Living in Alaska strongly influences the seasonal rhythm of my work. I spend the summer working outside to take advantage of the light, warmth and availability of wild plants to dye and print yards of translucent silk organza and other textiles. By fall the walls of my studio are lined with the printed silks and any flat surfaces are piled with mono-prints. Every piece is unique in both its color palette and printed design. During the long winter I carefully examine them for their hidden potential and construct the finished artworks.

Most of my current work is composed in multiple layers of printed textiles. I "paint" birds and plants by stitching small pieces of fabric onto both the outer and inner surfaces of the sheer organza. The vaguely visible forms buried inside the piece serve to communicate a sense of the unknowable and unexplained. In this way the finished artwork is a reflection of the workings of nature, which largely remain a mystery to us, and are understood only in the realm of the imagination