Other Worlds
Trees have the power to move and guide us if we care to be quiet, to listen, and to observe. In these pieces, my goal is to playfully capture the spiritual connection we have with trees and all of nature.
12×16”
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What better place to go for respite, than a quiet island surrounded by fresh breezes and friendly waters?
30×15” (includes black wood frame, 32×17”)
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Afloat and at peace in the great cold sea.
12X9" (includes black wood frame, 14x11" SOLD
This piece was inspired by a poem by Danusha Laméris, from her book of poems, Bonfire Opera. Shared here with the author's permission.
WORKING IN THE GARDEN, I THINK OF MY SON
Who is nothing, now, but a few fistfuls of ash. Not even that, since ash
dissolves and is taken into the bodies of plants, or swept into the air
on the wind. He’s so very fine he slips undetected
through a whale’s baleen, or a beetle’s gullet. He can even rise
through a stalk of grass with the upward pull of phloem
in these first green days of spring. He has no use, now, for the soft
black hair through which I would run a slender comb,
nor for his oddly shaped thumbs. Nor anything in this world.
Though the things of the world may have use of him,
his molecules filtering through them --- carbon, oxygen, nitrogen,
a whisper of hydrogen --- the modest building blocks of life,
quietly, and without announcement.
12×9” framed textile (includes black wood frame, 14×11”)
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I am sad to see what is happening to our friends and neighbours to our South. Keeping watch and sending a lifeboat…please stay safe.
10×20” (includes black wood frame, 12×22”)
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Proud and thriving within the turmoil and challenges in this changing world.
20×16” (includes black wood frame, 22×18”)
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Trying to stay safe. This looks like a good place.
16×16” framed textile
As a child I dreamed of having my own tree house. Now I can create any kind I want, complete with all the amenities. Note that the ladder can be pulled up any time for extra privacy. :)
18×31” self-hanging fabric wall hanging
Everyone will have a unique interpretation of this image: we bring to it our own experiences and, hopefully, our adventurous imaginations.
2022 16x16" SOLD
As with trees and all of nature, the earth's energy flows through us.
16x8"SOLD
Our loved ones are always with us and around us, in earth and in spirit. 2024
Inspired by the poem "The Graves" by Australian poet Erin Hanson, with permission.
16×8” framed textile SOLD
Hiraeth is a Welsh word that means spiritual longing for a home which maybe never was. Nostalgia for ancient places to which we cannot return. The echo of the lost places of our soul's past and our grief for them. It is in the wind, and the rocks, and the waves. It is nowhere, and it is everywhere.
20x20" framed textile SOLD
Park that little canoe on a remote island, take a break from the world.
16x24" framed textile SOLD
Imagine the wonders flowing beneath our feet... rivers and channels connecting all creatures on earth.
16x16" framed textile SOLD
The way trees add layer upon layer of cells to make rings reminds me of how we store our own memories. Within the trunk there are also rays that carry nutrients from the inner centre of the trunk to the outside, the way some of our memories surface even after being buried for years.
14×14” (includes black wood frame, 16×16”)
Now at Wildside Gardens, Mahone Bay, NS
Who wouldn’t want to find a quiet simple cottage, safe in the woods?