Recent work:
In these paintings, lace has evolved into a vehicle of visual expression. It represents my accumulated knowledge of textiles and its association with my family. I use it for its beauty, obsessive workmanship and inherent organization. I understand the structure of the stitches and have an appreciation for the effort of the artist. Lace lets light in through the negative spaces and can be manipulated while staying true to its original pattern and symmetry. It has its source in the element of line, the connecting thread assembled into structure by human hands knotting it together. These elements of lace identity become the underlying sources for the abstract images in my paintings.





Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.
-- Karl Wallenda