As an artist, I believe that the spaces we inhabit have the power to shape our inner worlds. That's why I’m continuously exploring the interplay between color, form, and composition in my work - to create environments that foster meditation, growth, and renewal. Drawing on my background as a commercial art director, I often use bold colors and straight edges to express emotion and create a sense of harmony. Collage and digital compositing are also important elements of my practice, allowing me to explore the ways in which the lines, grids, shapes, and colors in our lives interact, oftentimes subconsciously. Our spaces are also often defined by our relationship with others – it’s these invisible social landscapes that add so much depth and richness to our lives – if we can get in touch with it. My work has found a home in private collections and I’m grateful to have found that others share this desire to explore these connections to things that are beautiful on such an essential level.

One of the 20th-century artists I’m most informed by, Wassily Kandinsky said, "Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced." Whether it’s a painting, collage, or digital work, my creative process relies on an intriguing dance between my intentions and the outcomes generated by computer algorithms or brushstrokes. It's a constant back-and-forth exchange where the initial color choices, shapes, etc. spark a dynamic exploration. Abstraction serves as the fertile ground for this continuous dialogue. I embrace an intuitive working process, allowing my unconscious mind the freedom to express itself in response to abstract shapes and fragments of ephemera. The interplay allows for a thorough investigation of form and function, and the creation of an artistic construction.

Through this ongoing dialogue, I seek to uncover new possibilities and push the boundaries of my artistic expression. It is in the interplay between the artist and the elements employed that a rich tapestry of visual language emerges, and during this process the goal is to create something of aesthetic beauty. Outdoors in the real world, I’m inspired by mountains and the sea, and there’s plenty of that to see in the Pacific Northwest. The changes in light and season reveal infinite palettes that are always astonishing.

May, 2023