Welcome and thank you so much for visiting where earth meets sky today! I am interested in sharing many interests here... my art work, other creations that inspire, thoughts about the creative process, photographs, the gardens I work with and the music I love to listen to, find interesting and sing.

Living a creative life is what I love to do. I paint, draw, sing my heart out, take photographs, garden, get my hands dirty and grow flowers, herbs, vegetables and fruit. I love to cook and eat. I raise chickens and a couple of friendly cats. I get inspired by art, beauty and passion. I love the four seasons. I long to travel... through a song, a book, a piece of art or a performance if I can't physically go a long distance. I dance within my senses...

My intention is for this blog to be a window into and mirror of my creative process. It's an online journal of sorts. A place to share and reflect and a place where others can join in on the conversation. I love receiving comments and emails so feel free to introduce yourself, say hello, share your thoughts and creative inspirations. I hope you will return from time to time as I plan on regularly adding tidbits that reflect my love of the visual arts, music and gardens. Enjoy!

FERTILE GROUND....A COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS

“Fertile - affording abundant possibilities for growth or development.”

The following paintings are from my show, Fertile Ground, which contains work I created between 2004 and 2010. I decided to call this show Fertile Ground because something that is fertile is rich and nourishing. It has the potential to produce, whether it is a thought or something physical. The work that I’m showing explores themes that represent energy and the myriad of ways it shows itself. Circles are a recurrent theme, from the round head of the African fertility goddess - Akua Mma, to mysterious glowing orbs, to the somewhat representational images of the sun and moon, to a seed and it’s potential. The circle represents the spirit of energy within everything as well as a symbol of constant change. The sun sets, the day ends, the seed is planted, the flower blooms then withers away and falls back to the earth, fruit ripens, a snowflake falls onto a muddy road then quickly disappears and the cycle repeats. Also, I am interested in expressing the magical time of twilight when light and color heighten against a backdrop of silhouettes and shadows. A day’s end can give us a last gasp of exquisite beauty and pleasure as we transition to night’s blanket of darkness and stars. The circle continues to turn. With my art work I invite the viewer to stop, take a deep breath and look around. See the magic in everyday events and the raw potential every passing moment holds.