Artist Statement

I guard my heart in private, but I crack it open when I paint. A bold colorist with a drawing foundation and a painterly style, I create surfaces that pulsate with depth and rhythm and images that encapsulate memories. My process requires immediacy—letting one moment flow into another, banishing my analytic tendencies. My most recent paintings, created for my Free Your Mind series, combine printed overlapping textures and loose painterly brushwork, illuminating experiences and emotions that connect us. Figures painted in the foreground anchor some paintings, directing viewers upward and outward. They rise, dissolving into an exploding universe, becoming one with the cosmos. In other paintings, the pure fluidity of drawn lines and overlapping colors suggests the feeling of dreaming, moving seamlessly from one place to another. The body of my work celebrates the curiosity and wonder we share about our purpose and place in this world.