Flying Canvas Studio

In 1992 or thereabout, I launched an art center in Hudson MA. We offered classes and workshops, gallery, studio and maker space, and events including poetry slams. My own studio practice included teaching, painting, and running the art center. I worked with local galleries and often participated in solo and group exhibits. In 2001, I transplanted my young daughter into the generative glacial valley in the southeast corner of rural Vermont. I began painting floor cloths shortly after our relocation when I made the questionable purchase of a charming 100-year-old tiny farmhouse. By charming I mean, needs a lot of work, so to clothe my tired and worn wood floors, I started painting floor cloths, marrying the colors, design, and textures I had used on the walls. Within a few short years, a substantial garden surrounded the tiny yellow house and a small menagerie of goats, chickens, rabbits, cats, and a dog had joined us, all have subsequently found their way onto my floor cloth paintings. As the agrarian culture revealed itself I was pulled by the harvests and drama of the seasons. They became small studies of the abundance surrounding me, their temporary beauty, and ultimate decay recognition of time and motion in the seasons. Flying Canvas Studio is an offering. If the space I have created resonates with you, you are invited to share: create a commissioned floor cloth or special order tiles for your splashboard behind your kitchen sink or customize window treatments with a unique fabric.