“I see the world through the eyes of a creative person and transform life into a visual experience.”
My art is both abstract and representational.
The two styles have supported each other like a dance where each takes a turn to lead. My academic training has offered me technical skill and the use of traditional subject matter such as the figure, portrait and landscape. My abstraction has given me the freedom to abandon any fear in the art making process and embrace experimentation; it is the process in itself that is most important. I still enjoy creating figures in clay from a live model as much as my collage artwork.
My artwork is a fusion of traditional media and experimental mixed media. My recent work incorporates collage with fiber, hand painted fabric, printmaking, photography and hand stitching. This has become a narrative of my life’s journey as a young figurative artist who now embraces experimentation and the joy of the creative process. My color palette is inspired by the colors of nature, with contrast created by the juxtaposition of texture and media.
It all begins with an idea.
My work has become intuitive. I hand paint natural fabrics and cheesecloth with acrylics and watercolor and create monotypes on fabric or paper. Color families emerge, a collage begins, I begin to stitch.
Inspiration…
for my work could be an event in my life, environmental issues, a landscape that I witness, or simply an object that I discover on a daily walk. I am a life-long learner. I study other artists, and often find that a new medium just needs to be incorporated into a work of art.
I see the world through the eyes of a creative person and transform life into a visual experience
