Statement


I am creating an ongoing series of oil paintings on paper exploring the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the human body. My inspiration for this series draws inspiration from the phrase “Sea Change”. The images in my older and new work spring from my sketchbook and are shaped by dreams, poetry, emotions, music, nature, and science. I am captivated by both the mystical essence and the scientific truth that this concept embodies.

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Transparent layers of diluted colors and overlapping forms of biomorphic shapes create abstract and spontaneous paintings in this series. When painting, I organize a visual language using colors, stacking shapes that negate and influence each other. The paintings’ vertical portrait format, evoke movement, tension, and the emotional experience of sinking beneath the ocean’s surface and colliding into a world of fluorescent marine life and flora. It represents the descent into the depths of emotions, where the ocean is a metaphor for my subconscious and the vibrant life around me symbolizes the complexity of personal memories and grief, after the death of my husband.

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In this aquatic ecosystem, and as in my paintings, domains of darkness and clusters of color, coexist. The sea and the verdant greens in the woods near my home in New Hampshire influence my works’ intense, saturated palette. It is a profound source of grounding and centering for me to have been making art for many decades. I want to continue creating new art forms that deconstruct the themes of reciprocity between the natural world and human communities.