24x24, 2019 Mixed Media Painting, $565. "What's Past is Prologue" is the first chapter- an introduction- to the life that this couple will soon embark upon.

"The title "What's Past is Prologue" is from Shakespeare's play "The Tempest". " Sir Walter Raleigh had in fact named one of the new world colonies "Virginia" after his monarch’s chastity. King James arranged political marriages for his grandchildren. Prospero, feels the need to teach Miranda the "value of chastity", a primary lesson being taught by the masque along with having a happy marriage."
This mixed media painting includes original photography, a letter dated 1771, cut paper.

30x24, 2019, $645. Growing up we expect to find ever-lasting love and happiness...What we value becomes what we live. Don't we all want happy endings?

24" x 30", 2019 , mixed media painting. $775. "Americans" is a painting about the racial divide. It saddens me that we as a nation continue to suppress diversity and equality for people of color. The social imbalance enters their relationships. Some men have fewer opportunities and are made to feel inferior. They have to try many doors before one opens to them. She's a queen- wears the crown, when she enters a room she wants you to know she has arrived.
Mixed media: created using cut paper, original photographs, paint, charcoal.

24x24, 2019, $510.This mixed media painting on canvas is about flirting and relationships,. We project what we want others to see - not always the way we see ourselves.

40x30, 2019, $1575. Two halves make up the whole of this couple. This figurative work was inspired by the trilogy books "She, He and We" written by Robert Johnson about the sociology of relationships.
Original photography makes up parts of this piece.

30x24, 2019, $675." A Walk in the Park" celebrates the everyday life of a dog and his owner...stopping to smell the flowers.

Mixed media painting, 24 x 26,$775. This painting is a political statement about Empowerment and Women's Rights. How easily some in this country have accepted that sexual assault by a President is ok. The male represents power, religion, "boys will be boys" attitude, sexual games.
This man is the worst excuse for a man,His thoughts "slut, whore, cunt" are written to the left of his disguised face. His body is made up of original photos and magazine pictures of a gun, wrought iron grill work, an orgy, bottles of alcohol, tree carvings. She wears the crown of a woman scorned. Her face is partially concealed by a photo of a vintage lock that hides her emotions from him. She sees and loves the carefree, playful man, but at her heart she knows to protect herself. A vintage skeleton hangs in the center of what the heart wants and fears most.
The image of a fist full of money wraps around the canvas frame to 3 sides... Not Everything is Transactional.

30x40, 2019, $985. I started out calling this painting "The Confession", in the end "He's So Fine" really fits. He's everything to her, hovering above- perhaps out of her league...
I created this mixed media painting on canvas.
I have incorporated original photographs, cut paper, silk, mica pastels and rock crystal, textiles and acrylic paint. It is mounted on a 30 x 40" canvas.
My collage work is inspired by Romare Bearden.

36x24, 2019, $725."Faith" is a mixed media painting about the journey we take in relationships. How we navigate the ups and downs with an open mind and heart.

30x24, 2019, $685. The Threads That Bind Us"is a figurative piece is about relationships. Uniting with a soulmate makes us whole. The purity and ease with which we are one with each other. How we can finish each others sentences, know what the other is thinking. When we finally find each other we are complete.

40x30, 2019, $635. , "Words Dance Around Her" Mixed Media painting on canvas about the love between a couple. Words tumble from their mouths questioning their love and commitment. Her grasp of his wrist reveals so much more than words can express...

24" x 24, 2019, $360. "If Not NOW, When?" is a statement about growing up in a patriarchal society, how men try to subvert women when they speak up for equal rights.
I am inspired by Michelle Obama's autobiography, climbing the ladder of success as an African American woman. Women and girls of all races have been fighting for equal opportunities in the world for centuries, somehow we seem to be going backwards. (the cutout fabric border is filled with portraits of women and girls-some known, some not.)
Notes on what the mixed media painting is made up from:
*The 2 pages are from Robert Johnson's book "She", from the series "He", "She", "We" about how the we relate to eachother - highly recommended reading. The vintage (1925) cutout girl and man are from child's cut paper doll page - I have owned for since I was a teenager.
Dictionary page from a 1909 Webster International Dictionary.

Mixed Media Collage, Framed size 23 x 19, $865. (Framed, Archival Mat, Museum Glass )

Mixed Media Collage, 15" x 12", 2019, $415. This unique mixed media collage depicts a woman at the crossroad of her life. Madonna |(any woman today) challenging her beliefs in today's world.

Mixed Media collage , 22 x 16, $345.

Collage, 25 x 19, 2019, $345.

SOLD Mixed Media Collage , 22" x 30

mixed media, 26" x 17", Mixed media, $425.

25" x 19" Mixed media collage, $425.

Mixed media collage, 22 x 30" , $645.

17" x 17" mixed media collage on vintage metal box . $365.
The male and female figures face each other. She is is golden, above reproach - the space between them is what remains. This figurative collage was created using a vintage metal box with small holes, vintage French seal, linen, assorted papers, paint.

Mixed Media Portrait collage, 19 x 24, 2019, $295.

2018 Mixed Media Collage, 22 x 16, $575.

25 x 19, $385. Women are always questioning their worth, she's got her Feminine Credentials but she isn't sure of her worth no matter how many stairs she climbs. Spotlight on the glass ceiling everyone talks about. 19 years into the 21st century... it hasn't broken....

Mixed media acrylic painting, 30 x 25", $585

36" x 24", , mixed media collage, 2018 $755

2019 Mixed Media Collage, 25 x 20, $345.

24 x 19", mixed media collage $300.