"Divine Intelligence" was the springboard into my mushroom spore print series. Black watercolor paper makes the metallic watercolor pop and hand made marbelized paper created a playful way to use metallic circles that pull your eye throughout the composition.

"Ayni" means reciprocity in the Andean tradition. I believe we are living in a time where things must change or we will experience a mass extinction. I strongly believe we need to care for our Earth more and honor her. I am hiking several times a week and have been learning about different types of mushrooms. The series is created by first making mushroom spore prints that are then protected with fixatif. I work into the spore prints to create compositions using metallic watercolors.

"Happy Garden" is another in my mushroom spore print series. I spent countless hours hiking through the woods in Harford County and learning about different kinds of mushrooms. I started creating a variety of surfaces to use to then create the mushroom spore prints and then cut some out after "fixing" them so they didn't smear. I collaged many and created compositions that felt pleasing and then painted back into these pieces using metallic watercolor. They are ethereal and sometimes the mushroom spore prints themselves were so intricate, delicate and almost read as angel wings. I love the way the process has connected me so much to the woods nearby as now I have started to collect feathers, berries, and other natural elements that I know will somehow figure into future art works.

"Faerie Realm" is part of my series that is exploring nature as an integral part of life. We take it for granted daily and yet it is the very thing that sustains us physically and enriches us spiritually. This is a mushroom spore print that uses collage elements and metallic watercolor. I have found that as I have learned more about mushrooms it has led me to learn more about so many components of nature right here in my local Maryland habitat. My appreciation of our natural world has changed how held I feel by the universe and has enriched my life unbelievably. Now I almost feel that every piece of art that I create is made as an offering to the beauty the natural world has offered me. I hope that the curiousity of these mushroom spore prints excite and inspire someone else to learn more about our natural world.