Be Still my Heart

Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 1
Inspiration: Inspiration

Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 1.5
Inspiration: I chose a verse from the Joni Mitchell song Blue principally because Mitchell is 20th Century female icon who wrote her unvarnished truth about love, being in love, no longer being in love and about the vagaries of the notion of love. Blue is said to be her farewell song to James Taylor. The verse I chose is: Here is a shell for you/ Inside you’ll hear a sigh/ A foggy lullaby. The words are so evocative of a love that is no longer. They are gentle and tough simultaneously. Just as love and breakups are gentle and tough. This love for her is now a foggy lullaby. I worked with a predominantly blue palette to reflect the moodiness of the words.

Dimensions: 14 x 14 x 1
Inspiration: My organic driftwood hearts are connected to a song I wrote for our son’s wedding. The lyrics for “I Love You” tells about how my son met his husband and his eternal love for him.

Dimensions: 4.5 x 13 x 16
Inspiration: "Dance me to the End of Love" ... The Jews, for whom this song was written, have experienced attempted extermination in the form of the holocaust and genocide, so too have the First Nations of North America experienced this same hatred and envy. This song stirs emotion of shared destinies, though worlds apart; it is relevant to the plight of First Nations in Canada, for over 100 years; one of the many allies of North American Indians are the Jewish Nation. We share this song.......................... ..........Definition: Envy is a painful or resentful awareness of another person's advantage or possession, and the desire to have it for oneself.

Dimensions: 30 x 60 x 2
Inspiration: The warm glow of a friendship that is built of trust, laughter, secrets and shared language. Where two souls understand each other with just their eyes and support each other with unwavering love. I want to be by your side through all the funny moments, the hardships, and even in the comfort of silence. I know I will never be lonely with you as my bestie.