WHEN WE PLAYED TOGETHER
Oil on Linen · 30" × 40" · 2026
The death of someone dear by suicide is an excruciating memory.
Tom was an esteemed musician, colleague and beloved friend.
Meanwhile, my husband's career as an active performer was cut short by illness.
This painting is a memory of a beautiful time as a balm for the remembrance of a devastating moment of profound loss.
Pictured are Ysuko, Alan and Tom, featured instrumentalists in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto Number 4.
HOW I MADE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
Oil on Linen · 30" × 40" · 2026
Inevitably, we all go through experiences where we are required to bear the unbearable, and wonder how we survived.
LE MIRACLE DU PETIT GARÇON ET DE SES OISEAUX
Oil on Linen · 48" × 36" · 2025
Sometimes what is beautiful goes unnoticed.
NIGHT RIDE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO EL PASO
Oil on Canvas · 30" × 24" · 2025
This is what happens in the flat brush and desert in West Texas in the middle of the night when you have been on the road for many, many hours.
ONE MORNING IN LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, 1931
Oil on Canvas · 60" × 48" · 2025
This memory of my Mom's was relayed to me by her many times. She never bought the Jim Crow narrative, even though she grew up in Mississippi in the Great Depression.
L'ODYSSÉE DE MON PÈRE
Oil on Linen · 60" × 72" · 2024
My father was a WWII veteran. His experience shaped much of his life.
AFTER THE STORM
Oil on Canvas · 48" × 60" · 2024
Eerie beauty in the aftermath of a storm.
FOOLS AND COWARDS
Acrylic on Board · 32" × 44" · 2023
My Dad told me not to worry too much about the KKK because they are nothing but fools and cowards.