There are three things I particularly love in seeking and finding images: 1) giving unfettered attention to what I see and feel, 2) conducting experiments to help shape the work, and 3) discovering a starting point for a piece in the seen world and moving beyond that into the unseen.

 

While making work, I am especially heedful of the physical world, as these experiences and my perceptions of them are the ingredients for creativity. Simultaneously, I reach within myself for that which goes beyond the self. From this spiritual locus, I make my way through the structural, shape, color, and material choices for the images. Styrofoam and plastic may be transformed into Antarctic landscapes. Old figure drawings and Pellon fabric may be transposed into mountains. Other pieces find their voices from drop cloths taken my studio floor, unstretched canvas, acrylic paint, marking pen, glitter, and thread. Materials do not dictate what the images became, but along with the process, shape and form them. The resulting work exemplifies attention to the creative process of seeing, experimenting, and entering a space beyond observation.

 

Seeking and finding images mirrors seeking and finding interiority and a spiritual orientation in my work. This essential process lends itself to dynamic, intuitive art, engaging all of who I am and what I make.

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