My inspiration comes from nature and science. I find in the structures and patterns of living things, a beauty and complexity that provides an endless source for creativity.  From the marks and tracings left behind by fossils, to evolutionary theory, to the impact of global warming, and even to the cows in the pasture outside my studio – all these have found expression in my work.

Geography, geology and landforms are the focus of my most current work.
With LANDFORMS, I am studying aerial landscapes and “painting” with beads, developing subtle color changes and deeper surface textures.  My next step was to take the landscapes off the wall, and the new shaped pieces emerged.  The ECLIPSE series is about the “eclipsing” of our natural world by forces of global warming.   Here, it is not only the dimensional shape that is new,  but an additional building up of surface and creating organic edges, sculptural qualities not normally achieved with needlepoint.  The ALTERED SCAPES series, each named for a planetary moon, extends these new sculptural forms, into imaginary, other-worldly landscapes.

 I am challenging myself conceptually and technically, to push the mediums of needlepoint and beading into new and exciting directions.  Consistently awed by the complexity and processes of our world, I am committed to honoring it with my work.