In preparing for real life, I lost my connection to art for a long while and am now on a journey of reconnection and remembering! As a child I drew always and everywhere. A new box of crayons was a delight each year and I remember many happy hours drawing outside during the long summer days. Unfortunately, fourth grade was the beginning of more homework and less drawing and so it continued. Took many detours and began a process that went on for years –a complete split between the art that fed my soul and doing what was needed to prepare for life. Until I found art therapy and angels and reconnected to the joy of creating!

DRAWINGS
Graphite drawings of family, past and present!

• Cecelia Cecelia
• Ella Ella
• Brigid Brigid
• Bri Bri
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PEN & INK

• Spring Spring
• Summer Summer
• Fall Fall
• Winter Winter
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BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS 
Past, Present and Future!

• Bag Lady Bag Lady
• Children's Memorial Hospital Children's Memorial Hospital
• Elephant and Bird: We're In This Together! Elephant and Bird: We're In This Together!
• I Want These Pillows! I Want These Pillows!
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PAINTING Watercolor

• Watercolor: Mountain, Lake and Trees Watercolor: Mountain, Lake and Trees
• Watercolor: Mountain and Trees Watercolor: Mountain and Trees
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PAINTING Acrylic

• Acrylic Painting: Moonscape Acrylic Painting: Moonscape
• Acrylic Painting: The Rising of the Blue Moon Acrylic Painting: The Rising of the Blue Moon
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PAINTING Resin
New in the age of the Pandemic. This was an experiment with resin painting. As I was doing them it occurred to me that it perfectly described what we are at present (2020) living through. There are some things we can control, but much that we can’t. In these paintings you can control the colors you use and how you manipulate the canvas as the colors mixed with resin are poured on, but the paint makes its own decisions! And when it dries, the image is encased in a hard covering of resin, much like we have been encased in our quarantine spots. But…there is beauty in the imagery. And I believe we are finding beauty in our world in the kindnesses, sacrifices and help that’s being offered. We may not all be in the same boat, but we are all going through the Quarantine together!

• Acrylic Painting: Corona 1 Acrylic Painting: Corona 1
• Acrylic Painting: Corona 2 Acrylic Painting: Corona 2
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