My approach to painting is deeply informed by my lifelong exploration of the kinesthetic range and intelligence of the human body. Through this lens, I explore the surface of the canvas with an understanding that all mark-making is evidence of our physical being, and that our inherent organic reality creates a connective bridge, in essence a dialogue, between the human body and the living forms of the organic world.

For me, each painting is a vessel whose meaning hovers between the literal and the abstract. My forms function as skins containing hybrid images. Cradled within each form are the broken pieces - a language of memory intuitively stitched from fragments and impressions. The presence of movement is essential in my work, and central to my process is the excavation and mapping of a tangible presence of energy. In the end what I seek is not the description of image but the story of movement unfolding within the two-dimensional field.

In my work I am drawn to the place in which disciplined action and accident intersect and I am particularly interested in heightening visual tension between the raw and the refined. I insert decorative elements into the organic energy of each surface, essentially embroidering the work. For me the decorative elements don’t tame…rather they amplify and bond with the wild energies, adding a complexity that deepens, grounds and empowers the resonance of the work.

I paint and draw on canvas, paper and wood. The materials I use include acrylic paint, sumi-e ink, watercolor, pencil, pastels, markers, glitter glue. I challenge the surface with water – spraying, wiping, diluting, scrubbing, blotting the paint to build a complex surface. I articulate the residual map using drawing, masking, stenciling, cutting and collage to strengthen the images and build coherence. The use of strong color amplifies the emotional resonance.