Between Worlds I remember the young teenager as she was on the day I captured her photograph.  Later when I began this drawing I I studied her face. She was between two worlds back then; coming of age in a poor but relatively stable country. I also began to notice other things that I had only glanced at […]

An afternoon in Tijuanita I sat outside at a rickety card table with my friend Cristina and watched her deftly sort beads. Her elderly mother rested peacefully in the dappled shade nearby. She was usually dressed in the bright everyday garb of the Huichol women, with a long full skirt that was tied at the […]

                                    Pineapples; Georgia’s symbol of hospitality When I moved down  to Georgia, I was curious about all the carved pineapples that adorned headboards, bed posts and armoires. They were also carved into the backs of dining room chairs, […]