Stories emerge from my work even though I do not explicitly know them. I am seeking an intersection between reality and abstraction, the conscious and subconscious where a mystery and wondering are created within the work. I do not question it. I just allow it to happen while responding. I create figurative intuitive images, narrative portraits, and imagery from the natural world. My painting practice involves interpreting images from drawings, old family photographs, and imagination with mixed media. I work with color, light, transparency, layering, and expression. I hope to draw the viewer in to explore the beauty that exists in the world that I see and create through my eyes, hands, and heart.
