Predators or Prey? was a solo exhibition investigating the way women are encouraged to present themselves on the outside while trying to figure out who we are on the inside.

 The show contrasted two sets of digital collages. The first group examined women comprised of magazine parts and depicted as insect specimens with latin names. These specimens had no vs. my views of myself as influenced by my own experiences as a woman, daughter and mother who grew up in a home where my mother suffered from clinical depression for most of my life. 
Hints at that depression surface in most of the self portraits. "Blue" speaks more softly of depressions tendencies to draw one to the bed to sleep and escape while shock treatment head gear and representations of electric current are apparent in "Which Ones Are These?". 

Passive or powerful? Authenticity or artifice? Victim or vixen? Self-reliant or subordinate?   Influence, impact,  process,  fabricate, display - what shapes who we are and how much is choice? Such questions are the basis for this collection of images that investigate person and persona.  Through gritty interior portraits and slick specimens from the grocery check-out rack, the artist examines self and sexuality on the feminine front. 

This series of drawings focuses on the problem of neonicotinoid pesticides and pollinators. 
Neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides chemically related to nicotine that act on receptors in the nerve synapse.  They are toxic to insects, mammals, birds and other higher organisms. Marketed by European chemical giants Syngenta and Bayer, neonics are the most widely used insecticides both in the United States and globally. In a report released a year ago, the EPA basically conceded the case that these pesticides harm bees and other pollinators. They still remain on the market.