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Mixed media works on canvas or panel, prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painting. The plaster drinks in the paint quickly, and creates a lovely history of drips, marks, trials and errors and captures the initial energy and intuitive choices of color, mark making, and intention. The re-moistened plaster mixes in slightly with the pigment, giving it a creamy, soft quality.

Blue Notes
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with mesh tape and plaster
10 x 18 inches
2012
painted on panel prepared with mesh tape and slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painti
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with mesh tape and plaster
15.5”x16”
2012
painted on panel prepared with mesh tape and slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painti
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with mesh tape and plaster
13”x14”
2012
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
gouache, ink on plaster
10"x14"
2014
painted on panel prepared with mesh tape and slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painti
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with mesh tape and plaster
12"x12"
2012
painted on panel prepared with mesh tape and slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painti
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with mesh tape and plaster
11”x14”
2012
painted on panel prepared with mesh tape and slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painti
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with mesh tape and plaster
12”x12”
2012
Lemonyellow Sun is on stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster to create a fresco-like surface. The plaster drinks in the paint quickly, creating a lovely history of drips, marks, trials and errors, thus c
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
17”x21”
2012
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
24 x 30 inches
2012
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
27 x 32 inches
2012
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
18 x 27 inches
2012
Pushing Pink
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
20.5 x 25 inches
2012
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
28.5 x 36 inches
2012
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
16 x 29 inches
2012
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
28.5 x 32 inches
2012
 a painting on stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invit
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
22.5”x28.5”
2012
one in a series of oil paintings on canvas coated with traditional gesso.
gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas
27"x56"
2014
stretched canvas prepared with glue and mesh tape, then slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immed
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on stretched canvas prepared with glue, mesh tape and plaster
18”x24”
2012
painted on panel prepared with mesh tape and slathered with plaster. The works range in size from 12”x12” up to 22.5”x30”.  All are painted with gouache, watercolor and dispersed pigment. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painti
watercolor, gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with mesh tape and plaster
16 x 16 inches
2012
painted on panel slathered with plaster, all are painted with gouache, watercolor, dispersed pigment and silk screening. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painting. The plaster drinks in the paint quickly, and creates a lovely h
gouache, dispersed pigment on panel prepared with plaster
12”x12”
2011
Butterflies
mixed media on plastered panel
16 x 18 inches
2010
painted on panel slathered with plaster, all are painted with gouache, watercolor, dispersed pigment and silk screening. The fresco-like surface invites a more immediate response to painting. The plaster drinks in the paint quickly, and creates a lovely h
gouache, dispersed pigment, silkscreen on panel prepared with plaster
10"x13"
2010