Sanitas Valley is a pleasant and rewarding trail between the the Hogback Ridge and Mount Sanitas with a perfect view of Green mountain which is one of the high peaks here in Boulder. It is one of my favorite trails here in town and I visit it often. I especially like the view of Green ...
The mosaic is inspired by a summer trip to the Teton Mountains. I hiked the Canyon/Paintbrush Loop where the mountain views were spectacular, especially from the backcountry campsite in the Northern section of Cascade Canyon near Lake Solitude. Everything was so lush and green, the wild flowers were blossoming everywhere – the blue and yellow ones ...
This landscape has been inspired by my impression of the changing, vibrant aspen trees in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where I live. Aspens live in large colonies and many share one root system so they change colors as a large group. That’s one of the reasons that the fall foliage is so incredible in the ...
This piece is inspired by Vermont’s legendary fall foliage. In some areas of the state, the reds are particularly vibrant and shiny – seeing this in person is pure magic. I wanted to show a view of the mountains disappearing in all directions into the distant cloudy sky. In my landscape, the sky is covered in semi dark clouds but there is ...
This piece is inspired by part of the view I got to enjoy from my porch while living and working on a sheep dairy farm in Northeast Vermont. In the spring and in the summer, the fields and pastures would blossom in colonies of flowers, change color almost every week as different flowers took the spotlight. I especially ...
I’ve always loved mountains but none as much as green mountains! I don’t just love mountains but hills as well – combine mountains, hills and a perfect blue sky and I’m in paradise =) I feel that I am on a quest to find my perfect landscape, my perfect green hills that roll back into ...
I am fascinated by the mountainous landscape following the snow melt when everything slowly comes to life in vibrant colors. The flower fields spring up in these environments, away from most people, hidden in beautiful secluded places. I feel that purple flowers in particular are a sign of the arrival of Spring. I often see them shooting up ...
This is the first part of the Matryoshka Project. Last year Kyle and I collaborated on a 3D Matryoshka Doll sculpture. We worked on the concept together. He designed and fabricated the 3D form and I designed and fabricated the mosaic pattern. This 2D doll was created by me to work out the design for ...
In 2011, my mountains began to morph into more pointy formations. This was a contrast from the softer, eroded landscape of Vermont. I was living in Chicago at this time, really missing Vermont while at the same time daydreaming of new places to explore in the future. I also looked back on hikes in New ...
The mosaic is based on an image I painted a few years back while studying at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. My original painting depicted the imaginary spaces I thought up while reading Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl” – one of the most memorable fairy tales from my childhood. Both the painting and the mosaic are inspired by ...