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I consider myself an artivist; a creative person making art about issues needing change. Working in many mediums including wood, metal, fabric, and paint, I can create powerful artwork, but my best work is with people. I am a catalyst connecting people with the art, skills, materials, or people they need to influence the issues they care about. I taught art for decades as a volunteer and later professionally and have skills painting in acrylic, watercolor and oil. I love working with wood both in sculpture and in furniture design, restoration, and fabrication and I have some experience working with metal.
Born an identical twin and raised in Seattle, WA by a fiercely independent single mother, I have never not been a feminist and much of my recent work is focused on that. Craving sunshine, my family and I moved to San Antonio five years ago. My passion is public art and with San Antonio’s expansive art programs, I am always finding new art to admire or sculptures and murals to appreciate. I have volunteered with the San Antonio Food Bank delivering food to people unable to leave their homes which brought me into many of the different neighborhoods in our city. In each area, I have found creative murals, varied landscapes, interesting architecture, great food, and wonderful people. Almost finished with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at UTSA, I have added professional training to my self taught skills and have been enjoying creating a variety of artwork. In the last year I have bee ... view more »
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Artist Style: Teaching Artist/Instructor: Group Instruction, Guest Speaker, Instruction for Adults, Instruction for Children, Instruction for Seniors, Multi-Day Artist Residency, Performer for Schools/Classrooms, Private Lessons, Workshop Presenter; Visual Art: Abstract, Assemblage, Collage, Conceptual, Contemporary, Decorative/Ornamental, Documentary, Environmental, Experimental, Expressionistic, Figurative, Focus on Color/Light/Movement, Functional, Icongraphic/Iconoclastic, Impressionistic, Interactive, Landscape/Cityscape, Minimalism, Narrative/Historical, Non-Objective, Photo-Based Painting, Political, Pop, Representational, Site-Specific, Social Commentary
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I consider myself an artivist; a creative person making art about issues needing change. Born an identical twin and raised in Seattle, WA by a fiercely independent single mother, I have never not been a feminist. Much of my recent artwork and activism are about issues uniquely affecting women and girls. I love working in wood and in response to a US congressman referring to women as merely earthen vessels for babies I sculpted a box titled Earthen Vessel resembling both a woman’s figure and a uterus with ovaries. I created a 7 foot wave of sanitary pads and tampons called My Blue Period encouraging the Texas legislature to finally repeal the luxury tax on menstrual products - which they did! To promote the need for extended medical coverage after pregnancy, I made a pelvic floor trampoline titled You Try Bouncing Back that I showed at the entrance to the capitol in Austin. The quilted painted fabric mimics the muscles that hold up the organs of the female body and has been an informative and engaging art piece. I have shown and sold paintings and linocut prints of political and other social issues we currently face. A recent show What’s Your Issue? is based on Bett Butler’s poem Disinvitation to the Dance originally commissioned by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture in response to the STATUS OF WOMEN report. This series features women’s heels reimagined as voting issues like the economy, women's rights, and gun violence. I used paint, paper, fabric, and other objects to embellish the shoes and highlight the topic.