artist Statement

2020-2024

An artist doesn’t need to wait for inspiration to create deep and impactful work. That said, I do draw creative fuel from the natural world, memory, and my emotional response to current and past events. I see art as my way of seeking perspective during times of anxiety and disruption. I also focus on its power to remind us that the only certainty we can name is impermanence.

2019

An artist doesn’t need to wait for a lightning bolt of inspiration to create deep and impactful work. That said, I do draw creative fuel from the natural world, places I have lived, the work of other artists, and my emotional response to current events. A playful interest in abstracted anthropomorphic forms can be seen across all my work which, teetering between frenetic and calm, stand in for the fragility of the human condition.

I see art as my way of seeking balance and perspective during times of anxiety and disruption. I also recognize its power to connect disparate peoples and remind them of their common humanity. All individuals have the potential to create and all have the power to do good.

2018

Although I believe that an artist doesn’t need to wait for a “lightning bolt” of inspiration to create something meaningful, I do draw creative fuel from the natural world, my personal history and relationships, and other artists’ work. For me, the act of painting or printing is a tactile exercise in problem solving. The process of creating each piece provides a kind of visual examination of opposing forces at work, as well as their conflict and resolution.

In art, natural subjects can often act as metaphors for human experience, particularly the female experience. My recent work has specifically focused on nests and webs as symbols of ecology, maternity, and interconnectivity.

Their intricately woven textured forms appeal to me not only aesthetically but also because they represent creation, interaction, and community. I’m striving to create a visual representation of how these nurturing, delicate environments are constructed, and what happens when they fall apart due to natural processes or human neglect. Within each image there also lies a tension between the desire for freedom vs. containment, the forces of light and dark, between the needs of the whole and those of the individual. I make these pictures to remind myself of the fragility and intricacy of life, and the fact we are all delicately but profoundly bound to the world and other beings.

I hope you will find it rewarding to consider my intentions, but to feel free to bring your own interpretation to the work.