My paintings are light studies. Light assists us in understanding landscapes, by experiencing the magnitude and direction in which it allows our vision to flow. As light moves it creates a dialogue between forms by defining them and their negative spaces. By concentrating on light as its own entity, I explore how it manipulates itself around objects and is distinguished through mood.

 

I often seek unfamiliar settings to explore new forms in unique lighting and climate.  This invites a sense of play in organic silhouettes and shadows, where I work with nuances between tone, transparency and vibrancy. 

 

The titles of my pieces reflect an investigation of inner work with ideas such as peace, capacity and victory, paralleling images that are gentle while others reflect an urgency. I have been exploring the resiliency of our planet’s natural land regeneration in the face of climate change.  I practice slowing down and observing surroundings to reach a calming state of meditation, which I find restorative to conflicts. Such inner peace is not always passive, but rather, a strong force that transforms my inner world. Feeling that we all need nature and a responsibility to protect it, my aim is to raise curiosity with my paintings and encourage collective critical thinking in regards to environment.