Winter Garden Painting

I was born in New York City to a mother involved in theater and a father with a fine art moving business. My teenage years were spent outside Seattle on Whidbey Island clearing a 12 acre plot of land with my family and building a seven sided geodesic dome house. After college I spent 10 years off and on traveling with and documenting, as well as performing with, a group of European circus performers. I draw on my eclectic past and and love of architecture and design for inspiration. My paintings are meditative studies done with rich colors and bold graphic compositions - I often incorporate circles, grids and stripes. The appeal of this symbology helps to captivate the viewer and hold them there to explore the many subtle details. I work with abstractions because I want to put forth something universal that, like music, can be open to interpretations that are unique to each individual and can continue to evolve over time. A common theme in my painting is the relationship between rigid linear form and the organic flow of nature, order and disorder. I feel this is reflective in many ways of our society and our longing for something more than the sterility of technology in our modern lives. My work also has a very tactile and textured suface interest with often glossy almost glasslike colors. I use unconventional ways of applying paint - dripping and pouring paint and creating patterns using the natural arc of my arm.