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. Here I was playing around with showing the smooth and sweeping motion butterflies and the opposing erratic path of a little fly skimming the water.

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. The insects are completely imaginary, but you might notice that each type of  insect has a preference for a specific kind of flower. My study of ecology can't help but sneak 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. I thought that was very sweet but unnecessary! 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, whose 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.