Strange Birds : Gathering Painting

My art reflects my roots in Cape Cod and Maine, with worldwide travels, an M.A. in French literature and studies in Buddhism enriching life’s journey. I was introduced to printmaking in graduate school, and soon established a silkscreened greeting card company, Eastern Sun Printworks, owned and operated by me for nearly 30 years. I work on prepared paper or board, and from a wide variety of subject matter: still life, figurative, plein air, landscape. Drawing/painting intuitively and gesturally, over and under previous marks on the page, I often add pasted rice paper elements, pattern tissue, torn silk screens and recycled artwork from the past, layering the drawn or painted areas to allow previous marks to show through. In exploring how a perception becomes a mark on the page, my work has become more abstract. Eva Hesse, Jacques Derida, Manuel Neri, John Marin, Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Diebenkorn, Elizabeth Murray, and Louise Freshman Brown are among those who have most influenced and inspired me.