Mother Earth both inspires and challenges me as I try to listen and respond to a rapidly changing planet. As many indigenous people know, we have been dreaming the wrong dream for the Earth and only now are we awakening to that fact.
The images of animals and nature in my artwork are my attempt to honor the life forms I meet in waking time, in dreams and in journeys. My intent is that once again animals, trees and all life forms will be revered as we learn to see them as sacred.
I've learned over time that the image itself will tell me what medium to use in creating it...and so I use many different ones. Each one has a particular quality to play with as the work evolves. The joy of having such diversity to work with is endless.
Each painting instills a deep sense of hope within me. "This world will be saved by Beauty" wrote Dostoyevsky, and I believe it. And while it is also true that "beauty lies in the eye of the beholder," there's a longing within me to create Beauty that will bring healing to my own heart and to share that with others.
Born in 1944, Brooklyn, NY
Art Studies: SUNY, Farmingdale, NY Art & Design, 1962
Portrait studies in oil with Robert Berran, NY 1970-71
UNM, Painting and Drawing, 1972-73
Egg Tempera workshops with Koo Schadler, 2007
Selected Exhibitions:
South Broadway Cultural Center, "Gaia Speaks", September 1996
National Print Show, Ft. Wayne, IN, 2001
New Grounds Print Workshop, solo exhibit, 2002
Magnifico!, Albuquerque, 2003
Euro-Estampe 2003, Gallerie du Fauedic, Lorient, France
Collections / Commissions
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
"The Wetlands", triptych, Dr. Ellen Raimer, 1998
"Mimi's Mandala", Mimi Young, 2007
"New Mexico Wildlife", Debra Novak, Albuquerque, 2008
| Matrix Fine Art | 3812 Central Ave. SE 100 A & B; Albuquerque, NM 87108 |
| November 1 - December 30, 2010 | Opening Our Eyes - to Wildlife in Open Spaces, Open Space Visitor's Center Gallery |

Gaia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
1995
Giclee print on BFK Rives paper,
8.5" x 11" $35, matted
Giclee prints on stretched canvas are now available in various sizes, up to 48" x 48"
18" x 18" $180 unframed; $220 framed
36" x 36" $650 unframed; $720 framed
Contact for availability
96"H x 96"W
Photo by Mary Elkins

Joan's Hen
Egg Tempera on gesso panel with oil glazes
2007
Original Sold, Giclee print $35, matted
7"H x 5"W
Photo by Pat Berrett

Cantus Corvinus/Raven's Cry
Egg Tempera on gesso panel with oil glazes
2007
Original Sold, Giclee print $35, matted
9"H x 7"W
Photo by Pat Berrett

Great Horned Owl
Colored Pencil on toned paper
2009
Double matted size 11" x 13.5"
Contact for availability
10"H x 7.5"W
Photo by Pat Malcolm

Winter Solstice
Mezzotint and softground
printed in Blue Black ink on German Etching paper
2002
Edition of 12
$350 framed; $300 unframed
10"H x 10"W
Photo by Pat Berrett