Installation of Fauve homage paintings and zines at Spellerberg Projects, January 2026
My recent art show reception at Spellerberg Projects was a fun success, proving that art can be a catalyst for harmony in times of broad disharmony. From my extended family, my Tai Chi sisters, and my book club from the Tigress Pub to a green-haired student from a decade ago, the gallery was a living composition of 336 souls flowing through it.
Watching guests don the white cotton gloves to peruse my zines was a highlight. This tactile interactive ritual turned the audience into researchers, hunting for hidden creativity quotes from art history tucked between the layers. It was a constructivist dream—people comparing the chickens and inquiring about Fauve palettes while discovering that the colorful past can indeed teach us how to reflect on the present.
You are cordially invited to an exhibition of Zen Chicken Zines with paintings, zines, projections, and wearable art.
January 10-February 7th, 2026. Spellerberg Projects 103 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX 78644 Reception February 6th 6-9 p.m. See you there on the first Friday of February in Lockhart, TX.
I was awarded a summer Teaching Innovation Grant from the Center for Teaching and Learning at The University of Texas at Austin. Building upon a successful pilot conducted in Fall 2023 in AET 324J Visual Storytelling, this project proposes a comprehensive curriculum redesign. Students engage with professional visual storytelling techniques through in-depth analysis of their chosen favorites. Using innovative aesthetic mapping and a unique visual resource library, students collaborate on creative projects.
Teaching and learning through Zoom created a distance learning boot camp for both students and teachers all throughout 2020. To stay engaged as an artist, think of Zoom rectangles as compositions of light, dark, and personalities. I was able to create a whole sketchbook of graphite portraits because I was in a team-teaching course. When I wasn’t actively teaching I interacted with the students through drawing as well as in chat.
Zen Chickens come in all sizes. While most of them are 12 x 16 inches or larger, these little chicks were hatched as holdiday cards for 2019. The cards are experiments with Black 3.0 acrylic and rubber stamps of many kinds.
If you want a wearable art Zen Chicken the 41 x 52 inch scarf printed on 100% silk chiffon is available from Big Bertha’s Paradise in Austin, TX. Here is the artist wafting the chiffon scarf in the breeze.
I am happy to announce that I have started teaching as a Lecturer in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at The University of Texas at Austin.
I am teaching classes in Design Foundations and Portfolio.
Zen Chicken Word 2018 22 x 30″ ink, rubber stamp, watercolor and acryl gouache on 300 lb hot press watercolor paper
You are cordially invited to a reception for the Faculty and Staff Art Exhibition on October 18, 2018 from 5:00 – 6:00 pm at the Art Institute of Austin located near the intersection of IH35 and HWY 45 just south of Round Rock, TX.
3 new Zen Chicken paintings will be in the show including Zen Chicken Word 2018. I hope to see you there!
Zen chickens attracted fashionistas and art collectors Kelsey and Dana to a studio visit in August 2018 in which these 3 zen chickens found new homes.
I was delighted to host these brilliant fashion designers into my studio in August. Both having been to art schools they understood my art history jokes and references. We had a really fun visit. Thank you Kelsey and Dana!
