How I Work

The term "miniature" conveys the small scale of my illuminations, with their condensed, detailed and personal perspective—within them one can discover intimate landscapes, and distant prospects—miniscule worlds meant to be entered by one viewer at a time. For an artist working in this technique, every brushstroke is a point of focus in a tiny universe.

My choice of materials has evolved into a conversation between my era and the past. I use fine calf and goat parchment, prepare my own glues and binders for paint, and gesso for laying gold leaf. To capture the unique quality of Medieval blues and greens I grind azurite, malachite, and lapis lazuli stones to create those colors.