This painting was revealed to me during the process. As I sat with it at various stages, I was able to ponder things in a visceral way because...

There is a tenderness in witnessing your children grow. Separation comes in waves. You say to them “Go out and try it!”, knowing you are their soft place to...

“A Rose’s Journey”   "Once the fragrance hit, I had to follow it. Stop!   Consideration is the lilt I give my chin....

Do we get to choose how we feel? Or does it just somehow happen to us?

“Mariana’s Captive”   Blown in from the East, a clumsy landing.  Paper Wet Wide   Fake blossoming on the surface tension. Sinking   Lightning flashes in...

I titled it “Eminence” because of the majestic feel that it had in the end, and the true glow of the yellow tone contrasting with the other stark colors....

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Our lives are complicated and diverse and all of us are dealing with so many things at once. I am in awe of it. I can see it in my...

Many times as I finish a painting after months of layering and doting upon it, I feel like it is just the beginning of exploring a visual concept....

As I reflect on this process of pairing a song with an artwork I am really quite energized by the complexity. Music is abstract just like my paintings, and...

Life, as a projection of our mind, is meant to crumble. It was never meant to last. Life is a series of detours and beautiful interruptions.  It...

I started this painting on a day I felt particularly rejected as a mother. For as high as my pride and love goes up, it can also come down and...

I chose to include a wide spectrum of color undulating from cool to warm so as to cover all of the possibilities in life.  I also had a wide...

Usually we feel like logic is at the center of our understanding. We strive and hide, pull away and lurch forward. Logic is there as an undeniable magnet. A dotted...

  “No Such Thing As Silence” “Can you hear my voice? A tap at a window. A drop of a pebble....

This painting is a top view of the tension before an eruption. It is an emotional illustration of what it feels like to smooth over and contain...

Everyone has their own recording of their own story deep deep inside. I don’t see it in a chronological way.  I see it as facets that sparkle, ever changing and...

That moment in time where we decide to really go for it, and live life to the fullest. It’s the moment that we accept that we have flaws, but we...

The process of discovering how to illustrate ideas that are slippery and difficult to explain requires a lot of patience. I remember several times while painting these, I would just...

When I started this painting, I wanted to do something very spacious, and of the rich colors that I saw in a dream. It was a really strange dream where...

The essence of this piece is togetherness, and feeling close to a person.  So close, you overlap.  I also see it as facets, like in a diamond or crystal.  I...

I remember thinking and feeling a lot of things while creating this.  It was made over many sessions of layering.  The sessions were drawn out because I like to let...

“It is the way it is and always has been, and that is enough. The tracking number leads to revelation.”

"As the years pass, the veil lifts. I am entitled to more because I am more.”

“Only after I am made a fool do I see it...or even think it's possible. My tenderness is spontaneous. But not the world, no not the world.”

“Like splits in a path, fractured and crawling as a web, the choices map my story.” As time passes, my solid memories are dislodged from themselves.  They start to float free...

This painting is a diagram of energy being regulated.  It is a glimpse into the invisible world of natural justice. 

  “Cut open to the Glory. The poignant insides that claim me. The loyalty that erupts. When she looks at me I want to be my best self.”

I played life sized chess with my daughter and her little friend this weekend, and if we stood in the middle of the knee high pieces, we could barely see...

Sometimes words are told to convince me. They take shape and pierce through my assumptions. They prod my intellect. They mush my...

"The Yearning for You is Endless"  The idea for this painting came from a song I wrote years ago called “The Yearning”  I have the full...

I love the idea of seeing through the clouds, or mist, or confusion, or veil of some kind.  That is a kind of superpower.  The power to...

My favorite place to be is in the comforting arms of the creative process.  It doesn’t matter what the outcome is. To me, it’s all about arranging...

"The Peace of Repetition"   "The Peace of Repetition, Only known by going through the exercises of a lifetime. Wind blowing through the honeycomb of my blaster of my luminescence...

The idea for this painting started as a feeling of wanting to have a space inside that would attract strength in my life.  I have always admired people’s resilience and...

Painting is very intuitive. Nothing excited me more than sitting down at a blank canvas and wondering what's going to happen.  I love the openness, and the willingness to see...