West Street: Burn Drawings

Part of the Exhibition: West Street + West Coast, works from Two Winters. January 13 - February 20, 2026.
Reception: February 5, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Gallery at 249 A Street / Boston, MA / 02210

Last winter, quiet days and simple routine slowed me down to notice rural western Massachusetts. Winter rabbits still, then bolting. Groups of turkeys moving slowly across our field.  In late afternoons, a resident owl would swoop from the forest edge to a hunting spot in tall pines near our drive. Buckets, a favorite household item, carried kindling, caught sap, re-potted houseplants, the only bright green around. Colder and quieter, last winter had me holding on to my totems, my lucky-charms, the things that ground and comfort when New England goes brown and grey.  And in these ‘burn drawings’, a gentle reminder of my jewelry training - steel turned delicate, held in the hand, making something precious. 

All prints: burn marks on paper. more images to come.