Artist's Statement
I work with acrylics. The intensity of colors is due to working with anywhere from 6 to 20 layers of color on most parts on canvas. Sometimes I start with a photograph and sometimes with just an idea. The painting becomes more abstract as it evolves. My main concern is the balance of shapes and colors - their relationships to one another and the feelings that they evoke within the viewer. It is the feeling, the flow of energy that I really love about the painting process - the intensity and joy that comes when the painting seems to take on a life of its own. It is at this point in the work that changes are made through the heart and not the mind, and the artist feels that he/she is a part of higher creative processes.
Publications
2008 Art to Art Palette - Fall Print Edition
2008 Cover art and article Mount Shasta Magazine
2007 The Artist's Magazine "Empowerment Galleries"
2007 Cincinnati Enquirer
2007 City Beat
2003 Cover Art Draglais Magazine
Currently represented by
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, Kentucky
Liz-Beth & Co. Knoxville, Tennessee
Gallery B, Lexington, KY