nature Notes: 4 x 4 (Sweet Gum)2020leaves, ink, acrylic on panel
4 x 4 x .5 inchesdried leaves collaged on panel
Nature Notes: 5 x 52019leaves, ink, acrylic on panel
4 x 4 x .5 inchesdried leaves collaged on panel
Nature Notes: 6 x 62019leaves, ink, acrylic on panel
4 x 4 x .5 inchesdried leaves collaged on panel
Nature Notes: Dandelion2019leaves, ink, acrylic on panel
4 x 4 x .5 inchesThis is part of my series of collages of plant material on panel.
Private Collection.
Blue/Yellow/Green (Elm)2019collaged flower stains, elm leaves & pencil on paper
14 7/8 x 11 inchesIn the collection of Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY.
The Blues2016flower stains, colored pencil on paper
9.5 x 11 inches, unframed sizeStains from all the blue flowers in my gardens.
'August' Garden scroll2002/2016mixed media on paper
36 inches x 14 feet 8 inches (variable)The ‘August’ Garden Scroll, a mixed media work on paper, records the making of the ‘August’ Garden shown in the photograph. The scroll follows the growing season from the last frost date in the Spring to the first frost date in the fall and the process of planting and nurturing the garden. The minutiae of gardening and the process of creating the art project, are recorded in multiple ways including collaged scanned images of the dried plants hanging below the time line and a reflection of their intended color above the line among other assorted data.
Conservatory Garden: Collect
2016
flower stains, graphite on paper
21 x 16 inches, unframed size
Conservatory Garden: Collate
2016
flower stains, graphite on paper
21 x 16 inches, unframed size
Plotted
2016
collaged flower stains on paper
21 x 16 inches, unframed size
Ring Around
2015
flower stains on paper
16.75 x 13.5 inches, unframed size
Central Park Colored
2015
flower stains on paper
18.25 x 23 inches, unframed size
Walk in the Park
2015
flower stains on paper
22.5 x 30 inches; 25.75 x 33.5 framed size
Reservoir x 3
2015
flower stains on paper
10 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches, unframed size
Infinity grid
2016
flower stains and graphite on paper
22.5 x 30 inches, unframed size
Shakespeare Garden
2015
flower stains on paper
11 x 8.5 inches, unframed size
False
2015
flower stains & colored pencil on paper
30 x 22.75 inches unframed
Between
2015
flower stains on paper
14.25 x 14.25 inches, unframed size
About Red
2015
flower stains, colored pencil on paper
11 x 14 inches, unframed size
Salvia x 3
2016
flower stains, ink on paper
14.5 x 19.5 inches, unframed size
Infinity, colored
2015
flower stains, crayon on paper
11 1/4 x 14 inches, unframed size
"Say it..." (red)
2015
flower stains on paper
7 x 10 inches; 9.75 x 12.75 inches framed
See it...
2015
flower stains on paper
7 x 10 inches; 9.75 x 12.75 inches framed
Do it...
2014
flower stains on paper
7 x 10 inches; 9.75 x 12.75 inches framed
Hillsdale Summer Colors2015flower stains & graphite on paper
10 x 14.25 inches, unframednot for sale
Before the Frost2015/2016flower stains & pencil on paper
11.5 x 11 inches, unframed sizeflower stains from my garden in Hillsdale before the threat of frost...
Equinox Flowers2014flower stains and graphite on paper
15 x 14 inchesstains from flowers in my garden on the day of the Fall equinox
SOLD
Garden Poem - for J.K.2014flower stains collage on paper
14 x 14.25 inches, unframed sizeThe circles are created by rubbing flowers and leaves on paper. Then I use a hole punch to make the circles and collage them in the form of a poem, an homage to Czech artist and poet Jiri Kolar.
3 Lots2014flower stains on paper
18 x 24 inches, unframed sizeThese shapes are based on parking lots at the SUNY New Paltz campus. The colors are from flowers gathered at the college.
Esopus House Lot2014flower stains on paper
12 x 16 inchesThe shape is from one of the parking lots at SUNY New Paltz and the colors are stains from flowers growing on campus.
Flower Arrangement: iris2014flower stains, transfer paper line on paper
12 x 9 inchesI rubbed the petals of siberian iris flowers on paper to make these colors. The lines are created by tracing the drawing using white and magenta transfer paper.
SOLD
Flower Arrangement: rose2014flower stains, transfer paper line on paper
12 x 9 inches, unframed sizeI rubbed the petals of roses and iris on paper to make these colors. The lines are created by tracing the drawing using white and magenta transfer paper.
Color Study II
2012
flower stains & colored pencil on paper
10 x 7 inches, unframed size
Wave Hill Flower Diary2013flower stains on paper
each drawing: 6 x 6 inches, installation variablestains from flowers from Wave Hill Garden in the Bronx, forming a diary of my residency there
As shown at the Dorsky Museum, summer 2014
Roses for Essie
2011
altered book, rose pigment, flower
16 x 9 x 9 inches
Wassaic I2010plant rubbing on Arches paper
22 x 30 inchespigment from rubbing flower and leaves on paper. Flowers include: domesticated Rose of Sharon, domesticated Bee Balm and wild Bird's Foot Trefoil growing in Wassaic, NY
Wassaic II2010plant pigment on Arches paper
22 x 30 inchesrubbings from plants (Rose of Sharon and wild Bird's Foot Trefoil) found in Wassaic, NY
Petals/Palette2001flower pigment on paper
22 x 30.25 inchesThis is made using the plants from the 'August' garden, based on the calendar.
‘August’ Garden-in July2001/2004Piezo-Dye print of photograph of land art installation
8 x 12 inch image on 11 x 14 inch paper, also available in larger sizesTo document a garden of annual plants throughout three seasons, I planted a grid in the form of a monthly calendar of flowers and herbs in my garden in upstate New York and photographed it from the air in July, September, November and the following May. August Garden is about the passage of time in nature: how flowers grow and die and how we try to preserve the memory of ephemeral plants.
‘August’ Garden-in September
2001/2004
Piezo-Dye print of photograph of land art installation
8 x 12 inch image on 11 x 14 inch paper, also available in larger sizes
‘August’ Garden-in November
2001/2004
Piezo-Dye print of photograph of land art installation
8 x 12 inch image on 11 x 14 inch paper, also available in larger sizes
‘August’ Garden-in May
2002/2004
Piezo-Dye print of photograph of land art installation
8 x 12 inch image on 11 x 14 inch paper, also available in larger sizes
After the Fall
2009
leaves, acrylic medium on paper
14 x 17 inches
Shatter Acer
2009
dried leaves, acrylic medium on paper
10 x 10 inches
Hillsdale Landscape
2009
dried leaves, acrylic medium on paper
11 x 14 inches
Niches2004mixed media with live plants
variableStriped plants as prisoners.