Artist's Statement

My work is about process, the physicality of the materials I use and an emotional richness of color. I explore new directions through various approaches to mark making and creating texture on the picture surface. Following my intuition I explore the connection between the natural world and myself, creating a body of work that is abstract as well as developed from real life imagery.

I am inspired by nature. I create paintings and drawings through a process of observation and spiritual inwardness. The ocean, the moon and plant shapes and even cell formations are reoccurring themes in my work. To me they are metaphors for the cycles of ebb and flow in our lives, visible forms revealing beginnings and endings. At various times they can evoke beauty, solitude, joy, sadness, harmony or one of the many other moods seen in my work.