Statement

I work in series over a number of years, focusing my work on a single theme, explored through the natural environment of a specific place. The art I create during that time establishes a bridge between an actual place and events in my life and in the world.

Much of my recent work is concerned with water, as itself and as a symbol for journeys, both actual and metaphoric. Since 2000, the rich diversity of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge has provided the image stimulus for my work. The MVNWR is a 34-mile long natural area stretching along the lower Minnesota River from Fort Snelling to Jordan, Minnesota. It contains eight refuge areas, including floodplain forests, lakes, ponds, marshes, bluffs, spring-fed streams and historic sites.

A series encompasses writing, site notes and sketches, photographs, prints, paintings on paper and fabric, embroidery, and artist books.