ARTIST STATEMENT

      Color is what made me want to be an artist in the first place. In the beginning I
wanted to control it but now I am a slave to it. By refining my technique I'm able to
accomplish a certain transparency and luminosity in my work.  This is how I develop
spatial relationships and subtleties between color and how hidden layers are revealed.
 
      It's all about balancing control with experimentation. I have to admit that it's far more
engaging to travel through my work than to try and manipulate it. Even though I'm more
conscious of the process, in many ways the outcome is unpredictable. I might set out with
a specific intention in mind but I lose myself in the mystery behind it. When I'm in the
moment something remarkable happens.

      Photography, painting, mixed media. Light passing through color in infinite
variations. To capture an ethereal quality through the balance of technique and
improvisation, this is what my work is all about.