Category Archives: Artwork

Bonsai Pine II-36 x 24

Seattle CoCA Art Marathon Paintings

    In the 24-hr art marathon/fund-raiser for the Seattle Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), I made two collage-paintings…one of the best art experiences ever. Sadly, I didn’t think of getting a solid photo of either until a day or two

Bonsai Pine II-36 x 24

Seattle CoCA Art Marathon Paintings

    In the 24-hr art marathon/fund-raiser for the Seattle Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), I made two collage-paintings…one of the best art experiences ever. Sadly, I didn’t think of getting a solid photo of either until a day or two

Snow and Sky, November 2012--with L. Kalsta acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36" 2012

Montana Paintings

One of my goals is to build an “art practice” in Montana–i.e., get home more often, both to paint and to spend time with my family. I am finally conceding that the only way I will be able to do

Snow and Sky, November 2012--with L. Kalsta acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36" 2012

Montana Paintings

One of my goals is to build an “art practice” in Montana–i.e., get home more often, both to paint and to spend time with my family. I am finally conceding that the only way I will be able to do

La Familia

Family Portrait

Art has been good to me these last few months, after more than a year struggling with the drain of a day-job and debt. Or rather, I have managed, courtesy of the dreaded day-job and the resolution of debt, to

La Familia

Family Portrait

Art has been good to me these last few months, after more than a year struggling with the drain of a day-job and debt. Or rather, I have managed, courtesy of the dreaded day-job and the resolution of debt, to

veintanera text line

Las Veintañera, Treintañera, y Cuarentañera

In Mexico, a fifteen-year old girl’s entrance into womanhood is celebrated by a quinceañera; the word describes both the party and the budding woman. It’s a big affair: she is dressed up like a bride, a prom queen, a princess;

veintanera text line

Las Veintañera, Treintañera, y Cuarentañera

In Mexico, a fifteen-year old girl’s entrance into womanhood is celebrated by a quinceañera; the word describes both the party and the budding woman. It’s a big affair: she is dressed up like a bride, a prom queen, a princess;

american woman in progress

a painting grows…up?

The American Woman Triptych was one of my first paintings. The line drawing and a first pass at underpainting were in place when I went to Oaxaca in 2001. When I came back, I picked it up again, though my

american woman in progress

a painting grows…up?

The American Woman Triptych was one of my first paintings. The line drawing and a first pass at underpainting were in place when I went to Oaxaca in 2001. When I came back, I picked it up again, though my

La Salamandra lo res

La Loteria Cards–2011

The 2011 Loteria cards for my nieces, Rhiannon and Echo, and my nephew, Lars. I live too far away to see them often, so this is my utterly self-serving device to connect each year, to ask them about their activities,

La Salamandra lo res

La Loteria Cards–2011

The 2011 Loteria cards for my nieces, Rhiannon and Echo, and my nephew, Lars. I live too far away to see them often, so this is my utterly self-serving device to connect each year, to ask them about their activities,

UAP-My Boots Flier

Urban Art Project/ “My Boots Hang There” Reception

Reception Monday, June 13, 2011, 5-7 PM. Exhibit is up all summer. About the piece: MY BOOTS HANG THERE follows an image-thread through the geography of my life. Much of my upbringing in Montana was spent on my grandparents’ farm,

UAP-My Boots Flier

Urban Art Project/ “My Boots Hang There” Reception

Reception Monday, June 13, 2011, 5-7 PM. Exhibit is up all summer. About the piece: MY BOOTS HANG THERE follows an image-thread through the geography of my life. Much of my upbringing in Montana was spent on my grandparents’ farm,

Bone Bonsai Pine

FOG: new work in the Meditations on Trees series at ADS Hats

Matte, Bone & Light: The Skeleton Trees  I am originally from Montana, a Republican-leaning state with minimal social and cultural infrastructure (I like to say, that which doesn’t kill you becomes your nickname), but abundant access to nature. I grew

Bone Bonsai Pine

FOG: new work in the Meditations on Trees series at ADS Hats

Matte, Bone & Light: The Skeleton Trees  I am originally from Montana, a Republican-leaning state with minimal social and cultural infrastructure (I like to say, that which doesn’t kill you becomes your nickname), but abundant access to nature. I grew

Tea Shakti-ward

The Character Portraits

For my first posting, a sampling of one of my favorite series of paintings, The Character Portraits. Welcome! Susana Montana

Tea Shakti-ward

The Character Portraits

For my first posting, a sampling of one of my favorite series of paintings, The Character Portraits. Welcome! Susana Montana