My work is about exploring the places between and apart from ordinary reality. Many of my paintings are about giving birth, whether that process is about literally giving birth or the act of creation in all of its forms. I’m fascinated by stories of life after death. I believe in rebirth, and a life between lives. I believe we each have the opportunity to give birth to ourselves over and over again, as we go through the changes of life.

 

My influences include Agnes Pelton, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Judy Chicago, Leonor Fini and Marybeth Edelstein. I also love the Romantics, particularly the Pre-Raphaelites. I’m interested in studying how the current Technological Revolution is much like the Industrial Revolution, and fascinated by the way in which artists respond to these changes. I often feel as though I am rebelling against the Technological Age through my work. I am interested in forms that are more organic, in processes that are done by hand.

 

   I paint with watercolor because I love its flowing, watery, almost intuitive nature. One can control watercolor, yet it retains its own unpredictable nature. Like life, it has a tendency to turn out in a way I don't always plan. I enjoy this about it, however, and enjoy working with the challenge of finding that middle ground between the idiosyncrasies of the paint, and my own abilities.