Artist Statement

My fascination with fantasy has led me to create abstract imaginary worlds of my own.  Using different materials and processes, I create colorful layered paintings and objects. The abstract shapes  come from digital programs that have been manipulated through editing and processes such as screen printing, stenciling, and sewing. The shapes inspired by animals, movement, and painterly strokes are then layered and repeated on various fabrics and surfaces. This allows a multitude of possibilities for the work to transform.  With color and abstraction, I create settings for viewers to experience and interact with ultraviolet lighting, installation, and stuffed objects.

The abstracted shapes reference creatures, land, movement, and energy. Emphasized by the vibrating colors, these forms are stenciled, and screen printed repetitively creating optimistic dystopian settings that allow the viewer to become entranced and overwhelmed by the visual stimulation.  Through the colors, shapes, and dense layering create a disorienting camouflage that doesn’t reflect the natural world but instead one that stands out in an everyday setting.