Diana the Huntress, 2017
Oil on canvas, string and glitter
16" x 16"

       One needs to look no further for a mythological figure of a strong and independant female than to my friend Diana. She is a strong and aims straight.

       With the art business dominated by males I have been given a challenging road. One way I overcome this "handicap" is to embrace finding something new and putting myself out there in it. I am building something strong and physical in a community and hope to engage some art lovers too.
       The challenge is to make interesting two dimensional images live in a 3 dimensional space.  I have witnessed many female colleagues turn to sculpture but I adore color and painting!
       An early example can be reviewed in my 3 D Web series. (old painful VHS on youtube link). I did many of these webs in multiple cities; the passerby crowd loved helping. The project brought attention to the painting subject which, at the time, was paintings of webs in a series of paintings. It was also a great deal of fun sharing thoughts on the various ideas that come with site or environment art.

         Today I plan to explore that space again and here upload my drawing plan for a piece on Diana. It will work in space, with community and incorporate new technology.

      As a footnote thought- females exhibit a more cerebral aptitude from their young age and the male is more at home in the physical...  as I work this new physical project I will curate an exhibit of Mythological paintings near the launch site.
      I will be of an androgynous mindset.
      It will succeed.

Hurricaine Irma

Hurricane Irma
2017
Oil on canvas
36" x 36"

       During the fall of 2017 I experienced my 1st encounter with hurricanes. I am now more afraid of tornados then the winds that come all at one time and are buffered by trees and the amount of land between the gulf and my home.
       As the TV kept showing the map of Florida; an image of the map from above etched into my very reactive mind, all day and evening, as the storm approached.
       The imagery needed to be expressed and I hoped I was going to be around to do some work on this inspiration/experience.  I felt everyone was indeed praying for me, as well as messages in text, phone and facebook-  they really were heartfelt...which scared me most. I took reflective thoughts of my life; cried for fear of the unknown. I kept seeing this luminous strangely colorful center of the storm.
       Keeping my prayers connecting to my guardian angel, I pleaded to please move the storm a little inland so that the storm would not strengthen over the warm gulf waters.
      He saw to it.

I have been hanging paintings, prints and drawings on the walls throughout the surgical services area for a couple years now. This has lead to several commissions and a couple of sales. They say to put your art up everywhere... not enough Everywhere's - I need a gallery again.

Grouping went up Feburary 14th with a Lovers theme.

Starting the season showing with a POP and a Bang!

World Trade Center

Done in 2001, now I am re-doing. 24" x 20" and now started on 9/11/11 to size 72" x 108" , I get emotional when I paint the people hurring down the stairs . I delight when I paint them floating in the light blue up,,.... heaven then feels real.

read for a smile

Vampire Tears

I have to try everything so it is that I did 12 hour Night Shifts. Each night, as I went onto the floor I had a plan to do one little thing better than I have before. This night, of Vampire Tears I chose Endocrine so if I found a patient with orders for thyroid meds (thyroid is in the front neck) I would do a more focused assessment to see if I could observe visually a physically change from normal appearance.

A post op patient presented needing thyroid medication. After I checked the major wound from surgery, which happened to be an abdominal surgical site,  I observed her neck. I saw something strange on one side of the neck but couldn’t figure it out- was it a hickey?? Was it something to do with surgery? A bruise on the neck?? I asked her to turn her head while I got my flashlight out to examine in light… I saw two punctures with drops of blood coming out… the patient laughed as my eyes widened!!  and widened more ! Oh you see my vampire bite!! What !!! before I could get upset or laugh or even panic I saw the blood was not enough of a blood color that all nurses recognize … I had to smile, a good smile for a very realistic Tattoo.