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I do not consider myself an intellectual
painter, rather one of expressing an emotional response to an intellectual
thought. I am fascinated by human elements and those in nature born
in traditions that form bridges from one generation to the next.
A continuity of spirits bound to an eternal community.
My work speaks to the chaos in community created by humans and contrasted
by the calming serene beauty of nature and its natural order. It
seems as though, as hard as we try to destroy the earth’s natural
gifts, it, the earth, fights back with explosions of color and song.
I have learned through observation, that
it is the smallest of the small that gives strength to the largest
and boldest among us. Tension and release are created in my work
by dissecting form into shapes with attention to the weight of line
and rhythm. Using ripped canvas and paper, I create multiple layers
with torn frayed edges, at times projecting off the main body, representing
the ripping of the fabric of the human spirit and earth’s natural
gifts.
My use of black and white represents
my philosophy of truth or no truth, of absolutes. “It is or
it is not.” There is no intimate dialogue between black and
white. The strength is in their contrast and in their opposing forces
of absolutes. There too, lies their seduction.
The foundation of my paintings consists
of multiple layers of paint reflecting soft earth tones with blues
and lavenders and raw color floating on the surface, like a primal
call to a most basic emotion of passion. At times, a defining force
of push pull finds its way into my work and those forces of contrasting
positive negative forms are a natural part of my visual language,
born of community.
Among the chaos, color gives way to eternal
order and gestural strokes give birth to passion.
In my mature years, color leads me as I paint and I no longer resist
what comes from my brush, but allow it to flow without question.
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