I create artworks, both paintings and drawings that are representative of my idea of sanctuary. I try to suggest an aura which gives an air of hope, safety, serenity and even private prayer. My subject matter is abstract but my concepts allude to constellations, stars and the concept of spirituality within open spaces. Movement is important to my work and I try to create a free fall sensation that allows the viewer to travel along with me. I am very inspired by Miro’s constellation paintings and both the lyrical and narrative quality of their abstraction. Personally, I am influenced by my own spirituality, which has been embedded into my experiences, early on as a child. This work is important to me, because its ideas have sustained me throughout my lifetime, especially in times of great loss. Of course, in todays’ time of the terrible coronavirus pandemic, my work soothes me, as I make it, and I also aspire to finding refuge in a physical world that is unspecified by anything that threatens our survival.

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Much of the vocabulary in my works are curvilinear forms and marks that are scribbles and squiggles. I also like to embrace dripped paint and see where it can invite my next move. The many squiggles I use are representative to me of biology, which is the basis for all life’s forms. In some works, I have used the “Evil Eye”, to suggest an omen or a presence that is larger than myself. Some of my pastel drawings deal with the structure of stars, because although stars are tangible, I have yet to be close to any in real time. It is the unknown that fascinates and soothe me, at the same time. To me, the unknown is hope, something more that might come along.

Layers are also very important to my works, because I believe that everything is in flux and is constantly moving and changing. I like to reveal underneath layers and to partially obscure marks, to show both the past, present and even future of time. I change my mind and my direction often, when I am working, and I try to include all of that within my process and end result. Even erasure is part of my process and I use that method with drawing erasers as well as smearing paint. My belief in the interconnects of history plays an important role in my marks and color. I try to loop many singular elements together and to connect my colors as well, through painting wet on wet. My works are made today by me, but suggest my past and also where I want to go.