commissions in dye-painted silk

100% silk is hand painted in the serti method using non-toxic, water-based dyes that are steam-set (no chemicals) for permanence.
 

land and sea passage

Gilson Middle School
Valdez, Alaska
July 2014
suspended mural 65h x 315w x 15d inches
Dye-painted silk imagery is sublimation-dye-printed into Tripoly® polyester and suspended on custom, stainless steel brackets and rods.
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illuminated passage

Liberty Middle School
Spanaway, Washington
Washington State Arts Commission in partnership with Bethel School District
October 2013
suspended mural 258h x 270w x 36d inches
dye-painted silk mural with water-effect lighting
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discovery

Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College,
University of Alaska Anchorage
Bayview Hall
Homer, Alaska
June 2012
suspended mural 59h x 79w x 4d inches
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listen again

Providence Regional Medical Center
Cymbaluk Medical Tower, 3rd floor elevator lobby
Everett, Washington
June 2011
framed silk 40 x 30 inches
Via Amercian Art Resources in Houston, Texas.
    
Providence Hospital in Everett also commissioned Still Waters II (Mount Rainier in lake reflection) – 40 x 40 inches, displayed on the 10th floor in the family lounge.

waters of life (a.k.a. fish ladder)

Private Collection
Displayed Horizon Christian School, lobby entry
Hood River, Oregon
Artist Residency May-July 2009
Created 2008
Silk satin 45w x 156h x 3d inches
      

wellsprings

This silk diptych is inspired by artesian well waters of McAllister Springs here in Olympia, Washington.
Fall 2010
suspended silk habotai mural 48h x 156w x 3d inches
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