Artist Statement


 

My paintings represent a lived experience. They convey the intensity and rawness of the body and mind, a terrain representative of an aggressive, physical, and vulnerable space of loss, struggle, and resilience. The work is agitated and raw.

Figurative and landscape elements are juxtaposed against an abstract vocabulary of muscled brushwork, scraping, and textured fabrics that together tell an honest and at times cryptic story. The thin and thick paint compliment energetic mark making and scrawled text. The colors and palette used throughout the work is expressive and at times symbolic. The imagery and marks build upon each other from painting to painting. Creating a visual language identifying a visceral female existence.