Grace No. 1 Painting

I paint with acrylic and mixed media on canvas and wood surfaces. My work often includes dense, textured layers, hidden imagery, collage with vintage text and photographs. I love to incorporate ink, charcoal, spray paint and oil depending on the project. My paintings are saturated in bold colors, complex to the surface and usually sealed in layers of high gloss coatings. I have been painting for 29 years. I didn’t attend art school but studied multiple disciplines and earned a BA degree in Dance. As and artist, I have had a couple of outstanding teachers and mentors along the way and continue to study and learn by experimentation. Thousands of my original works reside in private and public collections around the world. My work is about process. My daily painting studio practice allows me to process my life. I paint every day, regardless of whatever is happening. My painting process has taught me about discernment, structure, about listening and knowing when to act on impulse, taking risks, or holding back, allowing and about my own resilience. Many paintings have taken years, even decades to be complete, where as other paintings take root with a specific intention and can be completed in a couple of weeks.