Visual Artist Statement

 

I cannot remember a time when I was not making art.

I used to talk about nature being my biggest inspiration, but I am inspired by all of life, by what we co-create together constantly. This includes all What we see as well as what we do not see or recognize.  I like to look at  personal and shared spaces, the balance of in and out, and often work with the architecture of nature mixed with human constructs. Like nature and biology this relates to forming; “the way something is or happens”. 

 

I work very intuitively and I am constantly learning how to keep that intuition and create more deliberately. Currently, I am focused on form, color and relationships. I work with several mediums, each one informing the other. I alternate between the view at hand and the view from memory. . Because I worked as a graphic artist for many years, printmaking is a natural process for me. I have been concentrating on printmaking, painting and ceramics. Working in these mediums has supported the combined practices of deliberateness and inspiration that works very well for me.

 

Process & Practice

Each medium informing the other

Alternating views between looking and memory

Combining the practice of deliberateness and inspiration

Playing with form, color and relationships with collage