Artist Statement
I’m a NH-based, self-taught, (mainly) abstract painter and my medium is acrylic on canvas and linen although I’ve recently started to incorporate pastels into my work. I use painting as a vehicle to reflect a wide spectrum of emotions linked to both my own life experiences and as a reaction to current affairs in the world. Ideas for my paintings are triggered by many things: Literature, pop culture, music, people, food, animals, and nature. I'm incredibly inspired by the work of Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell and Jackson Pollock to name just a few - the list is long!
As a mostly intuitive painter, each blank canvas is a new journey for me to take and I often don’t know where I’ll end up until I’ve arrived. My process can get me to this unknown destination in almost record time (like my driving!) or may turn into a longer trip because I'm not able to find my way easily. My objective is to pull the viewer close so they experience life and embark on a contemplative journey of their own, and my hope is that my work, through the often dramatic convergence of color and movement, will stimulate rumination, conversation and perhaps elicit an emotional response.