Painting size; 13.5 x 13.5 in.

Statement

My artwork explores the rhythms, tensions and harmonies of the natural world,

reflecting my sensory perception of patterns, energies, atmospheres and relationships.

I work with the interplay of color and movement, form and texture, and the idea of above and

below, seen and unseen, with multiple layering in my paintings. I was born in Tucson Arizona

and have lived in Santa Fe New Mexico since the mid-1970s. The Southwestern landscape

permeates my awareness of color and shape. The cycling of the New Mexico seasons, flights of

birds, native flora, the Río Grande and other rivers and arroyos, continually visit my paintings.

Travel intensifies my appreciation of the many forms and feelings in the world of nature. Asian

aesthetics in crafts and painting also continue to be a great influence. My preferred mediums

are acrylic and graphite on canvas and on gessoed paper. I work with negative space by adding

and subtracting shapes while building the surface to create an overall glow.