I often work in series - where there is a guiding theme that directs my attention and energy. Outside observers might not be able to discern which piece is in which series. But the guiding principle is vital in my creation. Below are some recent series.

New Series for 2025:

Women & Culture - A collage & mixed-media series that explores the social settings that inspire music and dance
Organics- This series extends the cadence series but uses rusted Corten Steel and silvery stainless steel as the 2 “colors”

Completed Series:

Cadence - 2023-2024
Granularity - 2023-2024
Goddess Series - 2022
The Momentum Series - 2020 & 2021
Dance Party Series - 2021 & 2022

At the beginning of 2025, I started a new series that uses collage and mixed-media techniques to explore the social eras of my life and how they intersect with music, and especially, dance. The work is an extension of my sculptural work -- especially in it's celebration of the power, grace and determination of women.   The work also continues my interest in digitally-assisted art.  Each of these pieces starts with an "illustration" generated by the 3D model originally created for one of my sculptures.  I then weave in stock photos, color and texture.  I found inspiration from contemporary, pop-artists such as Rauschenberg, Lichtenstein, and Johns.

This series is an extension of the Cadence Series. It replaces the contrast of color with the contrast of value and texture. Using natural material — rusty and shiny steel — creates alluring visual depth and contrast. 2 of the sculptures are quite minimalist; 2 are more complex.

This series explores how abstraction and the graphic addition of 2 saturated colors affects our sense of the dancer’s movements.  While other series use the repetition of slats to effect a sense of motion and musculature; this series uses fewer planes of steel but often in alternating colors to explore the same ideas.  The less dense artworks are by necessity and design more abstract.  The Momentum, Dance Party and Goddess series use rugged textures and raw materials to emphasize the fighting spirit women need to succeed.  This series uses glossy, refined surfaces reflecting more of the decorated face women present to the world.

I’m just starting this series in early 2023 using ultra thin copper-clad stainless steel to create tabletop size sculptures using similar techniques but much finer detail than my series in 2020-2022.

Confidence, Attitude, Momentum — that’s what this series is about. It’s about how we use our bodies to amplify and take control of our lives. Powerful women create waves throughout their communities that bring all women forward. Titles are all adapted from women’s empowerment anthems. Below the images of the artworks you can link to each of the anthems.

Each piece in the dance party is inspired by the music and movement for which it’s named.

Over the holiday season in 2021, I kept listening to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” — mostly Pentatonix’s version but also many others. My body couldn’t help but want to soar. This series, each piece named after a “bad-ass” goddess, is my response to that emotion.