The Gladdest Thing Painting

The approach I take to painting can start with words, a feeling, a photograph of flowers or landscape, a color combination that excites me, or a collage element that I particularly like. The work evolves from there and I never know where it will end up. I lay down the beginning layers with paint or collage and this guides the color and feel of the piece from the from the very beginning. Spontaneity can take it in a new direction. That is exciting to me because I never know where a painting will end up. When I am working in my studio—color, paint, and surface all seem to sing as the piece progresses. Often I get lost in the process—but really, I'm finding myself again and again.