From the Studio

Jun. 21, 2017

Pondering the Effect of Light Through Trees on the Summer Solstice

For the past three years, the primary focus of my art has been paper cutting. I made my first real papercut piece (meaning, I had a focused awareness of what I was making) in 2012 as a sample for an art lesson I was teaching. The captive fascination I have with the medium began long before that as a child in the rural woods of northern Pennsylvania...

"I will be faithful with an everlasting love"

My curious mind wanders as I work on my art. Frequently as I'm working, one thought leads to another in an endless spiral interrupted only by internet searches, blade changes, and numerous Wikipedia articles...

Modern Personal Stationery

I draw flowers. I paint them and cut them from paper. I wish I could say my nightly dreams are filled with them--but, that would be a slight exaggeration. When I was approached with the possibility of creating a set of personal stationery as a gift for a gentleman, there was a brief moment of panic...