This book illustrates my infrenquently seen rectangular paintings on handmade paper. All works are either 22 by 30 or 24 by 36 inches. The paper was made at my own papermill before I donated the entirity of the hollanders, screens, presses, vats and other gear and material to the Colorado College. My paper fibers were all cotton and linen clothing sourced from our family closets. CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO OPEN THE BOOK PREVIEW

  Her Immortal Housefly This is not the fly Daddy swatted Yet could neither squash Nor frighten It was an immortal pest Born from the pencil lead Of a five-year-old I had heard the fly story and how Mary was pegged: Artist For this little stunt That first small masterpiece  Though immortalized  Faded or was erased Perhaps it was wallpapered Over or covered by many layers  of flat interior paint That little housefly portrait Was her small start of limning The world around her She went on to depict countless Human creatures often  Seated in chairs The tale of the bug which  Would not flee or die Became legend It was an often repeated story With no documentation No evidence Mary, at age eighty-three, Drew another immortal  Musca domestica just for me Yes, she could still draw a fly