Creativity takes courage.
Award-winning paintings about grief, addiction, and finding your wings. Originals and prints.
15
juried Springville exhibitions
2
Merit Awards
2011
LDS Church History Museum
BFA
Brigham Young University
From the gallery
A few pieces to start with — or see the whole collection.
Healing in His Wings
Acrylic on panel, 32" x 48" unframed. With frame, 33.75" x 50.25"
$1,995
Her words on this piece →
My Series
I rarely paint a feeling once. A single canvas can only hold so much of grief, or of recovery, so I keep returning until the whole shape of it is on the wall.
12 Step Series
I began this series to understand my sons and their journey; birds stand in for people so the steps belong to everyone.
5 pieces
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5 Stages of Loss
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance – five paintings that sit with grief instead of hurrying it along.
1 piece
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Earthbound Power
I love the symbolism in everyday objects – powerlines, birds, and most especially the sun.
1 piece
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Why I paint birds.
Birds started appearing in the paintings before I understood why. Wings, mostly. Something about weight, and about lift.
I paint what grief and addiction actually feel like, not the version that fits on a poster. The bird is not a metaphor I chose on purpose. It is what kept showing up while I painted my way through the hardest years, and it is still what I paint now.
"Remember the opposite of addiction is not sobriety but connection."Read her story →
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