About

In my work I am interested in how an environment can influence who we are, and how personal experiences shift perception. By sifting an experience through the creative process – I can record, document and reflect. My process is based on working in a series, in which I explore an idea, or subject, through multiples. My use of materials is based off of my subject matter, allowing me to work in a wide variety of media and techniques; from utilizing technology through filmmaking to something as traditional as painting.

In my Video artworks I am a creator of fiction- a storyteller, giving my audience just enough to compose their own narratives. As artist, filmmaker and actor in my videos I adorn many disguises; nodding to Cindy Sherman. By inserting myself into an invented world my performance as ‘actor’ allows for the re-invention of self, commenting on issues of identity and gender. I have more recently been creating video work in collaboration with international artist Cheryl Maeder, that explores the idea of ‘connection’ – between the self and the environment.

When working in more traditional materials (painting & drawing), I often rely on Art History and the formal elements to guide me. Region Series is an on-going collection of landscape paintings that are based on my travels and living experiences in different regions of the United States. I look to such artists as Richard Diebenkorn, Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Avery, Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler. While experiencing such diverse landscapes and environments I become inspired creatively, particularly as I ponder our current environmental climate crisis. The idea of a contemporary artist approaching the landscape – a historically traditional subject matter – may seem irrelevant, but I disagree. The landscape has never been more significant, as it is today. The paintings in this series are not of any specific location, but an idyllic filtration of my memories and feelings of an experience. The influence of the above-mentioned Color Field painters shines even more brightly in my Color Series, which is a body of work that explores the emotive effect of color.

Moving into Abstract Expressionist territory is my Palette Series. This is a collection of abstract painted works on paper, based on restriction and limitation. While painting I reduce my palette to a few color choices, and only allow myself to work within a set time frame. I feel that when given restrictions we often become most creative. This work was influenced by Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner and Grace Hartigan.

In my constructed collages and mixed media paintings I juxtaposes people, places and things, relying on imagination & memory to create an unknown reality; leaving my audience to muse.

I look forward to growing and exploring my artmaking practice in different environments and subjects – I am currently working figuratively on a series of portraits. I have been carefully studying the works of figurative artists, such as Lucian Freud, Alice Neel and Alex Katz to name a few.

2022

2021

NWACC Shewmaker Center for Global Business Development, Solo Exhibition, Bentonville, AR

Scope Art Fair, Exhibition of Video Installations (editor, art collaborator), Galerie Vivendi/Paris, Miami, FL

Delta Air Lines, Permanent Collection, Exhibition of Video Installations (editor, art collaborator) at Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Los Angeles & LaGuardia/New York Airports

Gallery 526, Showers of Color, Group Exhibition, West Palm Beach FL

Coral Springs Museum of Art, Super Natural (editor, art collaborator), Coral Springs, FL

ArtServe, Changing Landscapes: Art Interventions For A Planet In Crisis, Super Natural (editor, art collaborator), Ft. Lauderdale FL

2020

Armory Art Center, Armory Faculty Show, West Palm Beach, FL

Art Wynwood/Art Miami, Video Installation Pixel Series (editor, art collaborator), Miami, FL