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I have been painting for over 20 years and I have been concerned with depicting images of subjects that reflect the human condition through my personal experiences with love, loss, prejudice, emotional intimidation and self-acceptance. By working with my most complex concerns I have found that I bring clarity my thoughts which helps me to become more open and accessible to the people that see my work and want to discuss how it has helped them to understand, feel, or communicate things that had been difficult to access. I have most recently become increasingly conscious of my aging process and how my body and thoughts are changing. My paintings begin to reflect this process with the inclusion of layers of translucent or transparent material, paint, or images where one image is intertwined and dependent on another. This process allows for the multiple thoughts or feelings to be synchronous and affect one another allowing ephemeral thoughts to read simultaneously. My newest imagery includes work with movement, memory, and placement in the natural world that has allowed me to become more conscious of my physical and mental body and my transitory existence. My search in art making is ongoing and looking hard at my existence is part of this process. |