Original Artwork, 8" x 10" Acrylic on Canvas, 2025 

In "The Way She Looks at Love," a woman cradles a red hen close to her heart. Her gaze is soft, steady—full of affection. This painting is a quiet reminder that love is meant to be felt, held close, and seen. It speaks to the beauty of tenderness, showing softness is not weakness, and that vulnerability isn’t a flaw, but a form of courage.

Thank you for being here — Amy

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Original Artwork, 8" x 10" Acrylic on Canvas, 2025

"The Owl Keeper"

Part of the Portraits from Another Room Collection

In The Owl Keeper, a woman in a rust-colored dress adorned with pearl earrings and a matching necklace stands poised and timeless. Her black hair is swept into a classic updo, and her expression is calm yet commanding as she gazes directly at the viewer. Perched delicately on her finger is an owl, content and serene, looking off into the distance. Behind her, rust and peach-toned floral wallpaper softly echoes the hues of her dress, blending her into the space as if she belongs wholly to it.

This painting was inspired by the extraordinary winter irruption of 2025, when Duluth became a haven for owls migrating south from Canada in search of food. Boreal owls — rarely seen and even more rarely photographed — arrived in an unexpected and remarkable influx, joined by the majestic great gray owls. These rare visitors, driven by a shortage of their primary food source, the vole, offered a haunting, beautiful presence across the snowy landscape.

The Owl Keeper captures that moment in time, blending reverence for nature with the quiet strength of the feminine spirit. The owl, perched with trust, becomes a symbol of mystery, wisdom, and resilience — and the woman, its keeper, a quiet guardian of fleeting, wild beauty.

Thank you for honoring this rare moment with me – Amy

Original Artwork, 8" x 10" Acrylic on Canvas, 2025

"The Woman Who Swallowed a Lemon Seed"

Part of the Portraits from Another Room Collection

In The Woman Who Swallowed a Lemon Seed, a woman with short auburn-red hair, vivid green eyes, and pearl earrings gazes thoughtfully off the canvas. She appears composed — yet something unusual blooms just above her: a crown of bright yellow lemons and leafy vines sprouting from her hair. A small green and yellow bird perches gently on her shoulder, as if keeping watch over her quiet transformation. Behind her, wallpaper patterned with leaves and lemons echoes the surreal, botanical wonder of her crown.

This piece grew from a question about what might happen if someone swallowed a lemon seed. From there, it grew into an image that took root.

The Woman Who Swallowed a Lemon Seed is  a visual tale of transformation, where everyday moments give way to the surreal, and where the seeds of thought can turn into something far more alive than we ever imagined.

Thank you for wondering with me – Amy

Original Artwork, 20" x 20"

Acrylic on Canvas, 2025

NFS

"High Hopes"

Part of the Chicken Stories Collection

In High Hopes, two hens ride side by side in a small, brown, wicker hot air balloon basket — so full they’re nearly spilling out. Above them rises a whimsically surreal balloon in shades of blue, rust, and gold, patterned with green diamonds and floating upward into a wide blue sky. The scene is lighthearted and dreamlike, a celebration of joy and the unexpected.

This piece radiates optimism and freedom. It captures the kind of moment when anything feels possible — a launch into new heights, whether literal or emotional.

High Hopes is about believing in more. It's about the unlikely dreamers — like two plump hens taking flight — and the idea that no matter where we start, we all deserve the chance to rise. It’s a playful nod to freedom, to friendship, and to lifting each other up, even when the basket is small and the journey uncertain.

It’s a reminder that joy is often found in the unexpected — and sometimes, the best days start with a little lift.

Thank you for soaring with me – Amy

Original Artwork, 8" x 10" , Acrylic on Canvas, 2025, NFS. Part of my studio collection.

"The Dappled Chick"

Part of the Chicken Stories Collection

In The Dappled Chick, a small yellow chick stands alone on a green and white checkered floor that fades and blurs as it stretches into the distance. The floor feels both grounded and dreamlike — a place where reality begins to slip into something more surreal. The chick itself is strikingly lifelike, with delicate features and soft down, but what draws the eye is the unexpected: a patch of white with green spots across its back and wing area. It’s as if part of its shell still clings to it — or as if something more mysterious has marked it as different.

