My eyes don’t shift focal planes as readily as they used to. From the castings and stones on my bench to the far side of Discovery and Dungeness bays is a long way. But this does not stop me from looking up from my bench, out across the water to the horizon, and then back down at what I am working to piece together. It’s almost subconscious. I think when I am a little stuck, I look up from what I am working on – and take in the colors and textures of the garden up close – and the sea and sky in the distance, then reel back in close to what’s at hand. 

My latest series of pieces has evolved into a combination of mostly dendritic agates, aquamarine, and gray sapphires with the cast botanicals. It’s taken me a while, but I am pretty pleased with how these have come together. I hope you like some of what you see.