From the fragility of life one expands to the idea of overcoming. This has different implications and connotations for each individual...
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Sunshine and Movement
Golden Quiver, 12" by 9", 2011
Butterflies are highly affected by the sun. On a cloudy day, they will sit in their cage with their wings closed and practically hibernate...
Fragility of Life in Patterns in Flight
Life is fragile. This tenuous state is particularly evident in the smaller living creatures around us. When I first decided to use butterflies as my subjects for a painting series, I ordered 12 Painted Lady larvae from a science company. It was November, and I wanted to have a physical reference to work from as well as to study the life cycle of the subject...
Translucent Color in Patterns in Flight
Have you ever walked outside in the fall and looked up at golden leaves that glowed as the sun shone through them? Has the similarity of these natural foliage and stained glass ever struck you? Butterflies wings can have the same effect on light when the creatures fly in-between you and the light source...
Patterns in Flight: Artist Talk
This Friday I will give a presentation about my Patterns in Flight series that is currently on display at Asbury University...
Q&A with the artist (part 1)
Recently, someone asked to interview me for a project of theirs, and I considered how some artist appear to others as aloof or distance. There’s often a lot going on in our minds (intellectually and emotional). I’d take a moment here in my blog to share where I am coming from when I make my work...
Patterns in Flight show at Asbury University
My alma mater, Asbury University (formerly Asbury College) has asked me to show my butterfly series, Patterns in Flight. The show will be on view from January 15 until March 25...
Arts Council commissions butterfly paintings
Early this summer, I was approached by the Arts Council of Indianapolis to produce six works similar to my Patterns In Flight butterfly series for their 2010 ARTI awards...
Patterns in Flight encore reception
If you were unable to make it in August, you have another chance to view the Patterns in Flight butterfly paintings art show. This Friday the butterfly series, Patterns in Flight, wil
Artist Statement for Patterns in Flight
Perseverance. Rebirth. Vitality. Making new again
There are times when one looks back in time and remembers glimpses of what came before. Visually, one’s eyes are isolated to perceiving what is now, however through images, pieces of time can be superimposed. Time and animation are integral elements in my dynamic still life paintings. During their lives, butterflies are crea