Baby Opossum Painting Didelpha Dust

baby possum on galaxy painting

Just finished a little acrylic painting to add to my galaxy dens series! This one is of a passel of possums. Like the others, it features a deep-seated wrap-around canvas that has been painted so that it needs no frame, […]

Creative Quarantine Springfield Reception

Creative Quarantine Springfield’s gallery installation is up! The reception has past but the installation will be up in Art for the Soul gallery through June. The viewing times are Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pmSaturday: 12pm-3pm Sundays by appointment Gallery Address: 1500 Main Street, […]

Keeping Painting Practices Green

Acrylic Painting of a polar bear mother holding cub and three other babies on a surreal melting world about global warming

For earth day coming up, I thought I’d write about ways I’m trying to keep my painting practices green!I love Acrylic paint because it uses a lot less noxious chemicals than when I used to paint in oils–no toxic solvents […]

Paint and Pestilence Talk at Amherst College

Paint and Pestilence Poster

Tonight I’ll be a speaker at Amherst College for a talk on processing the pandemic times and art, alongside Danielle Carrabino, an art historian and Smith College art museum curator. It’s Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:30-7:00pm, free and open to […]

Creative Quarantine Springfield

Howl Colors

Art Life. Enter the creative world of 12 artists including Carren Clarke, Louise Cutler, Frankie Borrero, Lorraine McAlpine, LaShun Beal, Deborah Shedrick, Michelle Vigeant, Larry Poncho Brown, Sheeba Maya, Kathleen DeQuence Anderson, Ryan Murray, and Sheldon Smith in Creative Quarantine Springfield, a virtual experience sharing the day in the life of these artists as they create experimental works for the entire month of January 2021.”

Electrify Amherst 2020

Finished electric box mural front with imprersiionistic wolf on a glowing blue background surrounded by woods.

I was one of the jury picked artists for Electrify Amherst, a project sponsored by the Amherst Public Art Commission and funded by the Amherst Cultural Council. Artists paint electric box murals to beautify the public space. I submitted a […]

Science Illustration Cold Quasar 2

cold quasar illustration

My degree is in science and sometimes do science illustration. Here I illustrated galaxy CQ 4479 for the University of Kansas press release. It was published just in the for Black Hole Week! I always love doing galaxy pictures, it […]