Amidst the Creatures

About the Series

I was diagnosed with AuDHD well into adulthood, but the signs have been there since childhood. Before I could really connect with people, I made sense of the world through animals. They are more honest than us, they express precisely what they mean and do not complicate things through contradictory communication. Raising horses taught me how to be a mother. I can feel as much, if not more, kinship with a cat than with another human. There was only one period in my life when I was living without animals, and it was a hellish time. This series highlights animals that are misunderstood, unusual or forgotten. Through paint, even a creature as commonplace as a pigeon can be elevated to fine art. These animals rely on us, but are forced to share a world that is dying by our hands. It is my hope that Amidst the Creatures lets the viewer pause and be drawn to these beings as I have been.

Close-up painting of a raccoon's face with dark background.
Painting of two pigeons closely facing each other, with a colorful iridescent plumage, against a neutral background.
Painting of a green luna moth with purple accents, surrounded by six gold lunar phases on a black hexagonal background.
Painting of a black and white magpie bird holding purple crocus flowers in its beak, standing on nest with dried grass and twigs, hexagon-shaped canvas.
A painting on a wood slice depicts two possums, one holding a yellow dandelion flower, against a dark background.
A painting of a bee taking shelter under a red mushroom with white spots, with droplets of rain in natural setting.
Painting of two cardinals. One is half red and brown, a cardinal with both genders in one bird, and the other is a yellow cardinal. They are perched together on a tree branch.
Watercolor painting of a monarch butterfly with orange, black, and white wings resting on a white background. One part of the butterfly's wing is missing and has been replaced with a piece of red feather.
A dark fantasy illustration of a humanoid creature with a deer skull with antlers on its head, standing in a forest with a black bird on its shoulder, surrounded by trees and fire.