In the summer of 2026, I went to Arroyo Grande, CA to paint for three days in a small mentor’s workshop. My mentor is Bob Burridge and we had the joy of painting with him in his studio. On my six foot long paint table w as butcher paper. I used it as my palette. When the workshop ended, I loved the paper so much that I brought it home with me and hung it on my studio wall until I had an idea. Cutting off the leftover white edges, I began to see a mountain range. Since I live with Rumi’s quote, why not have the lettering made into a stick on strip and combine my colors with the quote that guides my life?

This painting is not for sale. However, I would be glad to get you into my studio in Richmond, VA to create your own palette to put on a canvas with your own life quote. Size of this piece is 30 × 40” The approximate cost is $500.

This title comes from a book that traces two fairy tales as a way of understanding what forces women encounter as they grow into their deep feminine. I painted this piece in response to what I was reading…that women often need to climb ladders or many stairs or even stone walls to find a place of refuge and compassion where they can rest, grow in self-awareness and find personal strength and voice. The watercolor painting is mounted on a 10×10 cradleboard.

This is a playful collage of a bubble maker, constructed out of a former painting and put back together as an arm extension. The bubbles are released from a place of beauty into the atmosphere around it to enhance beauty and catch people off guard. Who doesn’t love bubbles?

Acrylic and collage, gold paint. 24 × 24