Artist from Lincoln, Nebraska
CURRENTLY
Living in Oregon
My work is an expression of experience with nature. The paintings are meditations largely on a relationship of interdependence and are meant for the viewer to engage with similarly - to spend time with the work and watch it change as the elements relate to one another. Using color intuitively and often working large-scale immerses the viewer in the feeling and mood of the piece.
I resonate greatly with the movement, color and mood in Joan Mitchell's paintings and echo her thoughts on inspiration: "I could certainly never mirror nature. I would more like to paint what it leaves with me." To paint what nature leaves with me describes the openness of interpretation that I find in the process of making these paintings and the things that are left unsaid for the viewer to uncover for themselves.