Paintings
2026 Paintings
Sanctuary
24” X 36” on wood panel - Unframed
Acrylic and collage
A trip to Mackinac Island and my love of old buildings, and history, rekindled my art this year. Working the largest I have ever worked has allowed for more of the story.
$1100.
2025 Paintings
How Firm a Foundation
16” x 16” on wood panel. Framed in black.
Inspired by my dad’s woodcarvings, and material found as we cleaned out his house after he moved to a care facility.
Exhibited at South Haven Arts Center - September 2025 - November 2025. Ghosts that Linger Exhibition.
Exhibited at South Haven Arts Center - June 2026 - August 2026. Care Exhibition.
$500
Where Silence Grows
20” x 20” on wood panel. Framed in natural.
Nearly all of my paintings in 2025 were inspired by the season of loss and grief I was experiencing after my dad had a stroke, and I began the caregiver journey.
Exhibited at Holland Area Arts Council - September 2025 - November 2025.
Received Honorable Mention award for texture.
$750
When the Wind Fades
20” x 20” on wood panel. Framed in natural.
In the early days after my dad’s stroke, art seemed so far from my capabilities. The best I could muster was to sit on their deck and sketch his windmill and outbuildings. Eventually those sketches turned into this painting.
Exhibited at Holland Area Arts Council - September 2025 - November 2025.
Exhibited at Ottawa Co. Art Trust - June 2026 - September 2026.
$750
Save for Sarah
18” x 18” on wood panel. Framed in black.
My dad and I shared an appreciation of old things. While cleaning out his house, we found old glass jars. On one was a piece of masking tape with the words, “Save for Sarah, Very Old”. I love how my dad always thought of me.
Exhibited at South Haven Arts Center - June 2026 - August 2026. Care Exhibition. It was a great honor to be featured in this exhibition about art and art made by Caregivers.
$600
Halcyon Days
18” x 18” on wood panel. Framed in black.
Inspired from a visit to South Haven, MI and seeing an old department store I had photographed in the past had between torn down. That unleashed research into the loss of the department store as a whole, but particularly in downtowns.
$500
2024 Paintings
House of the Rising Sun
SOLD - 12” X 12”
First completed painting of 2024, following right shoulder surgery in late February 2024.
Since I could only work small, and not really paint yet, I used a lot of collage I had already made before my surgery. I could glue quite well even with my right arm in a sling.
I donated this piece to an art auction for Doors of Hope that I participate in every fall. The lucky recipient took the painting home for a $400 donation.
Flight Path
Sold - 12” X 12” framed in black
Exhibited at ACWL-Nuveen Juried Exhibition March 14, 2025 - April 19, 2025
This piece reminds me of a small airfield near the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula. I have gone there many times when on vacation to photograph. The circular shaped observation deck delights me.
$350 - Contact the gallery if interested
(231)893-2524
The Last Run
SOLD - 12” X 12” framed in black
Exhibited at Crooked Tree Arts Center - Traverse City, MI Bitter & Beauty Exhibition
January 14, 2025 - February 22, 2025
This piece took third place at the exhibition.
I photographed many times at the old Sugar Loaf Ski Resort before they tore it down, this piece reminds me of that place.
Shore Excursions
Sold - 16” X 20” framed in black
Exhibited at ACWL-Nuveen Art Center in a Juried Exhibition
March 14- April 19, 2025
Exhibited at Ottawa County Art Trust - June 2025. Purchased by Ottawa County.
This piece is a combination of two favorite places. My morning walk along the channel at Holland State Park, and Glen Haven, MI
$750
Cottage No. 30
16” X 16” framed in black
Exhibited at KIA West Michigan Area Show - June 2025 - September 2025
One of my very favorite places to explore and photograph are the unrestored buildings of the old Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City. I adore the texture of the decaying buildings, the rust, and most of the the architecture.
$500