2020

We have entered a bizarre new normal with the onset of COVID-19, which has altered and halted all “normal life” as we knew it. I have been doing a lot more creating with this in mind. I made a COVID-19 platter illustrated with my idea of what the bacteria might look like. I also sketched my husband and his colleagues during their music jams outside, keeping a distance from each other for health reasons but giving all who came to listen a positive note.

Eddy Viscosity and the Turbulent Flow

Petri Platter

3D has returned!

I have returned to working in my ceramic studio and am doing a series of sculpted forms. These are just 2 of a series that I am creating.

Caricature Protest Posters

I accidentally removed an earlier posting of my protest poster paintings made for several of the past marches I participated in earlier this year. These paintings show some of my caricature illustrations.

I created this poster for the environmental march. On the back it says "Extinction is Forever" and there are illustrations of floral & fauna that no longer exist...

Here are the Riddler and the Joker. (aka, Putin & Trump)

Heaven forbid...

This painting is self explanatory...

New Paintings!

I've been very negligent with updating my posts - it's now 9/2017 & a lot has occurred. I've been working mostly in 2D since the pain in my left thumb was too intense to put much pressure on it.  I've been drawing & painting at Hood College with the portraiture group and have 2 completed oil paintings as well as many sketches.

"Gazelle"

"The Great Gatsby"

Seizure Free!

I was diagnosed with psychomoter epilepsy at the age of 11, after experiencing a dizzy spell and fainting.  I eventually ended up as a "guinea pig" at NINDS (NIH) and spent 8 years receiving testing and treatment before finally becoming eligible for brain surgery. I recorded all my medications, thoughts, observations, etc. in notebooks over the years as well. In 1986, I had surgery that removed scar tissue and changed my life.  I have now been seizure-free for 30 years and will never forget all the help, love and support I received from family and friends. To commemorate my 'anniversary', I have started a series of oil paintings call "Seized", influenced by Vincent Van Gogh, to visually depict my thoughts and experiences. I have completed 4 paintings so far.

"Double Vision" I had to take numerous medications and one of the most common side effects was blurred or double vision.

"What Was I Thinking?"  The brain image is from a color EEG done while there was seizure activity occurring- There are subtle spikes in the background.

"Toxic Color Wheel" These are just some of the many drugs I was given over the years

"Cramming for Exams" - apologies to Van Gogh... I had many tests before my actual brain surgery, which are now mostly obsolete thanks to modern science.