Welcome to my online Gallery I.  These paintings are all c.2005. If you'd like to talk with me about a commission, or if you're interested in seeing more of my work, please contact me, and I hope you'll also enjoy Gallery II and Gallery III.

	As featured in the Marie Claire May 2005 magazine issue: Backbone Thursday May 5 ~ May 22, 2005 May Rooms Gallery 328 East 1st Street Blue Dome District ~Tulsa Continuation of exhibit at The Gallery at The Tulsa Performing Arts Center September 15 - October 15, 2005 BACKBONE I have always felt a certain intimacy when viewing art showing the nude back of a woman; intimate, seductive, and even vulnerable. As women we are always paying attention to our fronts; our faces and breasts. We often save our back as the last to look at on the way out the door, if we even look at all. Yet a woman's back can be very sensuous to the touch, caressed in intimate moments. When viewing the back of a woman, there is also mystery and intrigue, especially when the face is hidden from full view or turned slightly inward. There also seems to be a vulnerability here, her back is turned. Who has the power here, the viewer or her? She does of course. Even though her back is turned, she is aware of all around her. She has a firmness of character, and often is the main support of her world, however large or small her world may be. She is often carrying the load. She is not afraid of showing her vulnerabilities, because through her vulnerabilities and hardships she has gained knowledge and strength of character. Though appearing at times vulnerable, she is capable of carrying the weight of life's offerings. She has backbone. _______ The works you see here are a combination of photography, paint and mixed media on canvas. I am fortunate to have women friends who I consider to have plenty of "backbone" who volunteered their own backs for this endeavor. Having each one of them into my studio for the photo session was a very rewarding and personal part of the creative process.
		As If They Were All Diamonds 14 x30, photography and paint on canvas Her Desires 20 x 16, photography and paint on canvas Eternity Can Wait 15 x 30, photography and paint on canvas She Filters Herself 16 x 20.5, photography and paint on canvas In All Her Raging Glory 11 x 30, photography and paint on canvas Giving Her Soul Backbone 15 x 20, photography and paint on canvas Higher 10 x 30, photography and paint on canvas The Feel of Spun Silk 30 x 16, photography and paint on canvas The Honey Fills Her 14 x 30, photography and paint on canvas From Underneath It All 17 X 30, photography and paint on canvas Layers of Time 18 x 30, photography and paint on canvas She Radiates 18 x 20.5, photography and paint on canvas Like Water 11 x 30, photography and paint on canvas Onward 30.5 x 16.5, photography and paint on canvas Letting Go 15 x 30, photography and paint on canvas Ready 19 x 30, photography and paint on canvas She Is Rooted Like A Tree 18 x 30, photography and paint on canvas She Lets Go 17 x 30, photography and paint on canvas She Lets the Flowers Bloom 15.5 x 30.5, photography and paint on canvas Her Way 20 x 16, photography and paint on canvas Wherever She Goes 15 x 20, photography and paint on canvas