Artist Statement

2023 

I am lucky to have started my art career in fabric design, fine art, and commercial photography. Studying Asian and medieval art history at Emory University was a catalyst for my current series of works. The skill I learned during my early years have influenced my work as I often use both design knowledge and photographs as a basis for inspiration. I still enjoy taking and printing photographs for my own pleasure.

My paintings, work on paper and monotypes investigate memory in both its fragity and power. Exploring my personal history leads me to create landscapes that serve as a metaphor for the passsage of time. Inspiration for images comes from working many hours in the studio and in the field observing and drawing. I like to use many layers in each painting, using those layers to reveal how memory may be recorded in color, texture and shape. My painting process I think of as aging the surface. The paint is applied intuitively with no specific planning. 

I work in a studio that is housed in an old art deco factory building built in the 1940's in Metro Atlanta, the Artisan Resource Center. It's a large studio with excellent light and space to accomodate large work and many separate work stations.

My work is in corporate, private, and public collections thoughout the United States and Canada. The collections include: Ventyx Corporation, Federal Home Bank of Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia State College, North Georgia College and State Unversity, The ART Station, Ben Hill-Fizgerald County Library, Atlanta Women's Foundation, Jacksonville State Unversity and Livingston College at Rutgers University.