Written January 28, 2013 Maya Angelou’s poem, Phenomenal Woman, has always been powerful for me. I first heard it at a retreat 20 years ago when a friend read it aloud. I went to the bookstore immediately upon my return home. I wanted my own copy so I could study it and feel the words over and over. Those words have sustained me through the years particularly during times of intense self-discovery. I find that the authentic self is often tough to…
This collage emerged from the Modern Madonna oil painting of the same name. It was created on a 17 x 13″ upcycled cupboard door with beading, Tyvek papercutting, a Solar Plate print of the…
This collage is created in conjunction with the oil painting of the same name. This piece is on a 12×24″ upcycled cupboard door with beading, acrylic paint, an acid-free print of a face of…
I created this collage for my dear friend and mentor, Ilene, as a thank you for her encouragement and love, as well as to honor a very magical, sacred experience that had occurred when visiting…
Babushka Madonna collage was inspired by the oil painting of the same name. The base is a 10×18″ upcycled cigar box with adornments of copper wire, Tyvek paper cuttings, silk, stones, plexiglass, and found…
I created this collage as a commission to celebrate the birthday of a friend of a friend. It is fashioned on a 17.5 x 12″ upcycled cupboard door with paper, beading, found objects, and…
Babushka Madonna’s image developed during a time in my life when I was hunting for sacred feminine images that were more real and accessible than the typical Madonna image that is frozen in time…
This piece is part of a series of Madonna images I created with the perspective that the beauty of the Sacred Feminine does not need to be in one type of image, i.e. the…
This red-headed goddess is currently The New Eve of Guadalupe, but she started life in June 2007 as Madonna Finds Her Voice. At that time, I was opening to the idea that the demure,…
