If you’ve been to the Blue Ridge Mountains, you’ve experienced the Magic. I’ve been lucky enough to hike these mountains throughout the various states that they span. I’ve quietly walked past a mama bear with two cubs, hiked the tall peaks, walked the forest floors, admired the endless vistas from the many lookouts along the Blue Ridge Highway and camped along some of the prettiest spots I’ve ever seen there.
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 ...
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 ...
In 2010, while living in Vermont, I began a series inspired by the mountain views from the farm I lived on as well as views from some of the hikes I did. The idea of exploring one place in more detail appealed to me, especially one view during different seasons as seen with the Foggy ...
I got the idea for this piece while hiking at Bear Mountain State Park. It was a crisp and bright day, everything was illuminated. We were a little short on time and couldn’t linger around as long as we wanted to. While hurrying to make the last bus home to Brooklyn I got an idea. I ...
This piece was inspired by the magical imagery of Lake Powell located between Arizona and Utah. Its a reservoir that was created by flooding Glen Canyon. I think of this piece as a landscape that is deeply rooted in my agate and dreamscape series. It incorporates elements from both while heading in a new direction ...
While on a camping trip in the Catskills, for the first time in my life I noticed and was completely mesmerized by a yellow phenomenon I had no idea existed. An endless blanket of flowers rolled up and down through out the green hills. Everywhere I looked, there were yellow flowers – all different kinds. ...
My agate landscapes began to morph into what I like to think of as dreamscapes. I took the patterns from my agate series and began to mold them into hill-like formations. These were imaginary, dream like places to me. Winter was coming and I began to daydream about mountains and the snow that was on ...