The paintings are beautiful and crude. I want them to be strong. The pollinators in decline and emergency. Representing strong women caring for the Earth, and the guidance, the mysteries and power that women and nature represent. A flip side of this is the general yet widespread belief or approach to women who are connected to the land, the workings of natural cycles, the beauty and horror of “a nice girl”, “a lovely person”. I don’t feel that way, and hope the paintings don’t feel that way to the viewer.Yet what runs deeper in being present over the years is fighting for the insects, the birds, the soil, the work, and your soul. Love, and the continuation of life and death is the strongest thing I know, am learning about. The paintings are fighters, the paintings are resilience against all odds of destruction, against staying in place, being good and nice, fighting for survival, even in your own backyard.