ARTIST'S STATEMENT

My art is increasingly about the stories—big or small, light or dark, that shape us. It is a process of exploration and excavation. I begin with an image in my memory, or with a new insight, then I work intuitively—in the overlap between what is seen and what is felt.

I believe in the Power of Place—the evocative settings of stories.  So my work is grounded in the shapes and colors of both my native, austere Southwest, and the verdant Northwest where I now live and work. The joy of color, subtle or bold, is at the heart of my art.

I work in multiple layers, adding and subtracting, always looking for clues that may be buried below, behind, or in a forgotten place.

I enjoy a little mystery in my art, which I hope opens it to the stories of others.