I was classically trained in painting and printmaking in Boston.  I loved classical figure drawing and all things figurative.  Like many artists, that is where my inspiration and  art love-affair started, the human form.  Eventually, I became more and more interested in the simplicity of form. I began taking gesture, shape and line down to my most minimal understanding of it, stripping away the human form and any representation of reality altogether. 

 

My love of abstraction stems from a preoccupation with three things:  the relationships between colors, the interaction of shapes and the emotional quality of line.

All of my work is inspired by the traveling I do.   I extensively photograph all of my journeys and create bodies of work based on my photographs.  Traveling affords me the freedom needed to create from a fresh perspective each and every time.  I begin my canvases with layers of color and line that are intuitive and loosely based on my photographs.  Through a process of editing color and shape relationships, I bring each painting closer to my personal sensibilities and my vision of a balanced composition.

I hope that the amount of love I put into every single piece is available for each viewer to draw upon.