I designed the Peace Globe as a response to all the terrorist acts that destroy lives and hopes in the world.

The doves spin in the wind under the mirror shined continents. The colors are the colors of Democracy and Freedom. The globe and doves are made of stainless steel and are powder coated.

As I watched the large herd of Buffalo swim across the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park ‘s Hayden Valley I became bewitched by the beauty of the scene. It was primordial and grand. It was the quintessential West!

It is Wyoming! With its emblematic and majestic animal moving freely across the vast open land.

I chose to depict the scene in a style reminiscent of Indian ledger art because Indians have such a long and spiritual connection with the Buffalo. I wanted to show the vast landscape and the flow of the moving herd where each animal moves at its own pace, doing what it feels like doing: grazing swimming across the river, bedding down and yet keeping the herd as a unity. The bison created a live ribbon that glided on the land.

I used exotic papers for texture and gouache for its vibrant, rich and yet subtle colors.

I finished painting Village Clydesdale and Little Coyote in July 2013.

The idea came to me when I watched six big, black Clydesdale grazing in a small pasture by Shooting star golf course at Teton Village. I took pictures of them. They stood still in the hot sun of early fall (2012). Some stood motionless, eyes closed, one back foot relaxed, hoof bent. One Clydesdale particularly intrigued me. He seemed to meditate, eyes barely shut, mouth soft as if smiling, yet he was alert to every noise.

And so came the idea:

What would happen if such a big horse were on a balance board with a small child disguised as a coyote? Horses don’t like coyotes, but most horses understand the innocence of small children.

The small child would not think twice. He would step on the balance board and wait for the horse to play his part in the game.

The horse would make himself light, so light that his weight would equal the young child’s weight…As in the realm of pure meditation: mind over matter. He would not fear the coyote. He would understand that the coyote is just the idea of a coyote. A disguise. The horse would play the game and let the small child believe that yes of course, a draft horse can be as light as a young boy and keep a board balanced on a log. The horse’s ears are flattened back. He is slightly nervous, slightly uncomfortable, but for the child’s joy he will master his uneasiness.

The window is a metaphor for seeing beyond, through a device that allows a different view, a different perception, a unique perspective.

If a window were placed on a mountain ridge could we see the mountain differently? Could we see the summit it leads to outside the frame?

The colors are the colors of childhood, light and bright, irrelevant to reality.

Cartoon Dogs and their Bones is about memories and the place dogs have in our hearts.

I thought of the dogs of my childhood and images of cartoon dogs came to my mind.

I grew up in France and loved reading bandes dessinées (cartoons.) In those cartoons, dogs were heroes. They solved problems, gave ideas and clues to their human friend, the cartoon hero, who could then find the solution to an impossible situation. Their adventures were amazing. They took place on different continents and in various times. For example stories might happen in Brittany when the Romans invaded Gaul or in the Himalayas or in the Far West after the Civil War. I loved those cartoon dogs. They were funny, clever and showed such a range of emotions without the help of words. They were my heroes. Their ultimate joy was to have a bone.

I asked four dogs from four different French cartoons of my childhood to meet me on a blank piece of paper. They all came with their bones. Their joy is apparent. They are from top left clockwise:

-Rantanplan in the cartoon Lucky Luck.

-Milou in Tintin et Milou

– Idéfix in Astérix et Obélix.

-And Boule in Boule et Bill

I drew Cartoon Dogs and their Bones with pens on Bristol paper and added light colors with colored pencils to evoke the nostalgia of childhood, in the same manner sepia toned or hand colored photograph evoke the past.

They are a tribute to our four legged companions who give us so much joy, and a tribute to the fantastic artists who drew them for our delight.

Coming Home is an acrylic painting on canvas about Wyoming and the people who lived and live in Wyoming. The painting shows the inside of a barn where a rider, presumably a women, left her hat filled with Indian paintbrushes on a blue table. Did she just come home from a ride in the Hills? The state’s flower is the Indian paintbrush. On the wall a sepia toned picture by Edward Curtis shows a young Indian girl next to her play tipi. She is looking toward the horizon. In the painting the horizon becomes a window through which Seagulls are flying. Is the young girl looking at something particular or is she dreaming of the future? The walls seem to be made of clouds. What is the relationship between the Cowgirl and the Indian girl? Is it because of E. Curtis’ work? The young Indian girl on the picture and the absent cowgirl are both Wyoming women and they speak of Wyoming past and present.