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The Yearound series depicts the annual cycle in twelve portraits of the months of the year through the Individual Artist Grant by the Indiana Arts commission. To begin, I drew arrangements of natural “artifacts” from my neighborhood parks and streets. These artifacts were anything from root balls, piles of yard waste, leaves, pods, shadows or curiosities that my children brought me. I was inspired to look at the textiles of William Morris Graves and also at ancient fertility figures to visually direct ideas on shape, symmetry and layering. The fertility figure was simplified into a circle and I used this shape as the foundation for each painting. I didn't set out intending to paint “wreaths” but found this idea very fitting as it is an ancient symbol associated with strength, lineage, and victory.

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Yearound May
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Woodland
oil on canvas
48X36"
2014
Yearound January
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound February
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound March
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound Apri
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound June
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound July
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound August
oil on canvas
36X36"
2015
Yearound September
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound October
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound November
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Yearound December
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Sycamore Spring
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2015
Sunday
oil on canvas
11"X14"
2013
Monday
oil on canvas
11X14"
2014
Tuesday
oil on canvas
11"X14"
2013
Wednesday
oil on canvas
11"X14"
2013
Thursday
oil on canvas
11"X14"
2013
Friday
oil on canvas
11"X14"
2013
Saturday
oil on canvas
11"X14"
2013
Sun Day
oil on canvas
11"X14"
2014
Threshold
oil on panel
20"X20"
2014
Meridian
oil on panel
20"X20"
2014
Aurora
oil on panel
20"X20"
2013
Crescendo
oil on panel
20X20"
2014
Vessel
oil on canvas
12X12
2017
Vessel ii
oil on canvas
12X12
2017
Vessel iii
oil on canvas
12X12
2017
Offering ii
oil on canvas
24"X20"
2017
Terrarium
oil on canvas
14"X11"
2017
Len Court
oil on canvas
36"X36"
2010
Offering i
oil on canvas
24"X20"
2017