The Kept and the Holy
Some things are carried forward because they are cherished.
The holy appears here not in certainty, but in what we choose to keep. Children, animals, relics, stories, and small acts of devotion become vessels for memory, longing, love, and belonging.
Spark of Madness
not available.
2024
47H x 26W x 4D in.
Acrylic paint and silk fabric on birch wood cradle. Three-dimensional collar made of gauze and fabric paste. Framed with salvaged redwood fencing.
The Way Back
2023
Mixed media acrylic, silk and lace on birch wood panel. Framed in antique barn wood with Victorian brass hardware.
Reformation
2020
44.5H x 29w x 4.5D in.
Acrylic and gauze on birch wood panel. Framed with salvaged fence pickets.
Sing to Me Now
2024
45H x 27W x 4D in.
Mixed media acrylic on birch wood panel. Framed with salvaged picket fence boards.
She Endures
“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.” — James Baldwin
2023
Mixed media and acrylic on plastered panel with silk and antique gardening tool from the South. Gilded edges.
You Belong to Me
2020
35H x 7W x 3D in.
Acrylic on 4 separate wood panels, mounted to salvaged barn wood with rusted hinges and metal heart. “You belong to me” hand scripted on raw canvas strips around edges.
The Dress
2020
37.5H x 33W x 3.5 in.
Mixed media assemblage on panel with gauze fabric, handmade clay heart and moths.
The Unseen Seer
2020
37.5H x 34W x 3.5 in
Acrylic painting on birch wood panel with rusted hinged and salvaged barn wood frame.
Witness
not available.
2022
26H x 26W x 3D in.
Acrylic and silk on birch wood panel, framed with antique pickets and salvaged rebar.