Leaping Forward
A series of eleven paper figures— Reliefs cast in cotton, some colored with indigo.
Solving Zeno’s Paradox
Zeno’s Paradox posits that a journey towards a goal, if imagined as a series of distances each one half of the previous distance, can never be completed, since every remaining distance can still be cut in half yet again. Obviously, she can solve this paradox with a single leap.
Looking into her future, the woman launches herself, undaunted. Not touching down, each choice defines or confines her. Some doors are open, some are shut. There is no going back.
2025
Cotton Paper with indigo
Two Moons
2025
Cotton paper with indigo
She is at rest. Just beginning to begin. A new life, full of promise and expectation. Her figure is alive with full round curves, punctuated by the contrasting angles of her limbs.
Finding Center
2019
White paper
A dancer, a goddess, a yogi, a hexagonal meditation spiraling around a central point. Arcing arms, interwoven legs, her body is balanced— taut, yet flexible. Like a wheel, she implies motion, but is still at rest.
Finding Her Voice
2020
Paper with Indigo
Bursting upward, she is a shining vessel.
Galvanized by inspiration, she calls out in a new voice.
So many renderings of the female body are painted with the preconceptions of the viewer, drenched with sexuality, or body image concerns, or cultural expectations. These naked women are about naked emotions, self-definition, and interior landscapes.
Neutral Buoyancy
2018
White Paper
Like a bubble in a frothy wave, she is caught in a moment of stillness and equilibrium. Her swirling hair suggests the eddying flow of the surrounding water. Exploring figures as polygons, this strong triangle also celebrates the soft curves of flesh.
Leaping Forward/Looking Back
looking at the past to create the future.
2021
Cotton Paper
Leaving behind the expectations of others, she leaps boldly forward;
still she looks back to the places that she came from,
New Life
2020
Paper with Indigo
