Aozora (Blue Sky) watercolor and acrylic, Second Place and People's Choice Award in the 2026 Fairfield Art Association Member Show

Kamiko Ume

Flight, the Cardinal Delight

Heart of Purple Tulip

redbud blossoms

redbud blossoms' small

pink ballet slippers with wings

dance on a bare branch

Folder Art

colorful folders
all those patient files leaning
against each other

Checking in at the dentist's office, I'm struck by the shelves full of folders on the back wall. Patient files in shades of red, green, yellow, leaning this way and that, patiently supporting each other. The receptionists just think of them as work. I see them as still life--silent yet speaking volumes.

The Saint Says

The Saint Says

See, see, see —

so this seer

sees with eyes

open or behind

closed lids

This attending

cries out for action

to turn the seeing

into something seen

by other seers

Sounds and squiggles,

symbols and signs —

threads that bind

inner and outer
pieces of wholeness

"Threads that Bind," oil on paper, Care Connet 2017

"The Saint Says," Care Connet 2018