ivxxvi, the wedding present
Our shared birthday results in our "logo" of ivxxvi.
Metal wine caps, wire, copper piping, toys and bits of jewelry; mounted on black canvas. 42"x48".  2014

Lost, Then Found 
Traveling in unknown lands, actual and imagined, by land and by sea - gathering, collecting, stringing together memories, gifts from others given casually yet cherished as gold. 
Found metal slat and chain, beads, toys, waxed linen thread, acrylic paint. 46"x12"x4".  2012

Venus's Sashay
Venus represents copper in mythology and alchemy; because of its lustrous beauty and ancient use in producing mirrors,
​sacred to the goddesses. 
Copper pipe, found metal objects, beads, acrylic paint; mounted on wood stand. 15"x13"x4".  2013

Shoes and Hat, 2023
Hat. Shoes, Paper maché, Beads, Linen Thread, Raffia

Indigo Castaways
Indigo dyed wood blocks and paper, found metal objects, clothes pins; mounted on six painted 6"x6" canvases.  2017

Hanging By A Thread
Found metal, sewing thread, paper, beads.  15"x17". 2016.

Dulce Espana
​Paper, ink, candy wrappers, beads, found objects, ribbon, painted canvas. 24"x16".  2015.

Duets
Cardboard boxes, found metal pieces, beads, ceramic, paper, wire, waxed linen thread. 17"x47". 2017.

Pick It Up On Saturday
This piece was inspired by Jeffrey Gibson, an incredibly powerful Native American artist.  
​He is Choctaw/Cherokee, like my great grandmother, Lola.
​Dry cleaning tags, brads, metal pieces, beads, tin jangles, plastic netting on canvas.  9"x9". 2018. 

My Minkisi, The Common Heart
Thanks to Ralph Waldo Emerson:  The common heart, where we share an intrinsic unity with all humanity.
Thinset on board, nails, enamel paint, tin jangles.  16"x18"x6". 2020.

(Untitled) Ceramic Vessel
I had a blast making this piece.  Thank you to Jennifer Shenk from University of Colorado for teaching a coil sculpture class at the Art Students League of Denver.  This piece kind of collapsed while I was making it...a happy mistake.  Clay and slip.  12"x9"x11". 2018.