Artwork

In addition to writing, teaching, and organizing collaborative scholarly and educational projects, I enjoy painting and drawing. Here are a few of my more recent paintings, many of them responsive to the Central Texas region where I live.

"Live Oak Cottage" (2024), watercolor
"Inquisitive Cardinal" (2024), watercolor
"Kinfishers catch fire" (2024), watercolor—over Thanksgiving, I expressed gratitude for a favorite poem, 'As kingfishers catch fire" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
"Entangled Beauty" (2024), acrylic—Cedar elm and vines by Lake Waco
"Sage and Bee" (2024)—painted with dyes made from flowers, fruits, and vegetables, mainly locally harvested
Sage and Bee completed prior to framing (2024)
Sage and Bee painting shown with dyes used to make it
Beginning to paint Sage and Bee with dyes made from flowers, fruits, and vegetables
Initial sketch for Sage and Bee painting
Chart of colors created from flowers, fruits, berries, and vegetables for Sage and Bee painting
Creating dyes from petals, fruits, berries, and vegetables for Sage and Bee painting.
Petals and flower heads from yard and neighborhood, used to make dyes for Sage and Bee painting
"Reaching" (Dec. 2023), acrylic—cottonwood tree in Woodway Park
"Astute Neighbor" (2022), acrylic—a sharp-eyed anole
"Friend" (2022), acrylic—Cricket our beloved cat
"Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo" (2022), acrylic
"Roadrunner Examining" (2022), acrylic
"Urban Ecology" (2022), acrylic—Grackle in situ
Field Sparrow (2021), acrylic wall painting
"Great Egret" (2021), acrylic wall painting
"After Morris" (2022), acrylic—inspired by William Morris's "Strawberry Thief" textile design (2022)
"Window of Neighbors" (2021), acrylic wall painting