“I create rhythm with elements which can comfort or invigorate.

My artwork consists of impressionistic landscapes and abstractions. I am inspired by the sense of disorder, yet perfect organization found in the organic. The balance is always there. The personal yet universal languages of color, repetition and shape are my inspiration to create. With these languages, I want to provoke visual attention, leading to emotions that are not easily expressed with the spoken word.

My artwork describes the seeming disorder yet perfect organization that is the eternal cycle in nature. Contrasts of simple and complicated lines in tree branches, a familiar scene continually changing with the seasons, shapes of large fields or studies of gathered leaves influence my compositions. I am observant of the effects of the passage of time and the change of seasons. By finding the comfort in the chaos, my art touches on the human and my own need for visual excitement balanced with stable and grounding rhythms.

My techniques include experimenting with the relativity of color or how colors influence each other by proximity. I expose color relationships by working in a layer and reveal method. Initial colors and shapes that not obvious in a finished piece ground those yet to be applied and peek up in glimmers and slices. I include surprise colors which at first may seem incongruous but have a way of solidifying the composition.