Artist statement

This is my most recent (i think), ever-evolving artist statement..

I paint from the heart. I make paintings about scenes that take my breath away: Pacific Northwest forests and waterways to backyard sunsets and sunrises. I paint abstracted landscapes with acrylic using all colors of the visible spectrum. I explore what the sensation would feel like to be in landscape while enveloped in the refracted light of an opal or the luminescence of inclusions in peridot as though it were an exploration of belonging. And belonging with landscape is the bedrock of my paintings

The sculptures in my latest body of work, Meeting Place, are diptychs-- one part rests on the floor while the other is suspended from the ceiling. This above/below orientation reflects my interest and curiosity around connection. I create this work from a place of deep human yearning to connect in life. While I can never fully understand the other, whether that is another person or the mysteries of the universe, I can describe the way it feels to meet it.

Since 2022, I have been wrapping my canvas paintings around conical forms and arranging them in hourglass-shaped configurations. My most recent sculptures are more organic in shape and continue a conversation about a vital place where two parts meet. I remain curious about the dynamic energy that is created by the gathering of these parts and what is created when they are in close proximity. I imagine a relationship where the upper part represents infinity and the lower part receives and reflects the infinite in continuous conversation.