Tabula Rasa Painting

Born 1969. Originally, an architectural drafter. Indigenous artist and writer under maiden name, Angela Grey. I have always been drawn to the magnificent and the mysterious—those shimmering edges where wonder and truth intermingle. It’s no surprise, then, that art became my truest devotion. Guided by an insatiable curiosity and the quiet ache to translate the unspoken, I paint not only what I see, but what I feel—visions spun from memory, dream, and imagination. My process lives in both the abstract and the representational, not as opposites, but as twin flames fed by the same breath. Each stroke is a search, each color a whisper. Often, I begin with a clear intent—a still life frozen in time, a concept etched in thought—but somewhere along the way, especially in abstraction, the idea slips its tether. The paint takes the lead. And when I am brave enough to follow, we usually arrive together at something unexpected, something whole. I paint with my heart steeped in nostalgia and soul tuned to the hush of history. I believe every figure, every fleeting shadow, every texture of time holds its own quiet magic. My work is a dialogue—between past and present, reality and myth, structure and spontaneity. I mix images and philosophies as one might mix pigments: intuitively, fervently, with reverence. In creating, I feel not only joy, but a sacred kind of thankfulness—for the chance to leave behind a trace of color, hope, or wonder in the world. I know a painting is complete when it hums with life, when it mirrors back a piece of my spirit and says, “Yes, this is the truth you carried.” When others look at my work, I hope they sense not just beauty, but a kind of resonance—a dance of emotion and color that reminds them that this world, in all its layered complexity, is still full of magic. Influences I find kinship with the bold explorations of Arshile Gorky and Albert Gleizes, the rhythmic futurism of Gino Severini and Umberto Boccioni, and the luminous energy of Hans Hofmann and Johannes Itten. The expressive pulse of Kandinsky, John Marin, and Willem de Kooning echoes in my own search for harmony between chaos and form.