D.C. area galleries March 19, 2014 Portico “mixed-media drawings whose intricate patterns suggest lacework…. are rendered on black paper with ink, graphite, acrylic and clay slips, yielding a reflective quality that echoes the metallic thread. Complex and shimmering, such exquisite compositions as “Basques” and “Delicate” evoke flowers, jewelry and orderly galaxies in the dark of space.” — Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, February, 2014