ARTIST STATEMENT

I begin with a minimal approach and work in a spontaneous exploratory way. My initial inspiration could be a color or a texture or a technique. As relationships develop - color shifts, textural contrasts, line variations - my challenge is to balance the resulting complexity with the simplicity of my original concept.

Vista    Fields of color flow from a broad horizontal line - sometimes light and pure, sometimes layered and mysterious, sometimes heavy and ominous. What begins as pure color play frequently morphs into abstract landscapes.

Collage V    Watercolor washes are overlaid with hard-edged, geometric shapes creating an interplay of color, texture and line. Materials include mass-produced objects and hand-made collographs and woodcuts.

Collage III    Collage techniques with various paints invoke the movement and texture of natural features juxtaposed against a few deliberately employed geometric elements.

Pattern & Texture    Textures taken from nature interact with geometric patterns to form intricate, abstract watercolors of grids, grains, webs, weavings, pattern and print.

Ceramic Vessels    Hand-built and strongly sculptural, these vessels are either scraped and burnished into simple ovate forms or wrapped into asymmetrical, bulging shapes that overflow their expected boundaries. Mason stains, oxide washes and glazes accentuate the texture and form.