Artist Statement

  Nature serves as inspiration for my art and  my    colorful abstractions feature botanical, aquatic and microscopic motifs.   I am fascinated by the elegant intricacy and efficiency of patterns that repeat on both small and large scales across a variety of lifeforms, from single cell amoebas to entire ecosystems.  These patterns include spheres, tubes, and networks that are perfectly adapted to connect, transmit, reproduce, and allow life to thrive.  I look for these repeating patterns and abstract them into series of lines, shapes, and colors, which form the foundation of my own visual language. Blending images from the real world and imagination,  my work celebrates nature in all its beauty, chaos and complexity.  

My art attempts to capture life​ itself​, which is in constant state of evolution and atrophy.​ In my paintings, I create chaos and then I look for life and order. Every painting has its own mythology of creation. Life taking hold while some things die and many things evolve. My biggest challenge is to bring the painting to a stage where life is the dominant theme, but the painting is still in a state of growth and decay-- not quite in balance, but rather in a dynamic state, but tipped towards life. When you look at the painting, you can imagine that some things will continue to grow, and you can also see that from the areas of decay new life may emerge.

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