I am a mixed media and digital collage artist, working in abstraction with an emphasis on exploring textural, kinetic, natural and architectural forms. Working intuitively with color, materials, woven lines and patterns, I build layered compositions that explore the challenges and mysteries of movement, both flowing and frenetic. My iterative process of collage—digitally morphing or physically tearing fibrous papers to construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct—is emblematic of motion. This process provides a container for my active nature and reveals itself in the dense textures of my art.
My fascination with movement developed as a child growing up in Los Angeles, where I witnessed the canyon byways morph into a maze of freeways. My early visual memories are littered with a tangle of ramps and interchanges. Later, across America and overseas, I repeatedly witnessed the dynamic effects of growth and destruction in the natural world. These appear thematically in my work. The textural netting imagery, a recurring motif, represents an unconscious desire for security, a safety net or a way of capturing and harnessing energy. While my practice is fueled by movement, I seek balance in the spaces created between my densely drawn lines, offering conceptual and visual resting points.
My fascination with movement developed as a child growing up in Los Angeles, where I witnessed the canyon byways morph into a maze of freeways. My early visual memories are littered with a tangle of ramps and interchanges. Later, across America and overseas, I repeatedly witnessed the dynamic effects of growth and destruction in the natural world. These appear thematically in my work. The textural netting imagery, a recurring motif, represents an unconscious desire for security, a safety net or a way of capturing and harnessing energy. While my practice is fueled by movement, I seek balance in the spaces created between my densely drawn lines, offering conceptual and visual resting points.