Artist Statement
I am a multi-disciplinary artist whose art reflects the human condition — all of its crags, crevices, revelations and secrets — and a belief in an endless ability to rise from the ashes. Mixed media artworks are rooted in personal history and plumb the depths of both an inner darkness and an inner light. In essence, the work is about life, death, and hope.
Current work delves into identity and the lasting core which survives the white noise from society, family and personal experience. Newest are multi-part, ‘flexible,’ hanging sculptures -- using wire, mixed media, and found objects -- which invite curatorial creative input into the presentation through lighting direction and movement, and component inclusion and movement to offer a continually varied viewer experience. The perpetual dance of the shadow and conscious selves is illuminated. Other pieces are mired in matter, physically palpable and sculptural, bridging the genres of sculpture, painting and assemblage. Dozens of layers, constructed and deconstructed, yield surfaces rich with archeology which reflect the complexities of human existence. Creations become ‘entities.’ Forms extend beyond support boundaries, jutting outward and encroaching the viewer’s space. In all artworks, uncensored raw materials and creative process have both a symbolic and physical presence.
Born into a family of scientists, and after a career in organ and tissue transplantation research, a fascination with the physical and psychological intricacies is inbred. Attention to both the whole and the detail is honed. As a plastic surgeon's daughter, suturing together and ripping apart come naturally from frequent operating theater observations. However, my aim is not to veil the underbelly, but to reveal it.
I reside in Colorado.