The thoughts, ideas, and emotions I express in my art center around the concept that all living beings are connected at the cellular level. I use cellular shapes and their physical features to represent what we all have in common, including flows of life, finding life paths, relationships, life cycles, energy fields, and basic desires and needs. The shapes I use in my art to express these ideas are mostly abstract, organic, and flowing. Life itself flows in all directions; it is not linear.

Research is an important part of my practice. Reading, investigating, and viewing art that has been created by others in the past often leads to “seeds” of ideas that I grow and develop into my own projects. I keep notes about what I see, hear, and discover, and link them to sketches of pieces I might make. Microscopic images, maps, the drawings of Ernst Haeckel and Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the paintings of Hilma af Klint and Matthew Wong, and ceramic sculptures of Ken Price have all influenced me.

Working in the studio is where my process takes off. I begin to work on something I have researched, my notes, sketches and what is in my head. This is a time of discovery – there is not a direct path to the finished work. I work organically. I enjoy discovering new ways to express myself along the way by welcoming accidents, finding alternative solutions, tweaking ideas, and taking unexpected paths. This way of working is compatible with the idea that life is a series of choices, we are always learning, and we can redirect many times along the way. The element of surprise is an important part of the process. 

Printmaking is an ideal medium for me. I thrive on riding the tension between managing the technical aspects and soaring with the creative process. I love the immediacy of printmaking and the many techniques and approaches it offers. Printmaking allows me to change directions quickly. It allows me to use multiple techniques on one print. Printmaking offers opportunities to play, experiment, explore and discover along the way. The art is the process itself.