Location: United States
I am a BIPOC disabled woman with three children who spent 26 years as an EMT and CNA in the health care industry while going to school. I went to the University of Washington for one year before moving to Sacramento, CA. After getting my A.S. degree in Science, Math & Engineering from Sacramento City College in 1991 I transferred to the University of California, Davis where I completed 90 units in Studio Art before opening up a studio and collective gallery space with 10 other artists in 1995. I was showing my art in local and regional juried solo and group exhibits and doing experimental documentaries. In 2004 I quit working in health care and did fine art full time. I went back to school and received a B.S. in Small Business Administration online from University of Phoenix in 2006. Today I am still showing and selling my Mixed Media, Abstract and Representational Paintings, and Charcoal Drawings. In 2020, I started entering the online juried group and solo art shows nationally and internationally.
During COVID-19 pandemic it gave me time to develop new art and I explored media, called polyresin foam, that I applied to my canvases. I use high quality Utrecht gesso, Utrecht acrylic paint, and archival UV light protection on my gallery wrapped canvases in the mixed media abstract expressionistic genre. I enjoy the process of making kinetic art based in biological functions basic to life. I feel closer to people after being isolated for so long and working at home outside. My hope is to share the experimentation with others and provide a glimpse into the processes going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors are based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples.
Cell Action 1 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht mars black acrylic paint is then applied over the entire traditional canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 20inch wide by 16inch high. Price:$1600
“Cell Action 9-Cadmium Yellow”
Cell Action 9 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht cadmium yellow acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 48inch wide by 36inch high. Price:$8640
“Cell Action 10-Titanium White”
Cell Action 10 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht titanium white acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 31inch wide by 38 inch high. Price:$5890
Cell Action 12 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht cadmium red acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 48 inch wide by 36 inch high. Price:$8640
“Cell Action 13-Alizarin Crimson”
Cell Action 13 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht alizarin crimson acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. This painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 36inch wide by 48 inch high. Price:$8640
“Cell Action 14-Cerulean & Cobalt Blue”
Cell Action 14 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht cerulean blue and cobalt blue acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 60 inch wide by 48 inch high. Price:$14400
“Cell Action 17-Crinacridone Violet”
Cell Action 17 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht crinacridone violet acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 60 inch wide by 48 inch high. Price:$14400
“Cell Action 19-Ultramarine Blue”
Cell Action 19 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht ultramarine blue acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 36 inch wide by 24 inch high. Price:$ 4320
“Cell Action 20-Silver & Grey”
Cell Action 20 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht silver and grey acrylic paint is then applied over the entire 1/2 inch plywood surface. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 48 inch wide by 36 inch high. Price:$ 8640
Cell Action 15 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht cadmium yellow and phthalo green acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 36 inch wide by 24 inch high. Price:$ 4320
“Cell Action 16-Hornworm Green”
Cell Action 16 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht hansa yellow and phthalo blue acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 24inch wide by 36 inch high. Price:$ 4320
Cell Action 18 is a mixed-media painting made with cured Polyresin Foam covered in archival UV light spray. A layer of Utrecht Gesso is applied over the entire surface. Utrecht cadmium orange and titanium white acrylic paint is then applied over the entire gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting represents the cellular activity going on in our bodies as lines of DNA helixes are formed to make various types of living structures. The colors I choose are those based on the 23 stains used in microbiology and the 10 stains used in biochemistry for visualizing DNA. Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in microscopic or chemistry samples. Dimensions are 36 inch wide by 24 inch high. Price:$ 4320
What an individual invasion of a cancer cell coming into contact with a healthy cell looks like under a microscope. My battle with thyroid and parathyroid cancer in 2022 and the subsequent complications to my endocrine system, bones, larynx, and esophagus left me with the images of being attacked from the inside out. It made me question my mortality and the reality of the finiteness of time in this world. Dimensions: 20 inches wide by 16 inches high. Price $1600.
This painting represents the unfolding of the brain matter in a linear manner and the thickets of thoughts in it with thorns like a blackberry bush. The deeper the thoughts, the more thorns of understanding one encounter. Dimensions: 20inch wide by 16inch high. Price: $1600
My representational work draws heavily on my background as a BIPOC woman who grew up in Seattle, Washington and was influenced by Northwestern Native American art forms. I linger on culturally relevant moments and bring them to life with soft gestures and brilliant tones as the essence of my work. My hope of nurturing emotion until it rises to the heights of joy in living cause light to radiate from my canvases. I use my constructions with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to a place of harmony and rhythm. I create fluidity with a vast range of expressions. My African American background is expressed in figurative and mask works. My Native American heritage helps me create visuals for storytelling. Animals, objects of importance to me, and human figures have a spiritual element that are expressed boldly in my artwork and portray my cultural identity.
