Young Raven with Berries
Young Raven: Play, intelligent, bright, inventing, new life, release
Blackberry: Fertility, new life, good fortune, devotion love, death, grief, wisdom, healing
Moth:  Nighttime, disguise, unconditional love, attachment, spirits, psychic
BumbleBee: Hard worker, female attributes, nurturing, power

Raven with Roses
​Raven: Family, brilliance, death, rebirth, change, afterlife
Rugosa rose: Devoted love, beauty,  conquering pain, endurance, divinity
Caterpillar: Potential, transformation, change


          Ravens and crows are beloved by many people. We think of them as highly intelligent. They can be hard to miss, crows cawing in the cities and ravens croaking in the country. In my own life a family of Ravens nests near my home and I often see them overhead.

          In my recent series of Crows & Ravens I weave blooming vines around each bird; A rose, a sweet pea and a blackberry vine. 
Using flowers to express feeling without word has been used for centuries. It is referred to as Floriography. In symbology, Ravens and crows can represent death, change and family. I have used these forms to relay my own thoughts about caregiving,
family and loss.

In this most recent series, I have included other birds of the oscine (vocalizing) subspecies.




Childhood's End Gallery is exhibiting a crow and raven show called 'Autumn Chorus'. I have made 3 works which will be in this group show. (pics up soon).

AUTUMN CHORUS will have an opening night on October 6th, 2023
​The show is open until November 12, 2023 in Downtown Olympia, WA