Artist Statement
The core of my work is material, with the central practice based in surrender and improvisation. I come to my studio prepared with an exploration of principles from modernism, abstract impressionism, impressionism, and earth art.
My process starts with a basic plan of color relationships, coupled with the material's chemistry. I cover, layer, destroy, layer again- bringing forth images. I'm attracted to movement, direction, nature, and spiritual process.
My mystical relationship to the material, and surrender to the process births a resurrection of personal meaning, to bring the work to closure. Herein lies the end goal to my art making.
Much of my life has been in urban settings, but I lived briefly in rural Minnesota, which visually impacted my art. I'm currently in Palm Springs where both nature, and city guide me.
The core of my work is material, with the central practice based in surrender and improvisation. I come to my studio prepared with an exploration of principles from modernism, abstract impressionism, impressionism, and earth art.
My process starts with a basic plan of color relationships, coupled with the material's chemistry. I cover, layer, destroy, layer again- bringing forth images. I'm attracted to movement, direction, nature, and spiritual process.
My mystical relationship to the material, and surrender to the process births a resurrection of personal meaning, to bring the work to closure. Herein lies the end goal to my art making.
Much of my life has been in urban settings, but I lived briefly in rural Minnesota, which visually impacted my art. I'm currently in Palm Springs where both nature, and city guide me.