The representational paintings are made with Utrecht acrylic or oil paint on canvas, masonite, and wood. Mixed media paintings include Native American beading, fabric, native materials, and animal fur.
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on wood. Yellow figure with central blue spiral. Dimensions:48in ht x 36in wd x 3in dp Price:$76000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Bear with Peyote In Snow. Dimensions:28in ht x 26.5inwd x 1.5in dp Price:$21000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Bear with peyote in snow. Dimensions:28in ht x 26.5in wd x 1.5in dp Price:$76000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on wood. Dimensions: 36in ht x 48in wd x 3in dp Price$76000
Representational painting made with mixed media(leather and beadwork) and Utrecht acrylic paint on masonite. Dimensions:21in ht x 24in wd x 2in dp Price: $17000
Representational Painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. North American spirit owls. Dimensions: 24.5in ht x 35.5in wd x 1.5 Price: $ SOLD
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Ganesha-The Hindu God of Good Luck. Commissioned artwork. Dimensions:48in ht x 36in wd x 1.5in dp Price: SOLD
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Our family's favorite McDonald's in the rich neighborhood near the excellent playground. Dimensions: 28.5in ht x 26.5in wd x 1.5in dp Price: $17000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on wood. Dimensions:36in ht x 24in wd x 2in dp Price:$42000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Dimensions: 35in ht x 24.5in wd x 1.5in dp Price: $42000
Representational Art made with Utrecht acrylic paint on a traditional canvas. Dimensions:20in ht x 16in wd x .75in dp Price:$ 17000
Representational painting made with Utrecht oil paint and mixed media on wood. Dimensions: 18in ht x 24in wd x 2in dp Price:$24000
Representational painting, part 1 of a triptych, made with Utrecht acrylic paint and mixed media on traditional canvas. Dimensions: 16in ht x 20in wd x .75in dp Price: $48000 together
Representational painting, part 2 of triptych, made with Utrecht acrylic paint and mixed media on traditional canvas. Dimensions: 16in ht x 20inwd x .75in dp Price:$48000 together
Representational painting, part 3 of a triptych, made with Utrecht acrylic paint and mixed media,. Hands of Hope. Dimensions: 16in ht x 20 in wd x .75in dp. Price$48000 all together
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on a gallery wrapped canvas. Two black spirits alone in a fractured multifaceted world. Dimensions:24in ht x 36in wd x 1.5in dp Price:$42000
Representational painting made of Utrecht acrylic paint on wood. DImensions:24in ht x 18in wd x 3 Price $12000
Representational painting made of Utrecht acrylic paint on wood. Dimensions:36in ht x 36in wd x 2in dp Price $15000
Representational painting mad with Utrecht acrylic paint on wood. Dimensions: 24in ht x 24in wd x 2in dp Price $24000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Dimensions: 24in ht x 24in wd x 1.5in dp Price:$20000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Dimensions:11in ht x 19in wd x 1.5indp Price$ 16000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint and gallery wrapped canvas. African American teenage girl in angst over severe trauma. Dimensions: 16in ht x 11in wd x 1.5 in dp. Price $16000
Representational painting made with Utrecht acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Dimensions: 15in ht x 15in wd x 1.5in dp Price: $SOLD
Endangered Electric Blue Day Gecko from a small habitat in Tanzania, Africa. 20in ht x 16in wd x .75in. Price: SOLD
Representational Painting of a madala with Black Skull at center and white skulls at corners on a red background. Celebration of death as a part of the process of life itself. Dimensions: 20.5in ht x 20.5in wd x 1.5in dp. Price: SOLD
. I use my 20+ years as a cellist and harmonica player to imbue my love of music into my pieces with lyrical unity and extrapolations of humanity. Spontaneity is a key factor that accompanies my vision for the viewer to experience. My hope of nurturing emotion until it rises to the heights of joy in living cause light to radiate from my canvases. Touches of intuitive strokes and contrasts in color lyrically combine in my abstract narratives to poetically inspire the human spirit.
I play with space and color as my friend. The fixed mixes with the fluid and replicate the forces of nature at work. In my paintings, time is suspended, but we are just on the brink of inter dimensionality. Everything pulsates with life, on the verge of movement and change.
My geometric art is based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. My love of Piet Mondrian’s constructions of horizontal and vertical lines which call attention to the root plasticity and two dimensionality of painting as an artistic medium drives me to explore non-objective painting.
