"I Let it Go - Version 1" Collage

I am a self-taught abstract painter and mixed media artist. I paint mainly abstract acrylics on canvas and paper as well mixed media collages. I have a passion for painting and creating art that drives me. Painting is a form of expression and communication that gives me an outlet for my inner world. When I paint, I enter a meditative flow in which time becomes fluid, and all that exists in that moment is the painting.

My paintings are typically spontaneous and link me to my inner world and to the field of consciousness to which we all belong. From my viewpoint, painting and creating is a way to explore and express feelings and ideas both from inner world and from the field around us. There are emotions and concepts which are just below the level of awareness cannot easily grasped or accessed through verbal language, but painting provides a way to develop and share these unspoken messages.

I believe that art provides a therapeutic and spiritual value both to the artist and the observer who interacts with it. As conscious spiritual beings, art is imbued with this aspect of who we are and these aspects within the artwork provide a medium of recognition between the artist and the observer. While I sometimes have a specific plan regarding what I want to create, I often begin painting with a feeling and see what emerges from there. I am drawn to an instinctive form of expression without any plan or preconceived idea. As such, the outcome of my paintings or collages arise as they are being created.

The two main themes in my art are nature and spirituality. Nature inspires me with its seemingly unending beauty and the sensory experiences it provides. I feel that nature is the essence of our humanity since we are made of the Earth, and as such, we are part of the Earth and all that is on it. While some people see themselves as superior to nature, and believe they have the right to an ownership and rulership over the Earth, I believe our relationship to the natural world is best seen as a caretaker and partner.

From a spiritual perspective, I believe there is a Source God or Unity to which all conscious beings belong. Both quantum physics and metaphysics lead us to the same conclusion that everything is part of one unified field of consciousness.