I am a naturalist, geologist, self-taught artist and metalsmith, maker of oracles, and servant of felines. I have been writing, drawing, and walking in the woods all my life. As a child who worshipped sticks and creek pebbles, I set out to become a scientist and teacher, expecting that the path would widen into a paved road with many travelling companions. Instead it became a faint winding trail through wilder land - the solitary way to the blacksmith’s anvil, the shaman’s workshop, and a desert sanctuary that grows a hundred different kinds of thorns, all of them beautiful.
I have a M.S. in Geology and three years of undergraduate education in Botany (including a Smithsonian lichenology internship). My favorite drawing medium is scratchboard. I paint exclusively in handground mineral pigments in egg tempera. My art has appeared in national juried shows and several publications, including Journal of Geoscience Education, Rocks and Minerals, Shaman’s Drum (#4 
and We’Moon (’02 and ‘04). My poetry has been published in Appalachian Heritage, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, and Calyx. I have been blacksmithing since 1994, specializing in “sacred iron” jewelry, shaman’s bells, and women’s ritual blades.
June 12, 2007 at 3:03 am
Hi…I LOVE your work…all of it! And am intrequed by your use of raw ground minerals as a medium…I will check in often to see what your working on!
July 8, 2007 at 7:11 am
Lorena,
It is fascinating to follow your explorations on these unique paths through the natural and creative worlds. Will check in here often!
November 19, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Go raith maith agat! Wonderful! Go maith! Amazing and good craic!
Politics and negotiations have been entered and concluded–for now. ECelt will be back on live tomorrow from 7 - 9 PM.
THANK YOU for all you do–which is a ton!
January 13, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Fascinating site! I am in awe of your talent and your very obvious inner peace.
As a desert lover (specifically those special places in the Big Bend region), I appreciate your fern pictures and catalogs, as well as other desert flora.
Simply amazing!
January 26, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I am always delighted by your beautiful work and am so pleased to have acquired a copy of the Ironwing 78 cards. This site refreshes me when I’m sick of civilization.
February 8, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I have just found your site linked from JJ Colour Art at http://jjbks.wordpress.com/ will be back to read more over the weekend!
February 26, 2008 at 11:23 am
I love your work. Inspiring and moving. I have purchased the Tarot and a Shaman’s bell both have increased the work of my path. You inspire my life.