The waters of the Maine coast are full of mermaid magic in my painting about reclaiming wildness and freedom of soul. If you look closely at the two figures you can see that it’s the same woman, and the young mermaid is calling the older woman back to the sea, back to her true self. …
This is a small portrait of a new bride’s mother in law putting finishing touches on the wedding gown. The wedding took place on the groom’s family land in Mexico. I formalized most elements of the painting, and played up the contrast between the white gown and the dry wood of the shed. I finished…
Feminist Fairy Tale Egg Tempera Painting. A young girl contemplates an enchanted frog prince in this examination of the idea that every girl would love to kiss a toad, win a prince, and completely subsume her life in his. Her face is serious, and the toad’s jewel like eye seems to lead into a…
2016 Acrylic This portrait of a lovely mother and daughter was worked from a small photograph of two people I had never met. Because of the mother’s star tattoo, I decided to make stars a quiet theme in the piece. I gave the little girl a silver star ring and invented a background sky of…
2015 Egg Tempera This is a portrait of a fifteen year old girl with a theme of rebirth and renewal. The girl is in the early spring of her life, and the lenten roses in the wreath on her head symbolize life coming forth after the winter.
2015 Watercolor I did this watercolor portrait of my daughter-in-law, Kate, as a present for my son. Although I seldom paint actual fantasy creatures, I felt that the image of a woman calmly reading while cradled by the immense clawed limbs of a dragon suited the duality of Kate’s scholarly yet valiant personality.
2016 Acrylic Portrait of my husband, Chris Cart, at work at his easel, creating his magic within the magic of a fall day.
2016 acrylic on canvas 23.5″ x 23.5″ The subject is a little girl in a Sunday dress from the 1950’s, but she is also obviously a fierce warrior in the field of childhood games. My daughter was the model for this painting showing the wonderfully feral nature of childhood, but the image also channels my own childhood,…
