Lunatic Shields… my new fantasy invention. Everyone needs one because there are lunatics everywhere. These are inspired by a friend who keeps running into lunatics and said to me, “I need a lunatic shield.” So I thought, I’ll make them. There are several different models in production. Many of the shields are installed in boxes that can be wall hung or sit on a shelf. They are tools for joyful resistence.

Magical Neon Garden…  This series was inspired by my vegetable and herb garden. The herbs are fantasy inventions and are not derived from existing plants. There is a possibility that as global warming changes the environment--with the melting of ice and forests burning--new herbs will be revealed with the power to enable empathy and respect. As the book Finding the Mother Tree concludes—we are all in this together. The vegetable pieces are abstracted and inspired by the shapes of the food I grow. The art is frequently installed in planter boxes that can sit on a podium or be wall hung. The newest addition to the garden are smaill works titled Herbie.

Plan B… Most of the elements in these pieces are taken from previous work that was dismantled. The inspiration was the Anne Herbert quote “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty” from her essay Handy Tips on how to behave at the death of the World and this quote from Ninth Street Women “[Hans] Hofmann taught them that the artist’s responsibility to society, especially during dark times, was to preserve, nurture, and glorify the human spirit.”

Chaos… It started with fires and floods and then came the fury of polarizing political movements that has generated a sense of unease and chaos among many.

Words and Phrases… These are some of my own favorite words and phrases.

The MENTORS…  These works depict people who had a significant impact in helping me find my way.

FOCUS series….  This body of work explores some of the challenges I encounter trying to stay focused and is an appreciation of those times when I am focused. All of these art works are animated which means the tubes fade up and down in different combinations. The pace is slow creating a feeling of meditation.

SOLO works….  These are individual pieces that are not part of a series. Some were commissions, others were for a specific art show and a few were singular ideas that I had.

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