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The body of work I am featuring focuses on the figure in landscape. I am combining a passion for figurative abstraction with an ongoing love of landscape. My process usually begins with layering mixed media backgrounds composed of prepared and found papers, as well as recycled artwork. Alternatively, I may simply paint over an older work to gain the same textured effect for an active, expressive ground. I then choose an image from either my life drawing sketches or personal photos to draw and paint into the background. By integrating the figures in this way, it becomes metaphor: we are our contexts, all of us connected with responsibilities to each other and the worlds we inhabit. My overall process involves moving from the chaos of the backgrounds to calm, contemplative imagery.
I love the dance between intention and spontaneity that allows each painting to come into its own.
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It would be a pleasure to speak with you!
If you have any questions about my work, including interest in discussing a commission, please message me so that we can set up a virtual zoom chat or phone call.