I use acrylic paint, mixed media and collage paper to unwind my perfectionism, befriend my inner emotional landscapes and connect with the spontaneous joy of improvisational mark making. I approach each new piece with a beginners mind, holding an openness, eagerness and lack of preconception, like an alluring dance with the unknown. 

I am drawn to abstraction because it coerces me to abandon my compulsion to accurately translate what I see in my mind’s eye. Instead, I follow a more emergent process. It begins by laying down a color, mark or collage paper that sparks my interest. And then I simply respond. Each piece unfolds as a series of impulses and responses until there’s not a next obvious move. When something inside of me relaxes with calm delight, I know that I am done. 

This way of making art heals and wholes the parts of my personality that want things to be “just so”. My goal oriented, meticulousness must surrender to the often uncomfortable, dynamic tension of not knowing where I am going.