detail of “You” Pastel on Paper 2019 22” by 30”
The life of a line is my muse. Guided by my muse, I search for a perspective of a divine existence in our broken milieu where light is present. Through its lightness and heaviness, to its finite and eternal presence, I sculpt the line.
I am drawn to the body of a line and enter it through mark-making, using color and movement to produce light and depth. Influenced by patterns and the juxtaposition of specific colors, I am led by the sapient line to explore the subconscious and the effects these patterns provoke. Everything begins with a line; my muse holds my hand as I lose myself on the surface. I walk into a line and with my materials begin to unravel its mysteries.
My primary materials are pastels and oil paints. I explore and interpret the colors, light, depth, and gestures of my predecessors, German and Italian Renaissance painters, using the same materials they did. Approaching our surfaces with mutual questions we are brought closer together as in a conversation, through materials, themes and the humor in our reiterated histories, regardless of time.
I construct surfaces that have a variety of marks using lines, color, and forms that sometimes refer to fragments or hints of landscapes, animals or human figures or explore the zeitgeist of the human experience. I deconstruct figures to explore their forms. I destroy pieces of pastel on paper, bringing onto the surface that which is raw. Within my pictures there exist other pictures that communicate with areas of the surface.