Caturing lived experience is a big task but that is what you will see here…

  • in the stories of our elders

  • in abstracts portraying feelings and lived experiences of life

  • in experimental and immersive work (on the Tier two page)

As I try to wrap you up in this big, wide, mysterious world that I research / portray in art, some of the artwork here started with my current research interviewing “elders” about their life stories.  Other works began with travel (for instance, China and Italy in 2026).  Consistently, abstract design is a vehicle to express emotional content.

For more information you can download the article from these articles.

Lived Experiences - Recent Work

portrait of Gladys McCarey at 103
LifeStory of Dr Gladys McCarey at 103 Years
collage of modern china_Beijing
Modern Beijing
older man and woman surrounded by their memories
Portrait of Older Couple Surrounded by Memories
digital collage of lanterns, a tree, and skyscrapers
Tensions in modern China history vs new technologies
a woman looking at the stars surrounded by ribbons of color
A woman with one foot on earth and another in the stars
Bright sparkly co
Chinese lanterns blasting the dark night away
an older woman with cat in from of Florence and an abstract
"I remember looking down from the hill onto Florence" AG@88
Luminous shape appears from a storm of color
Emergence from the storm of change
a lifetime of love
A lifetime of love
Digital collage image of images and feelings of attending Spring Festival in China 2026
Spring festival in China: lanterns and crowds
Old friendships last over time
portrays a spiraling vortex centered on a luminous orb, merging East Asian calligraphy with subtle figurative sculptures.
China evolving new patterns of expressive pottery
Image of chinese bakery with spiral of luminescent color in front of it
Chinese Traditional Sweets

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