Welcome Baby Crone Series
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A lot of my work when I was younger was about sexuality. As I’ve gotten older I’ve started to hesitate about continuing to explore that. My hesitation is largely due to a need for dignity, but definitely also a feeling from society at large that I should “put it away” and just be matronly and invisible and soft and perfumed.
A new feeling is growing. it’s this feeling of there being a caged in raging hag that has some stuff to say and oh god! She’s scary and ugly and fun and funny and assertive and on fire and might burn it all down. Rude and blunt and hungry. Covered in middle fingers. Loves the absurdity and awkwardness of still being a sexual creature in this strange new-to-me old body. A body that maybe is finally mine, released from the expectations and needs of others. Go to series |
Visitors from the Liminal Field
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This is a community of imaginary creatures inspired by interactions I’ve had with the natural world, dreams, and the spiritual practice of journeying. Holy gnats, bee beings, iridescent horses, mermaid spawn, and “egglettes” exist in a liminal space, welcoming your attention and gaze. They have been gathering around me for years, like a fairy tale not fully articulated.
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Sand Bodies
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I am interested in how bodies can be expressive in different ways beyond the erotic. In researching sacred postures and burial positions, I came across the "sand bodies" of Sutton Hoo—unknown individuals executed for unknown reasons, perhaps justifiably, perhaps due to persecution. I am interested in the positions their bodies were in when they were buried and how redemption, mysticism, and the afterlife can be expressed through those postures.
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Hares
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This series of Hares in Cold Wax and Oil
is a re-investigation of a symbol that was powerfully meaningful for me earlier in my artistic life. The symbol started out as a rabbit and evoked childhood for me - my nickname “Bunnie”, the movie “Watership Down,” and the storybook “The Velveteen Rabbit.” The symbol of The Rabbit represents vulnerability, love, connection and innocence. Go to series |