Changing Tide
24″ X 48″; acrylic on canvas (gallery wrap); 2020; $2,500 A stylized view of the harbor at St. Ives, Cornwall, England.
Night Heron
24″ X 18″; acrylic and iridescent acrylic on canvas; 2020; $450 One of a series of heron-themed paintings.
The Problems of the World are All Connected
30″ 30″; acrylic on canvas; 2019; $450. “If the problems of the world are all connected, then so are the answers.”
Cornish Holiday
24″ X 48″; acrylic on canvas; 2018; $2,500 Beach scene at St. Ives.
Kubu 2
24″ X 48″; acrylic on canvas; 2019; $2,500 Lehkubu Island, a granite outcropping in the Great Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana
Think About It
24″ X 48″; acrylic on canvas; 2016; $1,800 No explanation needed.
Galileo at Io
30″ X 30″; acrylic on canvas; 2019; $500 One of a series spotlighting the moons of our solar system.
Sweetheart
24″ X 30″ – fiber – pieced and appliqued cotton; hand and machine quilted; 2014; NFS
In 1250, Devorguilla of Galloway was married to John Balliol (an ancient ancestor of mine). While this was an arranged marriage, the two apparently came to love each other deeply. When John died in 1269, his wife had his heart embalmed and placed in a silver and ivory reliquary – which she kept with her for the next 20 years! Inheriting the wealth and lands of both families, Lady Devorguilla became one of the richest women in Eurpoe. She used her wealth, among other things: to found Balliol College at Oxford; endow several priories; and pay for the construction of 2 Cistercian Abbeys. Sweetheart Abbey, south of Dumfires, Scotland, was not completed before Devorguilla died in 1289, but she is buried there with her beloved husband’s heart – the “Sucre Coeur”. The word, sweetheart, came into the English about this time, and it’s nice to think that it may have its origins in this remarkable love story. Today, the abbey is in ruins, but the love story lives on.
Devorguilla
24″ X 30″ – fiber – pieced and appliqued cotton; hand and machine quilted; 2014; NFS
In 1250, Devorguilla of Galloway was married to John Balliol (an ancient ancestor of mine). While this was an arranged marriage, the two apparently came to love each other deeply. When John died in 1269, his wife had his heart embalmed and placed in a silver and ivory reliquary – which she kept with her for the next 20 years! Inheriting the wealth and lands of both families, Lady Devorguilla became one of the richest women in Eurpoe. She used her wealth, among other things: to found Balliol College at Oxford; endow several priories; and pay for the construction of 2 Cistercian Abbeys. Sweetheart Abbey, south of Dumfires, Scotland, was not completed before Devorguilla died in 1289, but she is buried there with her beloved husband’s heart – the “Sucre Coeur”. The word, sweetheart, came into the English about this time, and it’s nice to think that it may have its origins in this remarkable love story. Today, the abbey is in ruins, but the love story lives on.
Chaos – Chirp
34″ X 38″, commercial and hand-dyed cotton, pieced and appliqued, machine stitched; 2017; $850
In 2016, the LIGO Gravity Wave Observatory detected the gravity waves generated by the collision of two super-massive black holes billions of light years distant. Upon converting the wave signal to audible sound, what was heard was a 1 1/2 second “chirp”.
03/10/2021