Public art is a form of community expression that can enhance an environment, ask questions, heighten awareness and reflect values while inspiring aesthetically, conceptually and spiritually. Set in the public realm it engages all people, integrating art into daily life, harking back to earlier, more holistic societies.

LIFEFORCE INDOOR
INSTALLATIONS

ECOLOGICAL & LIFEFORCE
OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS

With a long time passion and expertise in public art, I’ve been a sole creator and a facilitator, orchestrating non-professionals in the creation of art for themselves and their communities. (View Collaborative Public Art). I worked for many years in New York City neighborhoods, in upstate New York cities, towns and rustic settings, as well as national hubs such as Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Phoenix. 

I respond intuitively and with careful planning to site- specificity, conceptual imperatives, curatorial concerns and issues of importance to community members. Over time projects have focused on cycles of life, death, metamorphosis, transmigration and ascension. Fragility and uncertainty have been ongoing concerns. Some projects have been historical, ecological and/or intentionally ephemeral, decomposing or washing away with the elements, helping to renew ecosystems. 

Since 1984 I solely created outdoor environments, as well as related sculptural installations in museums and galleries. For the past twenty-five years I’ve focused on contemplative environments, including arbors and sanctuaries. These environments were built along regional waterways, in nature preserves, sculpture parks and historical sites. Often they integrate natural elements, such as trees, limbs, vines and roots with hand-painted, simulated stained glass components.  Activated through changing light and air currents, daily and seasonally, painted elements illuminate as layered panels move with the wind. At times, holographic effects ensue. Ecological environments interweave hand-dyed natural fibers with indigenous natural elements.