Since the mid 1970’s I have expressed myself primarily through sculpture. However, beginning in 2002 I felt a need to explore and try something new. That winter I devoted myself entirely to mixed media painting on wood. I felt a new found freedom. I soon realized that this medium enabled me to more clearly understand and express what I needed to say.

For the year of 2001 I cared for my mother who was dying of cancer. The experience affected me profoundly. The paintings in groups 1 and 2 are an expression of this experience. They are personal metaphors, stories about my inquiry into death.

Paintings in the other groups, though more colorful, are still influenced by my need to make sense of death. What is it? What will my death be like? Although these questions are unanswerable, inquiry into this realm is a great source of my inspiration. Sizes vary from 14” x 28” to 38” x 74” .