As I began to develop my own gardens, issues of garden design, landscape architecture and relationships between plant life and human constructions became more important in my imagery. As this series progressed, the angular wooden and paper forms resembling buildings and architectural rubble became subordinate to the natural forms of stems and branches, similar to the way in which plant life "reclaims" the earth around ruins and decaying structures.
Oil on canvas, 36" x 48"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 24"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 22"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 24"
Oil on canvas, 24" x 48"
Oil on wood, 12" x 24"
This body of work drew inspiration from the incorporation of organic forms into the geometry of contemporary architecture, and the variations in depth and scale of multi-layered landscapes, cityscapes and archaeological sites. Tabletop still lifes of origami forms evolved into more complex arrangements of paper shapes and boxes that lent an architectural quality, suggesting a reference to larger structures and deeper space. A shifting sense of depth and scale was created by portraying very small objects with a manipulated viewpoint and perspective to achieve a more exaggerated depth, simulating landscapes and cityscapes.
Oil on canvas, 24" x 18"
Oil on canvas, 40" x 30"
Oil on wood, 12" x 9"
Pastel on paper, 12" x 24"
Pastel on paper, 13" x 22"
Pastel on paper, 10” x 16”
12” x 20”
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper, 10" x 20"
Oil on canvas, 10" x 12"
Oil on linen, 10” x 16”
Pastel on paper, 18" x 18"
Pastel on paper, 18" x 18"
Pastel on paper, 18" x 18"
Pastel on paper, 18" x 18"
Watercolor on paper, 8” x 8”
Graphite on paper, 9" x 12"
Oil on canvas, 12" x 20"
Watercolor on paper, 12" x 20"
Oil on canvas, 30” x 48”
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper, 8” x 24”
Pastel on paper, 8" x 8"
Pastel on paper, 8" x 8"
Pastel on paper, 6" x 9"
Pastel on paper, 11" x 14"
Pastel on paper, 11" x 14"
Watercolor on paper, 5” x 3”
Watercolor on paper, 4” x 6”
Watercolor on paper, 4" x 6"
Watercolor on paper, 4" x 6"
Watercolor on paper, 4" x 6"
Pastel on paper, 10" x 10"
Watercolor on paper, 4” x 10”
Watercolor on paper, 4" x 10"
Watercolor on paper, 4” x 6”
Watercolor on Paper, 4” x 6”
