When it all comes together,
a creative life has the nourishing power
we associate normally with food, love, and faith.
- Twyla Tharp
I REMEMBER
fearless creativity as a young child with paper and paint and crayons. There was no internal judgment or editorializing, simply enjoyment of color and line possibilities. Then there was a very long artistic quietude. Life was busy with science focused education, marriage and kids and becoming a nurse midwife, and working. My kids grew up and moved out, I retired, and an opening of time and space arrived. What came in was curiosity about how a silent empty page or canvas could change into a method of communication both with myself and others.
While primarily intrigued by portraiture and figurative work, landscapes and intuitive abstractions, my exploration has been deepened and directed by a corresponding immersion into a daily meditative practice. I am currently working primarily with acrylic paints, encaustic (including monotype), cold wax and oil, and pastels. I enjoy plein air and life drawing. When I travel, I bring a sketchbook and watercolors. 2017 was the first year I began to show and sell paintings.