• Collective Fear

    Collective Fear

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    In 1943, Abraham Maslow identified a hierarchy of needs. These needs, according to Maslow, are the conditions that the human brain must satisfy, in order to thrive and meet its full potential. The foundation of the pyramid describes physical needs, like food, water and shelter. Just after physiological, comes the need for a sense of […]

  • Aquarius

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    Humans know more about space than they do about the oceans. The ocean is vast and dark. The ocean is filled with predators and prey. Small fish have had to develop methods of survival- whether that be traveling in groups, camouflage or poisonous flesh. Still- there are some fish who maintain their anonymity and face […]

  • Sol Cycle

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    Sol CycleA four part seriesWinter SolsticeSpring equinoxSummer solsticeSpring equinox Mixed Fiber Freeform Crocher

  • Purple Mountains Majesty

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    Purple Mountains Majesty Until Covid, my husband and I were both teachers. Every year, during summer break, we would load our kids, dogs and tents into our van and drive through America. America is awesomely beautiful. There is so much diversity of land and of people. There is no other place like it on earth. […]

  • Evolution

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    Evolution While I was making this piece, I thought “it looks so grown up.” That made me think about growing up. Yesterday was my fifty second birthday, and I have done more growing up in the past two years than I had over the course of the first fifty. But even with all of that […]

  • I See You

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    I See You There is an epidemic of despair among young Americans. According to the CDC, between the years of 2021 and 2023, 13,655 kids between ages 10 and 24 died of suicide. Suicide is currently the second leading cause of death among 10-14 year olds in America. Between 2020 and 2021, the number one […]

  • Remembering

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    On this day last year my mom was healthy. She ate a perfect diet, did water aerobics daily, volunteered at the food pantry and had a rich and full social life. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day I took her to the hospital for a small lump and pain in her groin. She would […]

  • Womb

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    I have given birth five times. Five times, inside of my womb, genetic material has united and welcomed a heavenly spirit. Five times, I have sacrificed my body, my thoughts, my emotions and my soul to a new, tiny human. I have done that because of a profound love that a mother is preconditioned to […]

  • Something is not right with our kids

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    I have worked in Early Childhood Education for 30 years. I have directly taught and had genuine friendships with over 1000 children – and – something is not right with our kids. There is an unprecedented mental health crisis among our youth, and that is a problem that cannot be simply medicated and ignored. A […]

  • 5G- from the Collective Fear collection- 2023

    5G- from the Collective Fear collection- 2023

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    I was born in 1971. My early childhood was lived during the time just before personal computers. There were three television shows per day that were dedicated to kids and then there were Saturday morning cartoons. As children, we got up in the morning, ate breakfast and went outside. We played with the kids on […]

  • Risen- 2023

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    I no longer see Covid as a disease, but as a period of time. Covid- 19 has become a series of years, months, weeks, days, hours and minutes. I’m still not sure if the world went crazy or if I went crazy- but all of a sudden, nothing made sense any longer – and time […]

  • The Midnight Garden Crown

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    Under the light of the moon, the garden takes on a new life- with musical crickets, shining fireflies, and floating moths. $480

  • Butterfly Dawn Crown

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    Most butterflies live longer as caterpillars than they do as the magnificent, metamorphosed creatures we celebrate on sunny summer days. They emerge from a chrysalis with the freedom of flight, they mate, lay eggs and perish. On a cold winter’s day, remember summer’s butterflies floating on a warm breeze. $480

  • Alaskan Winter

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    Completer January 2023 In Northern Alaska the sun goes down in November and does not rise again until February. Without sunlight, the world becomes a frigid wasteland of wind, ice and snow. However, moonlight shines through displaying the magnificent beauty of frozen trees who are sleeping, dreaming of the memory and the promise of prosperous, […]

  • The Cosmic Rose

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    January 2023 According to Greek Mythology, Adonis was loved by the goddess, Aphrodite. Adonis was killed by a wild boar and died in Aphrodite’s arms. As her tears and his blood soaked into the earth, the first red rose grew in that spot. The red rose symbolizes great love and great loss. Mixed fiber freeform […]

  • The Old Stump

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    January 2023 The Methuselah tree in Eastern California is currently believed to be the oldest tree in the world. This Brisbane Pine has stood approximately 4,850 years. Trees stand sentry through multiple generations of humans. Methuselah was alive when the Egyptians were building the pyramids. Trees recognize the changes that man has brought to the […]

  • Masks Are Hurting Our Kids

    Masks Are Hurting Our Kids

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    https://americanfaith.com/mask-mandates-causing-over-350-surge-in-childhood-speech-delays/ In Illinois, children aged 2 and up are mandated to wear masks all day at school other than nap time and outdoors (although, during February in Chicago, we are not often outdoors). For daycare children this is an average of 8-10 hours per day. Parents from 140 school districts took Governor Pritzker to court […]