About

My paintings explore the immanent qualities of materials, rooting me downward. A coinciding contemplative practice
probes upward toward transcendence. At this juncture is a practice centered on compassion, healing, and able-ness. Though classically trained as a figurative painter, hand and arm injuries prompted the use of alternative materials and mark-making approaches, including mouth painting. Unexpectedly these limitations only served to expand and inform my practice, opening the door wide beyond my traditional studies. In it, I explore shape drawings sewn and extruded through textiles. Sculptural forms project in constant variation beyond the gridded substrates. Construction and utilitarian materials from hardware stores compounded with traditional media add to the richness of fluctuation and play, a nod to universality and dynamical systems. Visual themes self-reference to elevate my humble materials playing out in notions of mimicry and material rhymes. At its essence, my work searches out the invisible qualities of the Divine in our everyday surroundings.