Artist Statement

My life has been a balancing act between my love of adventure and my need for tranquility, and my practice is fueled by these two polarities.

I begin each piece intuitively, responding to the canvas through gestural mark-making and spontaneous applications of paint. This initial phase of controlled chaos gives way to moments of assessment and refinement, a cyclical process of creation and editing that continues until the work achieves resolution.

The resulting paintings function as visual sanctuaries. I like to think of my work as that liminal point between sleep and wakefulness—not quite here, not quite there. A peaceful, hopeful threshold to something exciting and new.

My background in fiber arts and pattern design also informs my approach, particularly through collage and layered mark-making. Collage elements created on salvaged book pages and Japanese rice paper are often integrated throughout—sometimes buried in the underlayers, partially revealed, or as a key element in the final composition.

Ultimately, I hope that my work offers an invitation to pause and recalibrate—a moment to breathe and begin again..