Current Artist Statement
My purpose in life and in making art is the awakening and understanding of the deeper messages of existence and in assisting the audience in doing the same so that we may experience our highest potential in co-existence with all of life. My art work offers the viewer the opportunity to deeply evaluate their inner world and discover how it relates to and affects the outer world. It’s an invitation to curiosity, and a call to venture below the surface of the psyche and challenge oneself to reveal those inner workings and how they relate to the external reality. Through the process of producing this art, I was able to access the multitude of layers in my thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and spirit. Creating windows (literally) that make my inner process available to the viewer inspires their personal growth. Our inner journey can be difficult and elusive to understand and navigate at times. By creating art intuitively and spontaneously, I help the viewer enjoy the inner journey as a creative unfolding rather than the experience of an obligatory march toward a singular destination.
My contemporary mixed media abstract art is defined by elements including a wide array of mediums, techniques and layers. The unique use of texture gives it a 3 dimensional effect, which also accentuates specific points of interest and meaning. Heavily textured sections in my art add depth, which is juxtaposed against points of open, transparent and delicate areas, often placing heavy earthen and material components next to lighter, ethereal and luminous regions. Natural and organic products which represent the earth and nature, are contrasted by the introduction of synthetic and man-made mediums, which represent the artificial world. These contrasts symbolize the 3rd dimensional realities of life, in which the natural world interfaces with artificial and synthetic elements. The Spiritual breakthrough occurs in the introduction of windows and symbols that represent the mystical and transcendental potential waiting to be released into kinetic energy. A prime example of this is the Philosopher’s Stone symbol which is the representation of the metamorphosis of density into divine illumination.
Using larger wooden canvases my audience is drawn in and captivated by a sizable abstract landscape that compels them to linger in the intrigue of the present moment. This acts as a mirror, a reminder and a call to attention, beckoning the individual to re-connect with mindfulness, the inner process, the spirit, the natural world and the interconnectedness of all of life. Serving as a type of Rorschach ink blot, it presents the viewer with the recognition of different perspectives in themselves and how those perspectives get projected onto the outer world. I aspire to help people work through their every day reality so as to transcend into a spiritual and mystical comprehension of themselves. My art work explores our human interdependence with nature and each other. Using Spiritual Psychological symbolism, I convey messages related to connectedness and wholeness, showing pieces being brought together acknowledges the impact our thoughts and actions have on reality. By becoming conscious of this power, we can improve our conditions and interactions with all of life.
The enduring mark that I want to leave on the world is the empowering nature of uniting the fragments of consciousness and becoming balanced. By providing healing properties and moving forward toward realization of higher understanding and expression, this connects us with the entirety of our humanity, guiding us through our daily challenges and reconciling our inner conflicts. Comprehending the mystical and ethereal parts of ourselves, we come into wholeness and begin the transcendental process of discovering our spiritual life, which serves to move us in a higher evolution forward.