Books have always been a part of my oeuvre.  They become intimate containers for paintings or I incorporate them into my sculpture. The portability, history and physicality of a book are important reasons for using the pages of a book as my canvas. Repeated images acted out in a multitude of line and colors are composed into a visual story. A feather woven onto the surface of a page honors each single feather and its painted path.

Markings in handmade book made with a ring tail cat hair brush, Sandpoint, ID

A Celebration of Life, markings in handmade book made with feathers, Eliot Bay, ID

Healing Book #1, handmade buffalo leather book, multiple feathers and sumi ink

Healing Book #2 handmade cloth book, single feather as brush and sumi ink

Brush Croquet, a sculptural book, hair, red velvet and found objects