Last week I finished and shipped two bookworks to be included in an exhibit of nature journals at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque. The completion of this work was a huge relief for me. I made his work during the past 10 years as I took two monumental journeys. In 2000 I crossed the State of Florida, following the Marjorie Carr Greenway, paddling my kayak and traveling on foot. In 2004 I spent 3 weeks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon traveling 300 miles in a small dory down the Colorado River. My journey daybooks documented my observations and feelings about what I experienced as I lived during each of these trips.

Each of the bookworks consists of a portfolio that contains maps and painted, collaged journey daybook pages. This submission is strictly narrative and reflects my personal aesthetic of making pages in the moment and on a journey.

Florida’s Eden Fundraiser - McIntosh FL

During the weekend of February 20 and 21, I was one of the featured artists who made work at the Windmill Gallery on US 441, south of McIntosh. The two days were beautiful and the landscape was different in color and tone. Overlooking Orange Lake, the view was stunning. The colored atmosphere, which is typical of this area, is caused by Orange Lake.