These paintings explore a world where what is felt is as present as the objective world which is seen. Just as memories, dreams, stories, and imagination play a part in our vision of the daily world, they are present among the trees and buildings and furniture of this work.

My interests are varied: the intersection of culture and ecology, languages, tai chi, and did I mention trees? All plants, really, woods and gardens, always looking for the spirit inherent in living things.

My work often starts with drawing, but sometimes with color. My goal is to let the materials be more than the sum of their parts, more than my conscious plans. Erasure is important, as is layering color. I think in terms of metaphor, so they are everywhere: how perception is affected by memory, how seeing is shaped by feeling, feeling somehow becomes thinking, comprehension constrained by belief. So much is trapped within language (though color is it’s own language), but for me, painting happens outside of that framework.

Art is an essential form of communication. I draw daily, and paint with both Flashe and oils. Working on gessoed paper allows me to readily, overlay, draw and rework, allowing chance and discovery to be an important part of my practice.