I have an intuitive approach to painting. As I begin a new work, I let my artistic process organically flow by making immediate decisions and taking advantage of chance revelations as to the direction of the piece. As I create, I am influenced by the colorful memories of performing in summer stock theater, my family, the natural world and experiences from my travels, but above all, music--especially Broadway musicals and opera. My love of performing merged into painting in adulthood after my father gave me a set of acrylic paints.
My first introduction to Venetian plaster came during a painting workshop in 2011. The effects I was able to produce immediately appealed to my love for abstraction. A uniquely personal artistic exploration began to emerge. My process includes building translucent and opaque layers of plaster using a metal scraper while adding to, subtracting from, and hand-sanding the surface to reveal a history of where I have been. Additional mediums, such as graphite, oil pigment stick, and Asphaltum sometimes are applied to further enhance my work.