I feel a calling to express my concern and use my art as an aesthetic vehicle for helping to raise awareness of environmental red flags. I have chosen to use solvent free water-soluble media to highlight a diverse range of environmental issues including global warming, threatened biodiversity, forest destruction, mountain top removal, and light and noise pollution.

A news article, "Warming Tied to Extinction of Frog Species" by Juliet Eilperin, (Washington Post, January 12, 2006) and five years of activism with the Buffalo Field Campaign motivated me to expand my knowledge about environmental issues. Other news articles, books, exploration on the web, attending lectures and volunteering at an animal rights conference have broadened my education and deepened my commitment.

It is my hope that this art will deepen the viewer's personal connection with the importance of living in harmony with non-human creatures and the natural resources of our only earth.

Media
The preliminary drawing is mounted on a beveled masonite panel. I coat a thin sheet of transparent mylar with gum Arabic and place it on top of the masonite support panel. Always working to music, I develop my painting on the mylar. I soak Lanaquarelle paper in water for about 10 minutes and blot it "kiss" dry. The paper is then placed on top of the mylar and the masonite panel. Then the plate is printed on an etching press, yielding one print. This series of monotypes is a varied of edition limited to 6 prints. Since the plate must be completely repainted each print is unique. The masonite panels and the mylar will be recycled to create new artwork.