Mixed Media Paintings + Collage

Houndstooth Blues is a celebration of folk art, blues music. My mixed media paintings invite conversation about the subject. Black and white letters imply conversation. This painting is the joyful life of a musician. Their life's lessons influencing the music we hear, we feel to our core. My work is about how the painting makes you feel when you look at it, if it moves you, amuses you...own it! Mixed Media acrylic painting, 30x24

How many women have traded independence for the gilded cage of security? And how many men can afford to let their true feelings flower and grow? There is no greater glory or humility to be found than in our shared human condition."

Mixed Media Painting; Vintage silk textiles, embroidery, gold leaf, paper, Acrylic paint

This mixed media painting came about prior to my heart surgery. I was fortunate to be able to plan in advance, Resilience played a big part in my recovery.

Mixed media acrylic painting, 36x24 This colorful mixed media acrylic painting is about transformation, abundance, growth. Summer is a time when flowers are blooming, and we align ourselves with the energy in nature. Original photographs have been incorporated in this unique artwork.

This painting is part of a new series of mine in Indigo blue. The birds on a wire, has a spiritual meaning, serving as messengers of divine guidance; spiritual awakening. "La Dame Bleue" is a mixed media acrylic painting of a woman. I incorporated my original photographs that have been digitally colored on her face and parts of her body. Mixed media acrylic painting 36x24

Indigo is a abstract male figure, creating incorporating original photography and magazine photos.40x30

Women Hold Up Half the Sky is a painting about feminism and women's place in society. The left side is an abstracted female figure created by incorporating part of a hand weaving I created, a vintage textile that I embroidered of the woman's ovaries. The right side of the painting is an abstracted figure of a man that does not dominate her.

Yellow Peony is inspired by the flower in her hair, a past peak peony, I photographed from my garden. Mixed media acrylic painting, 24x18

"Indigo II" is an abstract figure of a woman warrior. It is made up of several original photo photographs as well as tapestry and acrylic paint. This painted would look great in your office, foyer, home. There is a male companion to this piece that can be purchased separately, "Indigo". Mixed Media Painting of a warrior woman.

Created using a vintage love letter from 1909 to a woman named Amaza from NC. This mixed media painting has so much going for it. It is an colorful abstract male figure with lots of symbolism, black and white letters are about conversations, cut film negatives about memory, vintage photo of a Calvary is printed on fabric about fighting for his love of a woman named Amaza. ( I own 4 letters from 4 different men from the early 1900's) who fell in love with Amaza Reynolds) Mixed Media Painting, 36x24

"Flourish" is a mixed media painting about a strong woman, who sees all paths open. Her head is made up of photos of flowers, leaves and hummingbirds. Hummingbirds symbolize personal growth, transformation and joy.
"Hummingbirds as spirit animals represent adaptability and endurance. They inspire individuals to embrace life’s fleeting moments with gratitude and enthusiasm."
*her left nostril has a delicate gold (metal, flower stud with red stone. Mixed Media Acrylic painting, 30x24.

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The complexities of being a woman, who she appears to be from the outside and her true self within. I love working with different textures to illustrate hair using cut jeans and photos of hair braiding.

Culture and Pride is about how we are defined by our multigenerational family and cultural history. 2021-2024

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Mixed Media Painting. "Love gives us the connection, direction, security and self-worth we all desire. It protects us from the harsh realities of this beautiful mess of a world. Within the context of gazing inward, it provides a foundation for looking outward fearlessly. As we come together in relationships, what do we turn our back on to form secure, sacred bonds of love and respect?"~

We each have ideas about where our lives are headed, sometimes there are detours, wherever it leads that is your destiny... you are resilient. Mixed Media Painting, 40x30

Mixed media collage on stretched canvas. The title comes from very fine print crediting the boots that make up her hair in upper left

"La Femme" literally means Look for The Woman. This mixed media painting is an abstracted figure of a woman. I have incorporated pages from a vintage dictionary from a page with the words Woman, Womankind, Procreate and Procrastinate. a In addition, there are 2 pages from a French letter dated 1771.