Artist Statement
In my work, I strive to express the relationships between humanity, nature, earth and the universe. More personally, creating artwork for me is meditation and a reflection of myself in a moment in time. Viewers often find universality in my paintings, which depict shapes and symbols found in nature. The use of round and circular forms represent the cycle of life and their common occurrence in the universe.
My work is symbolic and abstract. I use different mediums such as oil paint, ink, watercolor, and printmaking such as lithography and etching.
Most of my oil paintings are painted in thin layers. Mixing the paint with oil and mineral spirits allows me to create a multitude of layers representing metaphorical links to the past, present and future.
My work on paper is painted with Japanese pigment and traditional Japanese writing ink called Sumi ink, as well as collage using my left over paintings, photos, and painted and dyed papers. By dropping and blowing the ink very carefully, I create the expressive beauty of life full of accidents and chances.
In my printmaking work, I mix traditional techniques of stone lithography with mostly touché, and copper plate with etching, aquatint, sugar lift, and Chine-collé.
The varied colors, fine lines and organic shapes in my art reflect my sensibilities and emotions. These feelings are often uncertain and intimidated by the challenges the future may bring, but ultimately inspired and hopeful.
My work is symbolic and abstract. I use different mediums such as oil paint, ink, watercolor, and printmaking such as lithography and etching.
Most of my oil paintings are painted in thin layers. Mixing the paint with oil and mineral spirits allows me to create a multitude of layers representing metaphorical links to the past, present and future.
My work on paper is painted with Japanese pigment and traditional Japanese writing ink called Sumi ink, as well as collage using my left over paintings, photos, and painted and dyed papers. By dropping and blowing the ink very carefully, I create the expressive beauty of life full of accidents and chances.
In my printmaking work, I mix traditional techniques of stone lithography with mostly touché, and copper plate with etching, aquatint, sugar lift, and Chine-collé.
The varied colors, fine lines and organic shapes in my art reflect my sensibilities and emotions. These feelings are often uncertain and intimidated by the challenges the future may bring, but ultimately inspired and hopeful.
