Tree of Hope

2006 Day of the Dead Altar

8' x 12' x 4' Mixed Media Installation
Including a Poem by Langston Hughs

The Tree of Hope was inspired by the practice in different cultures of tying or hanging fabric and ribbon on trees as an offering or a prayer. This altar was an offering of Hope to the dead; to cast a “light of the heart for the shadow of the soul.”

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Rituals of Life and Death

2005 Day of the Dead Altar

A dedication to Maria Flores DeNatale
9' x 12' x 2' Mixed Media Installation

At the Beach

2004 One World, Many Faiths Exhibition

Altar Installation
Slide Projection on Beach Drift Wood

Honoring the power of Spirit in Nature
10' x 10' x 5' Mixed Media Installation

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To Change the World

2004 Day of the Dead Altar

63 images sewn and hung together

A dedication to 63 women in history
who changed the world
12' x 15' x 5' Mixed Media Installation

Elsa
(one in a series)

Travel Altar

7" x 7" Portable Mixed Media Box

A hundred years of sand
knows the story of a day