Artist Statement 2025
The progression of my work began as interest in human impact on the environment; these are reflected in the impermanence of life, decay, and death of urban opportunities and communities. My interests are informed by zen meditation and mind-body associations; while studying water and other elements in my urban surroundings, my interests in the organic development of how two such disparate realities converge, reflects the state of the world. The exploration reveals paradox.
I work with the material, content, and light; paint is dispersed by different binders, then evaporation ensues, naturally leaving circles of residue. In another body of work, I express the pressure of human activity through tracing my hand repetitively and through various symbolic references. With moment to moment awareness, like bodies of water, human responses of fluctuating temperament can be calm, receptive, active and powerful. Human actions leave vestiges that can be seen in every environment. I explore time, disintegration and the consequences of action or non-action on the environment, human connection, and interdependence.