8” x 8” (9” x 9” Framed) Mixed Media 2023

Artist Statement: “My work is instinctual. When I paint I do not sketch, I simply begin. I am inspired by the stories of others, and my own as well as by my process. The drum of ink dancing across a fresh stretch of canvas. A slow kaleidoscope bleeding into the weave. Each stroke of my brush is an experience and the building up and burning/cutting/and scraping away of layers is an event. Wandering the topography of my work reunites me with my young curious self. Making art is a devotional practice for me, that brings me into a deeper connection with the whispers of my heart, that call me out beyond the boundaries of my mind. Letting go of the safe shoreline of familiar ideas, just long enough to grasp onto new insights…is a kind of humbling madness that holds the pearly hope of new wisdom. I paint to let go, and in the letting go there I am. Life makes more sense to me when I am making art.”