AQUIDNECK LAND TRUST SERIES
I began my Aquidneck Land Trust series in 2019 and it has grown to include close to 30 paintings and prints. My intention is to describe and honor the farms, woods, parks and open spaces conserved by the Land Trust. I hope these paintings will connect the viewer to these places and inspire hope in the midst of the environmental crisis we are in. All the sites are named and prints can be made of paintings which have been sold.
As a 2024 Artist in Residence on Rose Island I made small field studies on site which I developed into larger paintings when I got home. I focused on the hugeness of Narragansett Bay all around me and the chaotic sounds of the currents that rush and roar around the Lighthouse.
Topo Map Series
In this series I use Topographical Maps to describe a specific place. What lives there becomes part of the landscape around them: where they live is who they are. Their Memory Maps are internalized.
Reservoir Series
In this series I painted different local Reservoirs including the Newport Reservoir behind Easton’s Beach and Gardner Pond below Hanging Rock. These include ”At the Reservoir” done with Latex on Hardboard, as well as paintings on canvas, collage, iPad drawings and descriptions of various views at different times of day.
SHORELINE SERIES: Anthropocene
Whenver I walk along the beach or local shorelines, there are bound to be shards of plastic, shapes of plastic, colors of plastic mixed in with the endless pieces of sea life that wash ashore. It is all co-mingled now. Small paintings help me clarify my intention: each one includes scraps of litter and an image of sea life. I started this series in 2018. It has grown to include 27 big and small paintings and is ongoing.
