Art at the Cask & Vine

My paintings will be on display for the month of November at the 

Cask & Vine

1 1/2 East Broadway

Derry, NH

If you have not been, you must try the gourmet for and large beer selection.

2013 Acrylic on Paper

"Melt"

"Moss"

"Moss and Lichen"

"Spring"

New Works on Paper

Mid-City Studio Tour

Saturday & Sunday, June 4th & 5th, 2011
11am-5pm
Showing at Greenly Art Space
2698 Junipero Ave. #113
Long Beach, CA

Participating Artists: Slater Barron, Joanne Berke, Victoria Damrel, Cynthia Evans, Gisele, Moira Hahn, Ilee Kaplan, Pia Pizzo, John Montich, Robert Potier, Carol Roemer, Sue Ann Robinson, Joan Skogsberg Sanders, Annie Stromquist, Gail Werner.

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From East to West

Mid-City Studio Tour Artists Preview Show "From East to West."

Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Opening 7-9pm
Greenly Art Space
2698 Junipero Ave. #113
562-533-4020

Participating Artists: Slater Barron, Joanne Berke, Victoria Damrel, Cynthia Evans, Gisele, Moira Hahn, Ilee Kaplan, Pia Pizzo, John Montich, Robert Potier, Carol Roemer, Sue Ann Robinson, Joan Skogsberg Sanders, Annie Stromquist, Gail Werner.


Works on Paper by Gisele (acrylic on paper, 9 x 12)

Small Work

Small paintings done in the early winter, before the storms arrived.

Winter 1 & 2: acrylic on wood, Window: acrylic on canvas.

Enjoy!

Kingston Studio Inspiration

The roots have made it into the bedroom turned studio and have begun to inspire me, "Reunion" and "Family Tree". My small collection of bark also hangs on the wall.

Enjoy.

Homestead

Well, it has been a long journey back to New Hampshire and not much time for creating, but times they are a changing. Bill and I moved from a temporary North Andover, MA loft apartment to renting a "homestead" in Kingston, NH. The packing and unpacking has come to end for at least a year, and with any luck, we will stay longer.

As I nest and settle our home, I have been exploring the yard and wooded area behind the house next to the pond, and lo and behold I spot a fabulous house warming present, ROOTS! I guess I have one to three more pieces in me to complete the "Homeward Migration" series I started almost a year ago, as the root was split over time into three pieces. I will let them dry out in the barn and bring them up to the studio soon. Not sure what lies ahead with them but it will be fun to see.

More to come...

Enjoy!

Last Pieces of the Series

Traveling now, but wanted to post these before I made it all the way home. I am feeling out of sorts, scared, excited, nervous but I know when I get back with my husband things will settle and new work will emerge.

House Warming: (Honey, Salt, Wine, Bread, Plant and Olive Oil)
Mixed Media
3 x 4 feet overall

Nesting
Moss Sticks!
3 feet overall

Homeward Migration Update

After a year of searching, my husband got a job and has continued on to the east coast. I will be packing up my car and taking the trip next week to join him on our adventure. I have a few more pieces in the studio I hope to complete before I leave and am looking forward to the new direction these will turn after my journey. It has been a long year and these show my struggle during the months alone in Montana. Time to forge ahead.

Enjoy!

Homeward Migration: Breathe, Isolation and Despair
all mixed media

3 New Landscape Paintings

These Montana landscapes will be showing this spring
at The Main Street Gallery, MT.

Enjoy!



Willow
acrylic on canvas
16 x 20








Bison Range
acrylic on canvas
11 x 14






Mission Creek 2
acrylic on canvas
11 x 14

Uprooted

Uprooted: Patience
Mixed Media
4 x 5 feet overall

Can't See the Forest Through the Trees

“Homeward Migration” is a body of work that was created in the last few months. It has been a way for me to express some of my emotions during the journey my husband and I have been on to relocate on the east coast after the loss of his job in April. Each piece is meant to stand alone, but I find it to be a more powerful statement as an installation and will be continuing to post each piece as it is completed.

Yearning 2010
mixed media
9 x 12 each

A Creative Expression to Recessionary Times

New piece to the Homeward Migration series.

Uprooted: Fear
Mixed Media
4 x 5 feet overall

Homeward Migration

A Creative Expression to Recessionary Times

Having lived in southern California for the past 25 years my husband and I have begun our migration back to New England to be close to family.

We had always planned to head east after our two children were settled in their collegiate lives, but unfortunately the timing of our move was accelerated due to the unexpected loss of my husband’s job in April 2009.

Given only two weeks pay, we were forced to act quickly. Our hope was that he could find work locally so we could remain in our home. Unfortunately this didn’t work out as we had hoped. Not wanting to sell our home, we rented it out and search for a new home.

We were fortunate that my sister’s home on the western slope of the Rockies was offered to us until Bill found work. So in October 2009, we moved to the Mission Valley in western Montana and spent our first ever holidays away from our home and apart from our children.

After the holidays Bill headed east by himself to continue his search for work, leaving me and our dog to wait for word.

“Homeward Migration” was created in the last month. It has been a way for me to express some of my emotions during this journey. Each piece is meant to stand alone, but I find it to be a more powerful statement as a grouped installation.

These are the first three pieces of a larger body of work that has been completed at this point. I will continue to update as I complete the remaining works.

Enjoy.





Migratory Rest
acrylic on canvas, mixed media
10” diameter





























Holding Tank
acrylic on canvas, mixed media
24” x 12” x 7”

































Uprooted: Hope
mixed media
4’ x 3’