Mountain Mama: Leo

48x24”
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Available

Inspired by many different Appalachian/West Virginia landscapes and the emotions I feel when experiencing their beauty. As the state of the Mountain Mamas, you can look at many hills and mountains and see her stretched along the horizon. The flowers are typical for that time of the summer, with echinacea, yellow coneflower, mullein, milkweed, wild roses, cardinal flower, jewelweed, and goldenrod.

A Tree in New Orleans

16x20”
Acrylic on Canvas
2023
Available

What a special energy in this city.
Spanish moss and ferns hung from the tree,
branches spreading as wide as can be.
This tree has stories for centuries,
and if you listen, you can hear her speak
Children played around her roots that reached,
and in her low-hanging leaves.
I climbed her branches
So I could see
If I could feel her energy.

Painted while busking on Jackson Square, February 2023