1970's
1970 - KEY WEST STREET - Watercolor on Paper - 20X30
Painted on location during my repetitive shape stretched boxes era.
1970 – CEMENT SAILS - Acrylic on Board - 30X40
"The sails look like cement boats that aren't going anywhere. Boxed in shapes but with texture. It was a really big deal to put a circle in, to go outside the straight edge."
1971 – SHANTY TOWN BOX LIVING - Watercolor on Paper - 30X40
"This was painted in a very controlling time of my life. No variety of paint, no big areas of paint. I was scared to death to go out of shapes. Each little box was a meditation. I felt safe doing these paintings but there was a little hint of freedom with boats and round sun of hope.”
1971 - BOXSCAPE- Watercolor on Paper - 20X30
"Beginning to introduce trees to Boxscape. Unity of shapes."
1971 – BEYOND THE TREES - Watercolor on Paper - 30X40
"Each of the leaves is the shape of water that I dropped color into like stain glass windows."
1971 - THROUGH THE CRYSTAL TREES - CHANGE OF SEASONS - Watercolor on Board – 40X60
“Trees are emitting an energy.”
1971 - EMERGING - Watercolor on Paper - 30X40
" I was experimenting with texture. The circle is expanded. I was determined to win Best in Show but the night before the show I spilled a whole bottle of black ink on the painting so I had to sand it for an hour and that is how I discovered this new technique. This painting is a good example of two dimensional box formula. "I WON Best in Show at the Winter Park Art Festival in Florida."
1972 – GHOST VILLAGE - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"Using wash technique where I would wet entire board and paint color through it. Getting more free in technique. This is the first paper where I introduce ghost like human forms with unhappy faces in there lonely world. This was my consciousness at the time. Interesting where sun is."
1972 – NO VOICE - Oil on Canvas - 60X80
"Experimenting with painting people. No mouths, no voice. I used sanding in this painting."
1972 - THE MEETING OF THE MASTERS - Oil Wash on Canvas - 40X60
"My spiritual teacher at the time I painted this, told me I channeled a meeting of masters that happened on the other side. This is when I started to get in touch, thank to my Guru, that there's something going on with my paintings."
1973 – TRAPPED IN STONES - Oil Wash on Canvas - 25X30
"I would paint turpentine over the whole surface and drop color and let it run together like a watercolor wash. This was one of my first oils. Very monolith looking faces, stone like with no feeling."
1973 – WOMEN WITHOUT RIGHTS - Oil Wash on Canvas - 25X30
"Again, no mouth and religious sternness with judgement. A naked woman contrast. Patriotic women without a voice caught in boxy shapes. Statement on situation of women in culture."
1973 – CONSUMED BY DOGMA - Oil Wash on Canvas - 60X80
"Old world religious big painting. I was thinking about the Inquisition."
1973 – JOURNEY OF THE DISCIPLES - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"This represents the journey of the disciple looking for the enlightened one. A Guru that I worked with for 20 years gave me a lot of confidence. He told me I had an agreement with spirit to bring forward the sound of love."
1973 – FIREWORK DOCK - Watercolor on Board - 30x40
"I did this painting in 3 hours. Wet on wet but you had to put the color on while it was still wet, turn the board vertical to effect the runs."
1973 – DRY DOCK - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"You have a wash of color going through the textures. Gravity pulls the color through all the texture. I ran turpentine through the wet paint. Painted this in Miami, FL when I was really into boats.”
1973 – THE DISCOVERER - Watercolor on Board - 20X30
"Exploring the environment of nature. I liked the idea of a one person explorer."
1973 – WINTER SNOW - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"I used a crinkle paper technique that made it look like snow was coming down."
1973 – COLORADO DREAM - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
“Living in Florida but dreaming of returning to the mountains. Later in life, I lived in the Colorado Rockies and got to see winter.”
1973 - BRIDGE TO NEW DISCOVERIES - Watercolor on Board - 30x40
“This was an angelic other world where dreams are made.”
1973 – WINTER SNOW - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"I used a crinkle paper technique that made it look like snow was coming down."
1973 – BOATS AT REST - Oil on Canvas with Texture - 40X60
"You have a wash of color going through the textures. Gravity pulls the color through all the texture. I ran turpentine through the wet paint. Painted this in Miami, FL when I was really into boats.”
1974 – ON THE BEACH - Oil on Canvas - 20X24
"I lived near the beach when I painted this. I used egg whites while the painting was still wet to create the orb effect. I had a restaurant size stove at this house where I painted. I would heat it up and put the small canvases in it. The texture and molding stuff would rise and create these interesting textures. I would put the big canvases in the sauna!"
1974 - BECOMING GODDESSES - Watercolor with Resin - 30X40
“Started introducing embossments during my etching period showing dimensions.
Feminine on the path of discovery on the connection cord searching for the light.”
Feminine on the path of discovery on the connection cord searching for the light.”
1974 - FANCIFUL ROMANCE - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
“I Did a series of this image representing the lovers. The fantasy of connection and romance. The dream of a perfect relationship.”