Expressing my ideas and concepts through my abstract paintings, as the current state of the world is at my front door. To walk through that gateway, knowledge absorbs me and changes my approach to my works. Inspiration and ideas are in constant flow, widening my knowledge and giving space to create with endless types of medium. Every time I paint, I begin a journey connecting a past to where I’ve come from, in hopes to answer questions about life. Although answers my not arrive, the extension from whatever tool I use to develop and form on to canvas or paper, is where images of shapes and color tell the story, bringing together the present and perhaps guiding me into the future.

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My abstract paintings are rooted in the movement of mark making and curvilinear lines, that are a pronounced theme throughout my work. My gestural signatures form a language, authored by emotion, and defined by a word, a conversation, and a memory from the past and present. Layers of paint are applied, building over and over each element, creating texture, blending all components, imparting feelings, thought, and depth of character to my paintings. I work with acrylic, paints, acrylic markers and acrylic inks, and various mediums. I will mix them together, or one or the other depending how my work develops as the concept unfolds. I also work with various pencils and markers allowing me to freely express shapes and lines in the beginning of a painting and at the end.