I hope 2026 is off to a good start for you. I was thrilled, late last year, to have three works included in the Nature exhibition of Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, online, Washington, D.C. This past summer, when I pulled apart an orange marigold flower from my garden, I discovered that its petals were attached to seeds. To make a digital collage, I scanned the shapes and noticed that the seed-petal combination resembled a flower's contour. Next, to convey a sense of movement, I digitally swirled bare tree branches behind the petals. Lastly, I manipulated the color scheme toward shades of orange and purple on a black background.

I am honored to be exhibiting in the prestigious Calm or Chaos exhibition of the National Association of Digital Artists at the PIX MUSEUM. My work will be on display through October 15, 2025. The curators were looking for art that was either calm, chaotic, or both. My image, Cosmic Ginkgo Leaves, is hanging on the middle column, bottom row, of the museum's virtual gallery. To create this image, I layered silhouetted photos onto a colorful, yet chaotic, composition of a watercolor-like digital painting.

My digital work has been accepted into the highly competitive Color Council (ISCC) Exhibition titled Color Shifts. This prestigious exhibition, which was held in conjunction with their yearly conference from June 16 – 18, 2025, at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, accepted only 54 artists out of 320 applicants. It's a special honor for me, as color is a central feature of my work.

Wouldn't it be nice if winter snow fell on pink, orange, mint and purple flowers? Well, I imagined it as such in my new digital print, Early Snow on Flowers . For those of us in the Midwest, winter can be lovely after a fresh blanket of snow but also becomes grey and weary as it drags on.

I am honored to have three works in the Flow exhibition at the Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art. It is currently on display online through December 7, 2024. The jurors were looking for dynamic art capturing movement and energy.

This pastel painting, Pear and Apricot Group, features the warm colors of yellow and orange. I added a complementary light purple-blue background to enhance its vibrancy. Unlike the following digital image, which happened in an almost accidental series of occurrences, this paste is more deliberate and traditional. While I love arranging and patterning items in collage, drawing requires close attention to proportion and accurate shapes. It is challenging, yet freeing to switch between the two media.

I am honored to have two digital collages in the Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C. It is a gallery that hosts guest exhibitions in photography like this one. It is also home to several contemporary artists.