This picture is shown in a juried exhibition at the Dennos museum in Traverse City, MI until April 1st celebrating the museum’s 20th anniversary year.

The ‘seascape’ below was done as a study for the painting shown here.

In September, this small study was shown in a juried exhibition in Frankfort, MI.

oil on board, 18 inches x 24 inches

First painting done in spring 2011. Northern Michigan is now our home.

Improvised from a photograph taken near Otter Creek in the Sleeping Bear Dunes

Two oil paintings, each 12 x 12 inches

Different forms of meditation, quiet and whirling.

Practicing painting a wave

To illustrate a simple poem, I went to a textile shop in the old garment center of Manhattan and bought the dull yellow linen for the background and patches of colorful silk. Troels was doubtful when I showed him the mix of colors and announced that they would turn it into a wall hanging (40 x55). Now, a few years later, he still likes the outcome.

The sowing was done by hand to avoid machine rattling so that Troels could enjoy the peace of Northern Michigan during the winter holidays. To the original shapes of the wall hanging, I added some symbols for events in our life such as the little piece of wool on the wrong side of the river, commemorating our dog.