Portfolios
White Symphony
As an art student, I was in awe of John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler. It was their bold brush strokes and the many colors of white they chose to use. This recent floral series is not something I expected to paint. As a young female artist who wanted to be taken seriously, I thought it unwise to paint flowers. As a mature woman who has live a life in the arts, I am currently embracing the palette of those I have long admired. The natural subjects around me are my inspiration. This is my homage to Whistler and his Symphony in White.
Harmony of Nature's Chorus
My paintings are influenced by lore and cross-cultural mythologies, and they are inspired by the vast and rich ecosystem surrounding my studio in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. These non-linear, abstract narratives are shaped not by the physics of the waking world, but by a flight of spirit, a communion with nature that involves both what is observed and what is intuited. Nature’s interwoven complexities also provide the pulse and tempo that I strive to capture in my painterly brushwork. A continuous yet ever-evolving theme of “sanctuary” is one I frequently return to in my work. In an exterior world that is congested with visual and audible noise, I strive to honor the sanctuary of the garden, the woods, mountains and falls.
