A passion for beauty and harmony and a desire to communicate informs the art I have made and exhibited for the past forty years. I work in a variety of mediums and forms, including drawing, painting and stitching on paper and canvas––mixing media and sometimes incorporating language in my artwork.

It's the process of discovery and the sensate nature of engaging with materials that drives my work. The bare bones of drawing and language are the foundations I build on, as well as the unconventional use of materials such as gesso, shellac, charcoal and thread.

I make art in direct response to nature, to personal and world events, and as a study of art history, addressing the look and sound of language, the physicality of craft, the personal in relation to the universal, and aspects of scale.

A concentration on cross-discipline artists’ books provides a platform for developing a personal voice and creating an alter ego. The complex nature of books as objects is in my bones. I’m drawn to their container-like quality, their layered sequential revelation, and their ability to both reveal and conceal. I like the intimacy of books requiring one’s time and touch. In spite of the digital revolution, books still occupy an iconic position in our culture. I have a mystical concept of the book and the body as a unity: the book is the word – the word is the voice – the voice is the body – the body is the book.

I’ve been making art, teaching and exhibiting since 1968 in this country and abroad. I live in Berkeley, California and spend part of each summer in Taos, New Mexico, where I lead an innovative art retreat in July.