STATEMENT

My paintings are built on a series of layers, colors, marks and code, along with an exploration, a search, a digging for clues, a making of mistakes, a changing course, a leaving behind and a discovery of something new. It’s a practice of distillation and finding what is essential, potent and meaningful, and letting go of what is not.

I choose nature as a language I can translate through. Nature is a part of our world, but is also a force much greater than us. It carries history and mystery and it so often mirrors our human life cycles and experiences. In my paintings forms come and go through a larger abstract world, providing reference points and context. For me they are metaphors for our human experience and a reminder that we are a part of something much, much bigger.