How dare you   

2005  oil on wood  34x19"

".....the braids themselves are another level of framing as she presents the tatoo-like illustrations of her body. A thread of crimson traces out the line of the girl's necklace whose words, "How dare you", seem directed at the viewer - until one spies the tiny figures at her feet:  hunters and rifles, lying in graves, rendered in the childlike primitivism of Early American painting. At the same time, the girl's lithe proportions recall Indian Vedic images of Parvati, consort of Shiva. ...

 Light Seeking Eyes  offers glimpses into a weirdly appealing dreamtime of human and beast, word and figure, sensuality and wildness...."

                        from a review by Katherine Rook Lieber

                        Artscope.net  June 2005