Gallery

This is a collection of artwork I have kept or that has come back to me.  My art serves as a diary of sorts and a reminder of thoughts, ideas, and experiences I have had. I hope that my art encourages you to create something, too. 

I drew this beetle when I was in my mid-twenties and living in Barcelona. I wanted something to focus on and poured my energy into this design. I enjoy observing nature at work and had noticed an insect taking little bites out of a leaf. I wanted to share this minuscule world with others. 

When I made this beetle, I was very particular about symmetry, so I drew some parts first in pencil, erasing and redrawing when needed before tracing in black ink. One day when I was working on the leaf and slowly forming the increasingly tiny leaf veins near the leaf margin, my roommate commented, "Es trabajo de chinos!" ( It's painstaking, complicated work!) I was happy with it when I finished.

Sometimes I like to draw a dry, stark landscape inhabited by complex life. I played around with showing the smooth and sweeping motion butterflies and the opposing erratic path of a little fly skimming the water (and being eyed by a lizard).

The flowers in this drawing aren't meant to be real and are a blend of shapes and patterns I have seen in wild and cultivated plants from many different places, including temperate climates and the tropics. The insects are completely imaginary, but you might notice that each type of  insect has a preference for a specific kind of plant. My study of ecology sometimes sneaks its way into my drawings!

I drew these tropical birds when I was in my early twenties. I had recently spent a semester in Costa Rica, where I saw various parrots, parakeets, and macaws. I was impressed by the red earth I saw there as well as in Prince Edwards Island, a place I visited for my cousin's wedding. 

My mom loved this drawing- more than I did!- so I gave it to her, and she had it professionally framed. Looking back, I appreciate her enthusiasm and encouragement.

This little plant reaching for the setting sun was for me a symbol of survival through adversity and resilience.

I made this drawing of a butterfly in the woods for my late grandmother. She was an artist, and her favorite color was red.  When I was little, she had taught me a technique for drawing tree bark that I then used in this drawing for her.

I am a fan of  M.C. Escher's work and like the way his Reptiles piece conveys that his reptiles are walking.  I stole his idea of having the creatures move in a circle to show movement with my beetles.

A force to be reckoned with in its own miniature world, this beetle is soon to be eaten by a silly bird...