A series of watercolor and mixed media on paper, 40" x 26", some 42" x 28" My art practice has always been a kinesthetic one - grounded in the body and its senses and energies - whether painting humans, deities or portraits of the earth. Coming from dance, movement, ecstatic poetry and music, my work flows onto the paper, often with both hands, using all the body’s knowledge to reveal the underlying sources of energy. Characters from many races, sexes, sizes and forms appear on my easel, seemingly from deep memory. And why is this art work be important? We live in a time of much anger and violence, and communication is often disembodied. The disconnect between ourselves and the natural world is causing serious problems. We need to come home to our bodies, our animal-ness, our human-ness, our body-temples.