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I've always been fascinated with the figure beautifully rendered and by pattern and decoration. In my new work, I focus on these two interests: my figure studies are given a context within the designs found in erotic Japanese "Shunga" prints, Persian miniatures and the pattern traditions of Eastern Art: realism and pattern/Eastern and Western aesthetics. The history of art can be seen as an attempt to balance these two intentions: to create the illusion of three dimensions, or focus more on an interpretive, abstract quality, thereby enhancing pattern and decoration. This reflects the contrast between a literal and symbolic view of the world—confirming what we perceive—contrasted with what we feel about what we perceive. When you include a narrative, the dynamic becomes even greater. What is the meaning of what we're doing, how does it look, and what pattern does it create? If we relax the need to separate what is real from what is imagined it becomes simply a relationship, and thus gains power. Those relationships are the potentialities from which we construct our culture, our sense of self, and our identity. Time and space are in play, and "play" is the operative word for what I'm doing. Selected Permanent Collections de Young Museum, San Francisco, California Arnot Museum of Art, Elmira, New York California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Achenbach Collection, .......San Francisco, California Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, New Mexico Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan Michigan State University Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan Fons D'Art del Diari Avui, Barcelona, Spain St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
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Paintings "ANNUNCIATION"
"TRUE BELIEVER"
"IMAGINATION"
"VENUS AND MARS"
"THE ARCH"
"THE CROWN"
Gold Leaf "COURAGE"
"RISING AND SETTING"
"THE GROUPING"
"THREE GRACES"
"ICARUS"
"BLESSED"
"TRILOGY"
"YIN / YANG"
Drawings "SCHEMA"
"POWER VS. FORCE"
"THE CROWN"
"TAKING FLIGHT"
"NURTURE"
"ENTWINED"
"DREAM TIME "
INK DRAWINGS "NICKI RECLINING"
"ROLLING AROUND"
"NICKI STANDING"
"AROUND ABOUT"
"LEANING"
"YIN / YANG"
Etchings "LEDA" Edition of 45
"LET'S MAKE A DEAL" Edition of 25
"MAGICAL FEET" Edition of 25
"EUROPA" Edition of 45
"ON LINE" Edition of 25
"THE ROWER" Edition of 35
"SAME BOAT" Edition of 30
"KEEPING UP" Edition of 45
"THE PLAY'S THE THING"
SOLD ARTWORKS "THE GLANCE"
"FLORA"
"THE VISION"
"BOUNDLESS"
"FACING BACK"
"IN-TENSION"
"KNOT"
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