In my 20s I went to art school, graduated, lived in my studio and made art. I made strange things mostly: installations, found object art, kinetic sculpture. Each piece was different from the next. I didn't work in series, I worked in objects and experiences. I didn't care much for the business end of the art world, in fact, I despised it. I worked in restaurants, landscaping, and did odd jobs. And when life got serious (marriage, child, debts) I went to nursing school to help make ends meet. Now, I work as a nurse and am incredibly fortunate to have a beautiful and loving family. But my artistic endeavors have taken a back seat over these past years and I've striven to keep these dreams afloat
Enter painting. I've dabbled in painting many times over the years but began taking it seriously in 2016. Since then I've developed a real love for the vast plain of possibilities that working in a two dimensional field allows. Everything is created. And color itself has such profound meaning it can seem as if it's using you as a tool in its own creation.
Following this path of painting I’ve allowed aspects like form and color to lead the way but have remained rooted in the landscape as, for me, it’s the root of all visual delight. There’s just something primal and visceral about the lay of the land and how it impacts our souls; something about that horizontal plane that calls to me. In acknowledgment of that spiritual mystery that the landscape holds my work holds elements of the unknown, sometimes allowing the pigments themselves to create effects that belie the mysterious elements that surround us. My deepest hope is to be able to occasionally convey that sense of awe that can overtake one in the presence of Nature.
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