Artist Statement

My paintings are a celebration and obsessive investigation of texture, luminosity and transparency. I am fascinated by the subtle shifts in temperature that occur as light dances across the papery petals of a lunaria plant or the varied terrain of countless stones, shells or shallots. I relish the juicy maze of shadows and highlights that describe a sheep's tangled wool. These moments are my opportunity and excuse to play with and wrangle paint and I articulate them with a fervor that is equal parts joy and neurosis.

In my brushstrokes as in my life I yearn to be bold, wild and carefree but what emerges is almost always something and someone much quieter, more contained and careful. My natural instincts inevitably take over and I can't help but find comfort in the meticulous rendering and infinite promise of yet more detail. If ever a glob of paint is left unblended or a swath of canvas is left untended, it is evidence of a little battle with myself that I have won.