The projects in the below grouping  are created using the same centuries-old techniques used to create icons. I am inspired by pattern in nature and how light creates illusion in reflections.

A shoe last in burnished 23 karat gold leaf. To benefit Museum L/A

Cascade: 23 karat burnished gold leaf

Icon portrait of Arrow, my friend’s dog. Tempera, casein, 23 karat gold leaf

Waveform 5: burnished silver leaf, casein

Popham Beach: Silver leaf, oil paint

The Mechanic: 22 karat gold leaf on incised and embossed panel

Off Port Clyde: aluminum leaf, oils

Wavescape 3: aluminum leaf, oils

Linoleum Pattern: incised gesso panel in 23 karat burnished gold leaf

Below:  Recent Project Commissions