Written January 3, 2014 Dear Mom, I created this piece for your 91st birthday. I call it Mother Teresa Retablo since it is meant to capture the sacredness of Mother Teresa’s life’s work in much the same way as retablos of saints and icons do. I started with a papercutting of Mother Teresa’s face using Tyvek paper. Tyvek is very fibrous and does not rip easily making it the perfect medium for cuttings with intricate details. This image was then glued onto a…
In Mesoamerican culture, jaguars were considered spiritual warriors, protecting the health and well-being of the tribe while providing its stability and identity. Because they could see in the dark, both literally and figuratively, they…
When I was a kid, I wanted a dog. Plain and simple. What kid doesn’t, right? Unfortunately for me, my dad believed that dogs only belonged on farms or in the country, outside where…
I recently completed a couple of art pieces for my son, Drew. One is seen above and the other can be found here. Each of them is cut from a single sheet of Tyvek paper and…
Chef Drew has his roots firmly planted in the earth which in turn provides the needed ingredients for his creations. And they are entwined in his creative flow depicted as a river filled with…
In late 2006 I had a dream. It was one of those powerful ones that sticks with you and resurfaces again and again with new meaning. I knew some sort of creation was incubating…
The full description of Rabbit Dream can be found by clicking on the image “Rabbit Dream Triptych” within this gallery. Panel 3 depicts my sacred creative self with my little-girl image at the heart…
The full description of Rabbit Dream can be found by clicking on the image “Rabbit Dream Triptych” within this gallery. Depicted here is the central, second panel with the rabbit leaping from my little-girl…
The full Rabbit Dream writing can be found by clicking the “Rabbit Dream Triptych” icon within this gallery. This first panel depicts my little-girl playful self with the rabbit preparing to jump through the…
As you can probably guess, Rudy and Roxy are my dogs. They are sweet dog friends who love to eat and love our attention even more. They are most often in this pose of…
