Artist Statement 

My abstract works and dreamy landscapes are born from intuition and curiosity. I give voice to subconscious emotions that elude identification, and I evoke those complex emotions in the viewer.

My art communicates growth, transformation, and dualities of the human condition. It reflects emotional aspects of liminal spaces, transitional spaces between states of consciousness, phases in life, or even physical spaces.

Elements of the Earth’s topography, geology, and other aspects of the natural world are also prominent in my work. There is often a sense of solitude.

My paintings have texture and movement. Layers of pigment and texture create depth, and the artistic equivalent of “palimpsest”—a word describing something that’s altered, but still bears traces of its original form.

I work primarily with alcohol ink and oil paint, which can be reactivated, moved, and removed over and over again. The lines, curves, and colors of the ink evolve and blend as I work, and provide an organic blueprint that guides me to the finished piece. My process becomes a beautiful collaboration between medium and artist, as I identify and highlight what I see in the paint. There is always a dialogue between randomness and control.

I get primal, messy, and gestural when I paint, and I frequently eschew brushes for my bare hands.