Landscapes of the Southwest This gallery exhibit is suggestive of time & seasons, learning & relearning the landscapes in which I dwell. Most works in this series were painted in the high desert of the Southwest, and take the natural world as their starting point.	Abstracted Landscapes A sense of movement is an element in all my paintings, as is shape & pattern. I am intrigued by variations & theme produced by ever changing light & shadow, wind & weather.	Landscapes The studies for many of these oil pastel works were done "plein air" and then enlarged and painted on canvas in my studio. The oil pastel works are often the original "plein air" versions.

Forest Series Close up, intimate views of trees and forests, most of them highly abstracted, developed through two fellowship opportunities at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts in Rabun Gap, Georgia.	Portraits There are a couple of examples of commission work in this series: "Ron & the Coat of Many Colors" and "Robin & Jim's Family." Many of the portraits in this gallery were developed from early drawings of my art students as demonstrations.	Garden Series The Garden Series (i.e., "Sowing and Growing") developed as visual metaphors for sustainability: Sustaining the environment, the land, the air we breathe, and the human concern for the life and health of animal & human beings.

Painting & Poetry The connection between poetry and painting is historically significant in the work of many artists, myself included. Medieval manuscript design is but one example, as are the symbolic poems and paintings of Blake.

Art as Symbol A plant, a tree, a flower can be considered symbolic in a painting, a drawing or sculpture. A living organic element that grows, lives & dies, and ultimately returns to the earth as humus for living things suggests life, death, decay, and new life.

In Search of Sustainability This gallery attempts to evoke a poetry of place rather than illustrate actuality. Please see IN SEARCH OF SUSTAINABILITY page for commentaries researched and written by my husband Ron.