“Working with abstraction allows me to intuitively play with imagery, texture and mark-making. ”
I love collecting weird objects and taking photographs everywhere I go. I am inspired by thrift store dishes, midcentury furniture, abandoned houses, vintage books, street photography, winter trees, scraps of paper, children’s art and so much more. I create textured paintings that incorporate layers of acrylic paint, drawing materials, vintage paper, cut scraps of clothing, and my photography. Collage materials and fabric are layered under and over the paint. I enjoy the spontaneity of it. I like making marks and creating movement on the surface. Color plays an important role as well, but I don’t plan what I’m going to use. I intuitively pull several colors and mix them on my palette and sometimes directly on the painting until I feel good about it. I like to build up layers that have previous iterations showing through. I think of my process as an archeological approach to building up a canvas. You don’t need to know precisely what it is, but there’s a history there.
