About
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My work is rooted in faith and shaped by the belief that beauty is one of the ways we find our way. It isn't always peaceful, sometimes it's wild, a little grief-soaked and full of more questions than answers. The natural world holds many facets, and so does the art that comes from it.
I paint what most people walk past. Botanical forms or weeds rather, found text, I love objects that were headed for the discard pile, my work insists these things still hold weight.
Each piece carries words or skeletal drawings on the edges, the bones of the original drawing. Animals turn up amongst the flora: a bison, a bird, a horse, windows into something older than the painting. Poetry often gets written alongside each collection, because some of what a painting says needs more space.
For 35 years I've also worked as a holistic hairdresser, and those years behind the chair taught me to see beauty in authentic, unforced forms. That eye flows directly into the studio. So does the trust, I've spent a career learning and hearing what people carry. My work is made for the walls of real lives: complicated, beautiful, a declaration of endurance.
My work is rooted in faith and shaped by the belief that beauty is one of the ways we find our way back to ourselves. It isn't always peaceful — sometimes it's a little wild, a little grief-soaked. But that's the point. The natural world holds both, and so does the art that comes from it. I make pieces for the walls of real lives — complicated, beautiful, worth pausing for.