On the edge of orbiting visible light combinations I create a nuance of comforting lines to eternity. Utrecht acrylic paint on wood. Dimensions: 24in ht x 24in wd x 2in dp Price: $ 8800
I create a rainbow of colors out of pigment combinations in an exploration of visual concreteness. Acrylic paint on traditional canvas. Side Stapled so discounted. Dimensions: 24in ht x 20in wd x .75in dp Price$ 5000
I honor Terra, the Earth, as it is surrounded by the huge seas and radiance from Sol, the sun. Mixed media and Utrecht acrylic paint on masonite. Dimensions: 25in ht x 25in wd x 2in dp Price$ 20000
Multicolored geometric lines and spaces. 14in ht x 11in wd x .75in dp. Price:$4250
Multicolored geometric lines and shapes. 11in ht x 14in wd x .75in dp. Price$4250
Multicolored geometric lines and spaces. 16in ht x 20in wd x .75in dp. Price:$8500
Eight dark colored rectangles divided my black lines. 20 in ht x 16in wd x .75in dp. Price:$ 8500
Multicolored background with olive drab center covered by 3 wavy lines with dots underneath them. 11in ht x 14in wd x .75 in dp. Price: $4250
Vibrations 3 is vertical Utrecht acrylic purple swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal green swatches covered by an oval yellow ochre Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20 inch wide x 16 inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price $1600.
Vibrations 4 is vertical Utrecht acrylic purple swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal green swatches covered by an oval cadmium red Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20 inch wide x 16 inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price:$1600.
Vibrations 5 is vertical Utrecht acrylic purple swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal green swatches covered by an oval cadmium red Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20 inch wide x 16 inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
Vibrations 6 is vertical Utrecht acrylic purple swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal green swatches covered by an oval cadmium red Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20-inch wide x 16-inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
Vibrations 7 is vertical Utrecht acrylic purple swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal green swatches covered by an oval yellow ochre Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20-inch wide x 16-inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
Vibrations 8 is vertical Utrecht acrylic green swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal cadmium red swatches covered by an oval blue ultramarine Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20-inch wide x 16-inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
Vibrations 9 is vertical Utrecht acrylic green swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal ultramarine blue swatches covered by an oval yellow ochre Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20-inch wide x 16-inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
Vibrations 10 is vertical Utrecht acrylic cadmium red swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal ultramarine blue swatches covered by an oval yellow ochre Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20-inch wide x 16-inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
Vibrations 11 is vertical Utrecht acrylic green swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal ultramarine blue swatches covered by an oval yellow ochre Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20-inch wide x 16-inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
Vibrations 12 is vertical Utrecht acrylic cadmium red swatches covered by Utrecht acrylic horizontal ultramarine blue swatches covered by an oval yellow ochre Utrecht acrylic swatch all on a 20-inch wide x 16-inch high traditional canvas with Utrecht Matte Media and paper mache on a titanium white background. Price: $1600.
These are a collection of drawings made early in my artistic career while I was experimenting with portraiture and still life subject matter. They are on 18 inch by 24 inch paper. They are for sale at $864 each. The colored marker drawings are all created in 2023
Charcoal sketch of abstract urban primitive circle of interconnected snakes surrounding human faces on 24inch x 18inch paper.
Charcoal sketch of me with quilt in 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
“Self Portrait-Straightened Hair”
Charcoal sketch of me with straightened hair on 18 inch x 24 inch paper. Figurative art.
“Self Portrait-Braids & Scarf”
Charcoal sketch of me with braids and a scarf on 24 inch high x 18 in wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of self portrait of me with two braids on 24 in high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal Sketch of me with my hair down on 18 inch x 24 inch paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of Katie in profile on 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
“Fishing On the Sacramento River”
Charcoal sketch of two sons and their grandfather fishing in the Sacramento River in a boat. One son has a strike. On 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of me bicycling in the rain on a mountain bike. On 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of an old man sitting in a chair on 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of man just sitting on the ground. On18 inch high x 24 inch wife paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of man on the ground on all four limbs. On 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of an old man sitting cross legged on the floor. On 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of a man standing in repose on 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of a fat lady laying down on 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of the back of a young woman on 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of young woman laying down leaning on elbow. On 18 ich high x 24 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of human face with pig nose on 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of an old man standing with a broom on 24 inch high by 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of the back of an old man on 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of a naked old man laying down on 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of an old man with glasses sitting in a chair on 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of a janitor finding a murdered person in a pool of blood on 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Figurative art.
Charcoal sketch of an antique sewing machine and woven baskets on 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Still Life art.
Charcoal sketch of guitar and shoe on table. On 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Still life art.
Charcoal sketch of box on table. On 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Still life art.
Charcoal sketch of soccer ball on blanket. On 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Still life art.
Charcoal sketch of cloths and curves they make on a table. On 24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Stil life art.
Charcoal sketch of a collection of belongings on a table. On 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Stll life art.
Charcoal Sketch of a grocery basket full of things on 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Still life art.
Charcoal sketch of after dinner plate on table. On 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Still life art.
Charcoal sketch of cactus lamp in living room on24 inch high x 18 inch wide paper. Still life art.
A charcoal sketch of a dinner place setting ready to eat on 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Still life art.
Charcoal sketch of an after dinner plate on 18 inch high x 24 inch wide paper. Stiil life art.