From the time I was a child
I have been intrigued with the patterning of light and the interaction
of color. In the course of my life
path I fell away from any sense of creative freedom, working
from what I thought was expected of me. Through the long process
of releasing an imposed belief system and replacing it with my
own experiences and truths I have become able, emotionally and
spiritually to access my child spirit through my adult educated
mind.
I am powerfully influenced by the passionate
colors of the Italian High Renaissance and the gestural freedom
of Impressionism
and
abstract expressionism. The spirituality of the theories in
these genres has also had a great impact on me.
In my work I seek to
establish the intricate web between energy and the emotion
of its’ rhythmic patterns. Our environment
is not as it appears. All things are composed of atomic structure
and there is constant movement within this structure. When
I see these things, I feel the movement and pattern of this
energy.
I pull forth the base essence of these energies and distill
them down to arrangements of light and texture, their aura.
Through
my art, I see beyond what is seen.
I am a voice answering, looking
into and exploring a space where physics and spirit meet.
There is a place where point
and line
intersect that creates a spiritual nexus. Like Kandinski,
I feel the spiritual essence of an object and translate it
into
a two
dimensional plane.
Our world today has become so small, there are no more frontiers.
I am trying to show that there is great wonder and beauty
in everything still. The frontier we seek is within us, not
outside
of us. I am working toward showing that there is a deep spiritual
connection between us and our world.
The more externally visual a culture we become, the more
important it is that there be a visual voice that speaks
to the inner
experience. I hope that my painting
helps people go on an inward journey in their relationship to their world
around them.
