As a fine artist I create images that are memory impressions of my experiences in the beauty of the natural world.
As a costume designer, my job was to give an actor a toolbox to express the unspoken, visual persona of a character.
Both are storytelling.
Artists are the chroniclers of human experiences. The act of creating art is a uniquely human experience, it is an act that is not biologically necessary to sustain life, yet, from mankind’s origins, humans have recorded their personal histories with the creation of art.
I feel that color has metaphorical weight. My work is always a reaction to the wild and the tame in the natural world, specifically the interactions between atmosphere, light, and the earth, and the histories of humankind’s relationships with the planet and themselves.
Art helps us make sense of the beautiful and the horrific act of living. My fine art practice is in constant response to current events and the wayward actions of humankind amid the natural rhythms of our planet.
