STATEMENT

I make art in the hope of inspiring awe and love for nature. With my digital camera I try to capture what I see and what moves me and incorporate those images in my quilts. I want to show how beautiful and precious life is in all its manifestations, and how, if you look closely, there are always surprises. I want to encourage people away from the TV and into the woods and fields where something real is going on.

We cannot live without the beauty of nature. Recent research has shown that people heal faster and feel better when they are surrounded by nature or pictures of nature. ADD and ADHD children even calm down (American Journal of Public Health, September, 2004 research by Frances Kuo, University of Illinois). Clearly we need nature to remain whole and peaceful. I hope that my quilts will inspire people to reconnect and to protect and honor all life from the understanding we are all one.