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.

Oak Family at Dusk, March (2025), watercolor
"Entangled Beauty" (2024), acrylic—Cedar elm and vines by Lake Waco
"Live Oak Cottage" (2024), watercolor
Housemates in Contemplation (2025), watercolor
Panda at ease (2025 watercolor)
"Inquisitive Cardinal" (2024), watercolor
"Sage and Bee" (2024)—painted with dyes made from flowers, fruits, and vegetables, mainly locally harvested
Sage and Bee completed prior to framing (2024)
Petals and flower heads from yard and neighborhood, used to make dyes for Sage and Bee painting
"Astute Neighbor" (2022), acrylic—a sharp-eyed anole
Wombat rambling (2025 watercolor)
"Reaching" (Dec. 2023), acrylic—cottonwood tree in Woodway Park
Capybara siblings (2025 watercolor)
"Friend" (2022), acrylic—Cricket our beloved cat
"Kinfishers catch fire" (2024), watercolor—over Thanksgiving, I expressed gratitude for a favorite poem, 'As kingfishers catch fire" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
"Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo" (2022), acrylic
"Roadrunner Examining" (2022), acrylic
"Window of Neighbors" (2021), acrylic wall painting
"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)