This photograph is part of my “I AM” series, which are nude portraits of myself exploring the natural states of the female form as expressed in the midst of nature itself. As a 65 year old woman and emerging artist, I am curious about the lines between nakedness and sexuality, between self-expression and exhibitionism, between acting and resting, between body perfect and body positive.

The Energy Chairs invite you to notice and share personal energy by sitting in them and 'directing' your energy towards yourself, your environment, or other people.

There was a time in the mid 1990s when I had gone through my second divorce and was waffling between careers. I was living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, an artist's Mecca. I signed up for a watercolor class in the evening, joining a room full of mostly women (mostly older than I was) as we learned about paper, paint, color, and shape. I had no art training whatsoever.

My painting, I AM: Emerging from 1s and 0s, (acrylic on canvas) was selected for the juried exhibition, Voyaging, at the Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center in Maui, Hawaii.