artist statement

I make abstract images that highlight and scrutinize moments of intense emotion, and the struggle to control them.  My favorite mediums are water-based - sumi & India ink, acrylic paint & ink, and watercolor. Forms may reference character-based languages, in which variations of mark making alter sound & meaning.   Those rendered on flat backgrounds suggest living cells in the process of mutating, magnified for observation. These “bodies” are bound by the picture plane as cells on a slide, threatening to slip off the edge of the world. High-contrast colors signify this drama, and provide balance while making each piece slightly difficult to confront.