My designs are based on patterns from organic land forms and atmospheric elements. My work is bold, contemporary, and steeped in color. Some of my organic designs suggest mythic narratives; others are pure abstractions.

 

I have  developed an innovative and spontaneous method of hand-dyeing weft yarn.  I immerse resist-tied skeins, covered with tape, plastic, clamps, and found objects, in a succession of dye baths.

 

My process begins with plein air sketching. I feel that designs based on “real” landforms and life forms that I’ve observed “have a much greater chance of communicating with a viewer. After sketching, I return to the studio and re-sketches with color.
 

I bring the sketch to the loom and allows the two to communicate. Usually the work remains more or less true to the sketch, but occasionally “something happens” at the loom, and the piece changes.

 

My weavings weather the test of time, whether it be through functional use as rugs or as pure forms for contemplation and environmental enhancement hung on the wall.