| Trees |
My early felt works were inspired by my love of trees. I thought about trees rooted in the same place for
decades suffering the indignities of pollution and chainsaws. So I gave them legs and voices to discuss
their environment and their feelings, to protest and run from a bad habitat.
Each of the tree felts contains a tiny bit of reality and a lot of whimsy. The trees are wise, funny, smart
alecks who deal with their own struggles of identity, gender, origin, global and environmental issues,
illness and their sense of belonging. The titles reflect those struggles and issues.
My current work on trees is emphasizing their beneficial aspects - emitting beneficial chemicals, providing
a safe haven, shading and lifting our spirits.
decades suffering the indignities of pollution and chainsaws. So I gave them legs and voices to discuss
their environment and their feelings, to protest and run from a bad habitat.
Each of the tree felts contains a tiny bit of reality and a lot of whimsy. The trees are wise, funny, smart
alecks who deal with their own struggles of identity, gender, origin, global and environmental issues,
illness and their sense of belonging. The titles reflect those struggles and issues.
My current work on trees is emphasizing their beneficial aspects - emitting beneficial chemicals, providing
a safe haven, shading and lifting our spirits.
| Palm Migration: Next Stop Somalia - palms surfing the wild waves Wool and silk with seaweed mounted on black silk fabric 30x34" |
| Tree under the African Sky Wool and silk with Lombardy poplar leaf skeletons |
| Tree Goes Green Wool and silk with Alder leaf skeleton and seaweed 50x50 cm shadowbox SOLD |
| Tree on a Protest March II Wool and silk with Lombardy poplar leaf skeletons and seaweed 20x20" shadowbox SOLD Big art for Little Minds Charity Auction |
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| Tree Over Easy Lombardy Poplar leaf skeleton 32x34" mounted on silk fabric Shown at 2006 Scarborough Arts Council show |
| Arbutus - they paved paradise Wool and silk with Arbutus bark 20x20" shadowbox Big Art for Little Minds Charity Auction |
| Tree Emitting Hydrocarbons Wool and silk with cocoons, silk rope 20"x20" framed SOLD |
| Tree Providing a Safe Haven Wool and silk with bark and silk work cocoons 20"x20" framed |
| Tree Exhaling Beneficial Chemicals Wool and silk with cocoons, silk rope 20"x20" framed |