The Lovers, oil on wood, 12"x 12" Since the beginning of 2025, I have felt as if I am in a dream. It often feels more like a chaotic nightmare, while I am walking through it – sleepwalking. When I was a child and life was stressful, I would fall into an imaginary world, seeing animals living in small villages deep in the forest. I would draw upon these ideas for hours. I mention this because I felt this need, as an adult, to create paintings from my imagination rather than using photographs. Working this way has felt vulnerable, and oddly comforting in the same moment. The familiar safeness I felt while drawing as a child is coming alive in this process, helping me to see, feel and trust the magic. We tend to forget that there is magic here, especially with so much troubling news coming at us at every moment.
Part of this new direction in my work was my interest in the use of Tarot cards, which fascinated me as I digested the meanings of each card, the characters with their stories, metaphors, archetypes and symbols. Learning Tarot has taught me to see more clearly the signs and messages that happen all around us, giving deeper meaning to my paintings in this body of work. But even more than this, I am aware of how we are all connected, and that there is an ancient, loving energy coming into alignment, allowing us to open our hearts. It is a softening that is taking place, a healing. These paintings are a reflection of this, and just the beginning of this new creative journey I am on.
Part of this new direction in my work was my interest in the use of Tarot cards, which fascinated me as I digested the meanings of each card, the characters with their stories, metaphors, archetypes and symbols. Learning Tarot has taught me to see more clearly the signs and messages that happen all around us, giving deeper meaning to my paintings in this body of work. But even more than this, I am aware of how we are all connected, and that there is an ancient, loving energy coming into alignment, allowing us to open our hearts. It is a softening that is taking place, a healing. These paintings are a reflection of this, and just the beginning of this new creative journey I am on.
Mermaid, oil on wood, 12"x 12" In February of 2025, I was so happy to join Archway Gallery once again. Having been a member previously, 2006 -2012, I left with many fond memories, a bit more wisdom from the experience, and the added benefit of the multiple, life-long friendships that developed while I was part of this wonderful art space.
Now I am preparing for a two person show, Sleepwalking and Obscure Narratives with artist, Trudy Askew, opening Saturday, December 6, from 5 – 8pm. at Archway Gallery. The exhibit will be on view till January 1st, 2026.
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