My art explores texture, color, and shape inspired by organic earth, urban decay, erosion, and change. I work in mixed media: acrylic paint, collage, charcoal, paper, cardboard, and oil pastels on paper and canvas. My approach is abstract and free-form, painting intuitively, and my finished pieces may consist of many layers that guide me to the final result.
My work typically starts with a narrow color choice. I usually begin by painting or applying textures to the surface, building the forms and flow in progressive layers as the vision reveals itself to me. Inspired by my youth spent in the desert city of Tucson, I tend towards dry earth tones, stone, oily black, muted greens, rusty browns, and orange. Bringing these colors in layers and patterns to the textures of multiple materials on various surfaces, I find form, movement, and composition in their interactions. These works explore age, history, timelessness, and the collision of modern life with the ancient world.
By bringing these natural colors, textures, and forms into abstract mixed media painting, I seek to convey the feelings of life’s endless interdependence and change.