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Artist Statement
My paintings create a pathway through visual communication to subjects that I have observed and appreciated in their raw form. I express my passion about the subjects using their organic form and portray how they make me feel. I then turn that feeling into my muse of inspiration in order to communicate what cannot be described in words or thoughts alone. I have been told that my artwork causes people to see hidden imagery, and that people can feel my passion in my work.
I find beauty everywhere, but I mostly appreciate nature and organic forms such as fruit, animals and landscapes. Nature is a large part of my inspiration as well as finding beauty in the mundane. In addition to my fine arts education, Rodin has significantly influenced my work. Much like Rodin my subjects reveal themselves from the whole through my work with layers of paint, and ultimately stand on their own. I begin a painting with basic line work to reflect the composition and then build up layers of paint, sometimes adding a layer and sometimes taking one or more away. After a solid layer of acrylic paint, I change to mixed media to solidify a layer of tar-textured paint and then use oil paint to create even more layers. Lastly, I paint a protective varnish layer, which creates a glossy, shining luster while encapsulating all of the underlying media together. Sometimes I take multiple images that I have seen and combine them into one image, which allows me to more accurately deliver my emotional response. This process provides me with an overall understanding of representing an image and allows me to capture the essence of my experience of the subject through color and density of line.
