Artist Statement
I always felt art was something that linked our essence with our physical being. Whatever I express in my work -- ideas, memories, emotions, feelings -- I express in subtle ways through color, form, symbols, relationships or contrasts. These things seduce our attention through a silent language we all speak.Time and space have always intrigued me, and are often suggested in my work through imagery, surface treatment, or the layering of objects and textures. I often combine contemporary elements with ancient script or symbols to hint of arcane knowledge and the cycle of new emerging from old. I build layer upon layer, bringing the final image into focus while creating a historical record of each layer, often adding or subtracting to the layers, covering up or exposing sections.
The subtle field of energy that connects and influences our world finds its way into my work through overlapping planes, transparent images and intermingling colors. The works assume a meditative nature that translates as ephemeral yet enduring. My ideas come from many sources, and I often can’t predict how a painting will develop. My current focus is on place, and like the layering that happens in my work, light, atmosphere, time, space and events all imprint their energy into place to give it being-ness, so that each encounter with it evokes a sense of both the familiar and the unknown.