The Art of Hope beyond Hope
Remember The Long Game
Find Uplift
Find your way.
Art opens the door to what is wordless but wants to be brought into form. Here is more about how my art practices underpins my way-finding.
Tidal Pool 1
51x61cm, acrylic on wood, mixed media. for sale $1400 USD
Fresh Morning in a Broken World
152x76, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, for sale $5400 USD
Bright Harvest
31x41 cm, acrylic and mixed media on paper, framed, for sale, $550 USD
Embrace Uncertainty
Open to uncertainty as an essential part of navigating conditions that are bigger than you. These art pieces don't try to make sense of it all, but swim in the confusion, beauty and terror of not knowing it all.
Find Uplift amidst Challenges
Mud Lake 2
91.5x91.5, cold wax and oil on wood panel, for sale, $3900 USD
Accompaniment
61x122cm, cold wax and oil on wood panel, for sale, $3400 USD
Britannia Pier
76x76cm, oil and cold wax on wood panel, for sale $2700 USD
"We have more in common with flowers than microchips". Rosemary Berger (associate editor, Sojourners magazine)
There is power in uplift: taking action that is aligned with your gifts, maintaining your vitality, finding joy and play even in difficult times. It is moral to be inspired and renewed even when conditions are dire.
The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where te wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the green heron feeds,
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
and I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Remember The Long Game
We have outcomes that we want and hope for. And for the scale of what we wrestle with in these times, we need our long game. It can take generations before there is a breakthrough that we might see as progress. Hope beyond Hope draws on stories from elsewhere, history lessons, and the humility of remembering that we are part of a larger whole.
Go Deeper than Love
76.2x152.4 cm, encaustic on wood, sold
Gravity's Law
122x122ccm, encaustic on wood, rented
My Bonnie
30.5 x 61 cm, encaustic on wood, for sale, $850
Witness What Is
It's tempting to "la la la" -- stick your fingers in your ears and turn away from seeing again and again to cope with the feeling of overwhelm and distress. On the other hand, the news has a magnetic pull for some of us. It can seem like the only thing left to do in empathy is to stay tuned in. And yet, witnessing. Learning about what is happening and what is contributing. And at the same time, also registering and counting as "what is" what the news doesn't report because it is not "news". As important as being tuned into the wider world, witnessing "what is" inside is equally important... the sorrow if it's there, the anger, the numbness and "no-go" zones. Being able to bear it all will equip you more potently to reliably connect the dots and take conscious steps.
Lac Megantic
61x91.5 cm, encaustic wax and oil on wood, for sale, $2600 USD
Khobezay
Khobezay is the wild mallow green that is one of the few edible plants to be found in Gaza in spring 2024. 61x61cm, acrylic on canvas. for sale $1700 USD
The Gatineau looking North
91.5 x 122 cm, encaustic wax and oil on wood. for sale. $5100 USD
Build Good Support
Sharing stories, asking for help, reinforcing the value of actions, these all rely on good support from others.
Whispers
30.5 x 30.5cm encaustic wax and oil on wood panel. for sale, $450 USD
Congregate Witness
61 x 122 cm encaustic wax and oil on wood. for sale, $3400 USD
With You
91.5x91.5, encaustic wax and oil on wood panel, for sale, $3900 USD
