Escape and ecstasy. In my Dance Series paintings, I revel in dreamscapes of pulsing, swirling prismatic colors and hypnotic grooves. I explore rhythmic patterns as vehicles to communicate movement, sensation, energy, and joy.
I’ve been painting and dancing most of my life. These two practices are the creative life forces that feed my soul. I am a perennial dance student. I love the communal energy, inclusivity, and collective joy that I feel in dance studios and in the nightclub dance scene. My latest painting series is inspired by the movement, music, lights, fashion, and euphoria I experience in dance culture.
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re:surface paintings are intuitive inventions that indulge in a topography of pattern and texture. Organic forms and geometric arrangements compete or cooperate with each other. Thick, opaque pigments and collage add density into which I scratch into and sand off. A progression of layers obscure or reveal earlier imagery. Rich surfaces develop into low relief tactile paintings.
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The transience of time and the fragility of being human are underlying themes in this work. Feminine figures are lost and found within richly textured layers of atmospheric color addressing issues of beauty and impermanence. Thick impasto and gestural brushstrokes are created and destroyed by scratching and scraping to emphasize ambiguity.
My paintings have evolved through my interest in surfaces that have a weathered, aged patina; corrosive walls and doors marked by rust, colorful peeling paint, chipped plaster and graffiti.