This piece invites quiet reflection. It’s a tender meditation on becoming — that in-between space where innocence meets individuality. The dappled markings suggest something still forming, still unfolding — a chick not just newly hatched, but newly seen.

The Dappled Chick speaks to the beauty of uniqueness, of carrying traces of where we’ve been while stepping into who we are becoming. It’s about the marks — physical, emotional, symbolic — that we wear as we emerge into the world, and how those differences make us all the more wondrous.

Thank you for stepping into this quiet moment of wonder with me – Amy

8" x 10" Acrylic on Canvas, 2025 

NFS. Part of my studio collection.

"Strings of Industry"

Part of the Chicken Stories Collection

In Strings of Industry, the jester returns — no longer dangling, no longer grinning. Now, he sits alone on a stool, surrounded by silence. His painted smile has faded into something far more human: shock, fear, and dawning awareness. His wide eyes stare into nothing, as if haunted by the weight of realization.

Thick strings are still attached to every part of him — his arms, shoulders, spine — evidence of the control that once moved him, or perhaps still does. The room is steeped in eerie stillness. The floor beneath him is a strange, unsettling pink, casting long, distorted shadows. Behind him, a green wood-paneled wall, streaked with age.

Strings of Industry is the reckoning. The marionette, once a figure of blind performance, is now forced to sit with the consequences. It’s no longer just about the manipulation of animals, but the deeper moral cost of an entire system — one driven by greed, wealth, and denial.

This painting asks: When the show is over and the strings are laid bare, what remains? What have we done in the name of convenience, profit, and power? Who have we silenced, caged, and broken — and at what cost?

Both haunting and necessary, Strings of Industry holds a mirror up to those who pull the strings... and invites them to look.

Thank you for feeling the weight with me – Amy

"The Balloon Watcher"

Part of the Chicken Stories Collection

In The Balloon Watcher, a chicken perches gracefully on the edge of a white clawfoot tub, its gaze fixed on a red-and-white striped hot air balloon floating—impossibly—within the room. The setting is warm and nostalgic: a pink, brown, and white diamond-tiled floor, white and peach tiles lining the lower half of the wall, and above that, a rust-colored paint that bathes the scene as cozy.

It's a quiet moment of curiosity and wonder unfolding in an unexpected place. The chicken, alert and still, seems to be watching more than a balloon. It’s watching possibility.

While it stands alone in its story, The Balloon Watcher gently echoes themes explored in Stay — the tension between groundedness and letting go, between the known world and the dream of rising beyond it. Here, however, there is no departure, no farewell — only the space to watch, wonder, and perhaps imagine what flight might feel like.

This painting invites reflection on stillness, presence, and the longing we all carry — for more freedom, more beauty, or simply a moment of magic in the ordinary. The balloon may never leave the room, but in watching it, the chicken — and we — are already drifting somewhere new.

Thank you for wondering with me – Amy

Original Artwork, Acrylic on canvas, 2025,Canvas Dimensions: 8” x 10” Framed Dimensions: 13.5” x 15.5"

Encased in a hand-leafed gold frame with closed corners and solid wood craftsmanship. 

"The Woman Who Loved Cranes"

Part of the Portraits from Another Room Collection

In The Woman Who Loved Cranes, a woman in a white dress stands with grace, her hands extended gently, palms up, as a delicate paper crane floats above them. She gazes down at the crane with quiet contentment, her expression soft, as if holding a private moment of peace. Behind her, a clear sky-blue background offers a sense of calm and openness.

This painting is a tribute believing in something fragile without knowing what will come. The paper crane — a symbol of hope, healing, and wishes — hovers just above her hands, held not with force, but with faith.

The Woman Who Loved Cranes speaks to the quiet strength of those who love gently and who find wonder in the simple. It’s about the kind of love that doesn’t need to be explained — it simply is.

Thank you for sharing in this  moment – Amy

"The Art of Floating"

Part of the Chicken Stories Collection

After the long, cold MN winter, I find myself painting the warmer days ahead. I continue to imagine a world where all chickens live in peace, joy, and sunlight.