Mindfulness: Year of the Snake
detail of
15.5 x 113.5"
oil on canvas
2026
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Mindfulness: Year of the Snake was finished in January 2026. The detail of this 15.5 x 113.5" oil painting on canvas recognizes Chinese mythology's positive views of snakes, in this instance, concentration as reflected by the toddler's mindful attention while he plays with water.
This and my other celebratory horizontal scrolls bear witness to today's youth and future generations living under the pall of current and impending global climate crises. The images serve to emphasize Earth's beauty, its children's love of life and learning while also, revealing undercurrents of anxiety.
I wish to humanize climate change: to transform the blur of distant predictions into intimate, felt experience. My art practice involves painting, installation, poetry, sound, and myth to create environments where grief can be acknowledged, beauty can be held, and hope can emerge.

My upcoming multimedia solo exhibition, Off The Page at The Peale, Baltimore City's Community museum explores the intersection of painting, poetry, sound and storytelling transmuting language into visual experience. September 3 - November 8, 2026 Opening reception September 12th. Details about artist talks, poetry reading, workshops, an improvisational performance will be forthcoming in August.