May 20, STILL cold and raining. I have been working, reworking some of my early abstractions from last year. They have gotten so much better... Kind of surprising how much one can keep learning even when one gets older. I am working from my heart, and it's easier now, more direct, than when I had a lot of ideas and worries about it all!!
My studio is in an old elementary school, 801 North Lincoln Drive in Hancock. I love visitors! I am usually there but please call first: 906-370-3183. My hours are erratic.
Locally my work is at the Ziyad Gallery, the Art Center, and in my studio for viewing. In Madison I am still at the Grace Chosy Gallery, and in Petoskey at the Crooked Tree, and now in Ironwood at the Z Place.
Artworks : Animal Paintings
This series began a long time ago after a sojourn in Lapland, where I felt a deep connection with nature. I had grown up in the North Woods of Michigan where animals in the forests where we lived provided a living for us. My father was a trapper, so I was aware at an early age of the precarious life they have. I continue to feel this and it comes out in my work.
It also relates to my research in petroglyphs and their meanings.
I was inspired by them because I felt the petroglyphs were attempting to contact the spirit world through making images. Most of the petroglyphs had animal images.
The more recent animal paintings are a continuation of these first paintings done in 1995 and after that for many years.
Dog and Storm
Wolf and Birches
Buffalo
Giraffe
Polar Bear Squinting
Mouse