Layered and involved, my abstract paintings are an expression of joy in rhythmic patterns created with color and textures. My primary concerns are light and illusion translated into two dimensions.
Capturing intangibles - feelings, sounds, moods - is the challenge I've set for myself. Using textures both real and rendered is my delight. Many of my paintings utilize gold leaf and mixed-metal leaf. Their reflective surfaces capture even more light and add another dimension to the textural rhythms.
I begin most work as a monotype because printers inks are such lush and intense colors. Then I work into the painting with pen/ink, pencils, pastels, chalk. Handmade papers and gold or mixed-metal leaf are also applied.
A painting is complete when your eyes can dance through it and with it.
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