The Ascent of Mount Carmel
This piece, inspired by the writings of St. John of the Cross, conveys the physical movement towards death. I created during the time when my mother was dying and completed it after her death. Angels and crucifixes are present on her journey ushering her towards her death.
Rehobeth Beach Shells
Much like myself, my father’s brother, Bill, was drawn to the beach from an early age. Every summer, he and his family would embark on the grueling drive from New Jersey to Wellfleet, Cape Cod. (This was before the interstate highway system was built.) Later in life he and his wife, Elizabeth, purchased a condominium…
Beauty on the Beach
Seen from a distance, the debris washed up on a beach can appear to be just nondescript piles of flotsam and jetsam. But closer inspection will reveal beautiful, fascinating micro-worlds containing fragments of all manner of organic and man-made materials — materials that could originate from anywhere around the globe and come to a common…
Gazing upon the World
This is a portrait of Mother and Child casting their gazes on the world around them, expressing feelings of peace, tenderness, and love.
Dark Alstroemeria
This piece was prompted by my mother’s hospitalization for a serious illness. To me, she was such a beautiful flower, and it was very upsetting to me that she was going through such pain and distress.