In an information-filled world as a wanna-be minimalist, am searching for essences while working with vertical movement, color, rhythm, light, layers.

art makes me make art makes me. i work in a variety of mediums, reflecting my take on everything from societies absurdities to its beauties. Often I work quickly on impulse and find i achieve my best results this way. In the past i have worked with ceramics, but currently focus on latex painting, drawing, silkscreening, installation, and performance art.

“The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations — each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.” — Ruth Bernhard.

As a photographer of urban and rural landscapes, I’m elated when there are clouds giving texture to the sky. The elusive, ethereal, and elemental beauty of clouds has always enthralled me.

I tend to see patterns of color, shapes and shadows in both natural and man-made environments, capturing the beauty created when these two environments combine. I’m now working in my studio with kiln-formed glass— transforming these images into layered glass "paintings". Working with different types and sizes of glass (opaque, translucent and clear sheet glass, powders and frit) lets me manipulate the light, depth and texture in each image.

Flora’s main medium is metal. It is man-made as well as natural. It is her canvas. Like a Zen alchemist, she works the surface, creating patinas through the application of an eclectic mix of chemicals and compounds to copper, brass, aluminum and steel. Through multiple applications she strives to achieve an amazing range of patterns, textures and colors. These are then cut up and applied to geometric box shapes or bent and shaped into non representational wall sculptures. Flora completed her MFA in 1990. As a result of this program she began to incorporate her interest in Buddhism with her art. One teaching of the Buddha that she uses for inspiration is the understanding of impermanence— fleeting nature of time—which is reflected in the spontaneous nature of her art. Flora’s work has been exhibited in both solo and group shows in numerous galleries in the Bay Area and New York. Her work has been published in two nationally juried publications: Open Studio Press and, American Art Collector. 

Spring 2011. Juror’s Choice Award, 1st place, sculpture, at the ArtSpan Benefit Show & Auction.

Winter 2010. Flora was one of twenty artists chosen for ArtSpan’s biennial juried exhibition, Selections, shown at California Modern Gallery in SF.

Spring 2009. Flora spent 14 days on a solo retreat at the Morris Graves Foundation in Loleta, California.

Flora has studied at the School of Visual Art in NYC, has a Masters of Painting with Summit University and took classes with master artist/teacher Elaine Badgley Arnoux of San Francisco. She taught at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

i live in the vacuous playground between my ears.

HUMAN • NATURE • SPIRIT

My love of nature and humanity combined with my love of photography and design have guided me towards what I feel is my higher path in life. I am deeply inspired by spirituality and all of the divine beauty that God has created on this earth and I feel that it is my duty to share this inspiration with others through my art and my creative vision. It is my hope that my art will remind people about how important our natural world is to us and that we, too, are part of it – integrated with it on many different levels from the air we breathe, to the food we eat, to the remedies that heal us.

By integrating my photographs of humans, animals, and other elements of nature, I create fine art photo collages that evoke a world untouched by man-made objects. Through my creations we are reminded that we are one with nature. The organic theme of my art places emphasis on the fact that our natural world provides us with all of our basic needs and an insurmountable abundance of beauty on this earth.

My work is informed by exploration of the natural realm and minor scientific study including geology, botany and physics. I reference physical transformation in natural phenomena, examine humanity's place in natural historical context, and note the marks we leave behind in a new series, "Trace." My work is driven by exploration of my immediate environment.  An urban dweller, I observe both natural processes and the effects of man on his environment. The physical process of the painting resembles some of the forces inherent in natural phenomena. Surface is an all-important element, with a history of surfaces, materials and forces beneath the finished one. Applying layers over months, dripping, pooling, splashing, tilting, and sanding - all are part of a process that reflects my subject matter, be it nature or the marks we leave in the urban landscape.

I build carefully crafted art from the common debris of our city. Through wanton use of cardboard, wine corks, maps and old paper, sometimes copper and nice wood, hollow core doors and salvaged hardware, I strive to assemble sturdy, possibly graceful work, some functional some useless, some very participatory, and all heartfelt. In my studio and through my work I explore my history and relationship with place, both as a participant in this American Nation, as well as a complex organism in a biosphere known as the Bay Area of Planet Earth. I also continue to hone my technical skills, offer some fun, and make the best art I can manage. My studio is in the garage of my home in Bernal Heights

I'm fascinated by the constant flow of facts and other information pouring into our minds; especially the information our conscious mind deems important. Unconsciously, it's always our emotions that end up guiding us, making decisions, and ultimately changing us. This is what I explore in my art.

My work is about the urban experience. Not the hipster coffee shops nor the preserved historical buildings but the pragmatic architecture of manufacture and distribution. The utilitarian architectural style employed in these buildings is refreshingly honest, devoid of the un-necessary decorative add-ons found on residential and commercial structures. The tools and components associated with construction and manufacture feature strongly in my recent work.