Themes of transformation, safety, resiliency and the passage of time inform my work. Across mediums (painting, sculpture, and photography), my figures appear not quite human. They can traverse liminal space; shape shifters that adapt different needs and situations. I have long been interested in inventing my own worlds. As a young child, my imagination allowed me a way to surround myself with a sense of magic, protection and a connection to something no one else could see. Today my work is becoming more rooted in the physical environment in which I inhabit. My abstract figures are moving through the streets, seen and unseen.
Living now in New York City, my palette is gleaned from the urban textures and diverse peoples moving through the city. I also collect and reuse found materials, including scraps from previous paintings and random papers and odd bits collected on my city walks for use in my mixed media paintings. Discarded objects collected from the city streets are the primary source for my sculptures. I endeavor to both remember, and reconstruct the past; creating new forms that are responding to and navigating contemporary times.
