Artwork


I love drawing and painting, and am fortunate to have had guidance from three talented artists: my mother April, her mother Wenetta, and my art teacher Christina Kent. Grandmother always told me to "paint big," but I find detail irresistible. My favorite subjects are nature and landscapes; my favorite media are pencil, pen, chalk pastels, and acrylics. Alas, due to the demands of academic life, most of my artwork over the past few years has been doodles in the margins of my class notes. Here are several more-than-doodles. (Click any image for a larger version.)

Shaftesbury Cottages, acrylic, 1997. I did this painting from a color photograph of a street in Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK. It is the one and only painting I have sold! (It went for $75 at an art show in Mackay.)

Koalas, charcoal, 1998. I certainly wouldn't want to try to pick up a koala, but they are fun to draw! (This drawing was also done from a photograph.)

Arroyo, ink and colored pencil, 1998. Arroyo was my dormitory my first year at Stanford. I made this drawing (from life) as a gift for the Resident Fellows, the faculty family who lived in the adjacent cottage.

Get-well bouquet and card, origami, 2003. I made this for a friend who was in the hospital. Fortunately he didn't speak Japanese, because on the card I accidentally wrote "Genki ni naru" ("Getting well") instead of "Genki ni natte" ("Get well!")

Pencil sketch, 2005. This life-size statue was at the base of the steps leading up to Prague Castle. I found both the artisanship and the subject matter intriguing, so I couldn't resist sketching her. The statue had no identification, neither the artist's name nor a description of who it depicted.

Thank-you cards for Christmas 2007 (created January 11, 2008). I drew these with oil pastels, which I find an especially challenging medium, but it was all I had on hand at the time! These four cards depict some of the colorful winter flowers and fruits that were around my grandmother's house at the time. (Clockwise from top left: cotoneaster berries, quince blossoms, heirloom apples, and bottlebrush.)


Last updated January 15, 2008.