Blue Print for a Spirit House Virtue Triumphs (When the Devil Sleeps) I Bright zigzag stitching joins colorful

Bright zigzag stitching joins colorful patches of painted patterns and found objects

like small children

although African ancestral imagery predominated

to introduce hidden structural grids

giving way to vibrant tonal progressions that feel both unexpected and inevitable

Blue Print for a Spirit House Virtue Triumphs (When the Devil Sleeps) I Bright zigzag stitching joins colorfulFrom the Artist I really began by learning to draw (self taught) as a teenager. I learned to paint in my 20s with some classes at Northwestern University, while getting my degree in political science. Living in New York City in the mid 80s introduced me to found objects discarded on the street, which became sculpture in my studio. After I received my MFA in sculpture from SUNY Albany in 1988, I started drawing people and then painting landscapes. In