This is the Astragalus flower (or milkvetch).  It’s saying is “your presence softens my pains”.    Hand cut 36gsm washi paper.  2023
       
     
Balance
       
     
Burn
       
     
Kingfisher
       
     
Jardin Secret Installation
       
     
       
     
Blossom
       
     
Seeds II
       
     
Seeds III
       
     
River
       
     
Land
       
     
Coal
       
     
Spinning Moss
       
     
Riverside
       
     
       
     
Ghost
       
     
       
     
Specimin
       
     
Rain
       
     
Moss
       
     
Forget Me Not
       
     
Flow
       
     
Tiny World
       
     
Totoro
       
     
 This is the Astragalus flower (or milkvetch).  It’s saying is “your presence softens my pains”.    Hand cut 36gsm washi paper.  2023
       
     

This is the Astragalus flower (or milkvetch).

It’s saying is “your presence softens my pains”.

Hand cut 36gsm washi paper.

2023

Balance
       
     
Balance

Hand cut 36gsm washi paper and paint.

2024

Burn
       
     
Burn

Hand cut 36gsm washi paper, burning and paint.

2024

Excerpt from a National Geographic article: "fire is a natural phenomenon, and nature has evolved with its presence"

Looking at the theme of destruction and the renewal coming from that.

Kingfisher
       
     
Kingfisher

2024

Hand cut entirely from junk mail and packaging.

Jardin Secret Installation
       
     
Jardin Secret Installation

Installation at the Salon des Beaux Arts 2024.

3m x 2.5m x 3m

       
     
Jardin Secret Installation

Prix Puvis de Chavannes installation at the Salon des Beaux Arts 2024, Paris.

Blossom
       
     
Blossom

Hand cut layered 36gsm washi paper and acrylic.

2024

Seeds II
       
     
Seeds II

Hand cut 36gsm washi paper and acyrlic.

2024

Seeds III
       
     
Seeds III

Hand cut washi paper and acrylic

2024

River
       
     
River

Hand cut paper, embroidery and wire.

2024

Land
       
     
Land

Hand cut paper, embroidery and wire.

2024

Coal
       
     
Coal

Hand cut paper, paint, embroidery thread and wire.

2023

Experimentation in to creating three dimensional forms in paper.

Spinning Moss
       
     
Spinning Moss

Hand cut paper, paint, embroidery thread and wire

2023

Riverside
       
     
Riverside

Hand cut washi paper.

This piece was made for Echo New York’s Echo 100 campaign. The design was created to be made into a silk scarf.

100 artists were asked to create a design, into a numbered edition of 100. 100$ from the sale of each scarf will be donated to the charity Choose Love, a charity dedicated to providing support to displaced people and refugees and providing aid during disasters. They are available via the Echo New York website here

       
     
Breeze

Installation “Breeze”. 100 Dandelion seed pods, floating through the gallery space as if caught on a breeze.

Laser cut elements taken from a hand cut prototype.

Ghost
       
     
Ghost

Hand cut 36gsm washi paper. Hand painted.

2023

       
     
Moss
Specimin
       
     
Specimin

Laser cut Dandelion, hand assembled.

Part of my installation “Breeze” at Heron Arts, San Francisco 22nd June - 22nd July 2023

Rain
       
     
Rain

Hand cut paper, paint, embroidery thread and wire

2023

Moss
       
     
Moss

Hand cut paper, painted both sides.

2023

Inspired by the beautiful patterns found in moss.

On show at Heron Arts, San Francisco until 22nd July 2023

Forget Me Not
       
     
Forget Me Not

Hand cut painted paper layers, photograph printed on translucent paper.

2023

Flow
       
     
Flow

Hand cut paper, suspended.

2023

Approx 2m x 0.5m.

On show at Heron Arts, San Francisco until 22nd July 2023.

A white ghost of naturally occurring patterns inspired by those in nature, an intervention in a man made space.

Tiny World
       
     
Tiny World

Hand cut and painted washi paper

2023

Totoro
       
     
Totoro

Hand cut 36gsm washi paper.

Made for the 2022 Anime in LA show by Spoke Art. June 2023.