Joy Painting

"My paintings bring my impulses, intuition and deep emotional feelings to a more conscious level. As I paint I focus on the joy in everyday life...the beauty in the tiniest things...the smells and sounds, love and loss, and heartbreak and pain. I want each piece to speak to the viewer about the possibility of an inner-consciousness, passion for life, compassion for human kind, and the spiritualism that defines us as individually unique people. In my work, I search for a balance with a broad spectrum of colors, multiple layering, scraping, over painting, mixed media, and texture to create rich images that express an intense love for the world around me. My pieces are influenced by daily images—cracks on the sidewalk, old buildings, nature, friends and memories of the past. My love for life is magnified in my paintings."