Watson Fellowship 2004-2005

I was a vegetarian for 12 years until I started traveling. I strayed from my herbivore habits in 2002 when I traveled to Mali, West Africa for the first time with a Carleton College study abroad program. I wanted to fully experience foreign cuisine and didn’t want to be a picky eater. My host mother

When people first learn about my work, they often ask me about my travels. I feel fortunate with the opportunities I’ve had to travel all around the world and still marvel at the unexpected doors my art opens and what opportunities it creates. Once a week now, I’m going to try and post a “field

My college (Carleton) alumni magazine the Voice included a profile of me in a recent feature, “Risky Business.” I’ve since been inspired to reflect more upon the theme of risky business.  Aspects of my work and travels have been physically risky. I jumped sailboats in the South Pacific, hiked around Mt. Kailash in Tibet wearing

I rode my bike over to Bainbridge Island today (with the help of the ferry) to teach an ink and watercolor field sketching workshop with Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery. We went down to water to sit in the shade and sketch and this is a value study I did with my chopstick, paint brush,