ABOUT

I love being outdoors, watching things grow and learning about what colors can be made from nature. My paintings are created on paper with handmade dyes from natural materials using methods and recipes that are centuries old and shared by all cultures. The process includes a bit of chemistry, observation of plants and seasonal cycles and research.  The layers of natural colors are representations of discovery, or the landscape where I gathered, the people who helped or memories about the day. I like to think each are a celebratation of what the natural world has to offer and the age old traditions of making color naturally that are passed from one generation to the next.