Lost, Love: Artist Statement

As artists, there are moments when the landscape shifts, and how we see the world— how we view ourselves—is fundamentally altered.

It can be the way a thin ray of light falls over a face, or how a body appears to descend into shadows while emerging into the light. It is these unexpected moments that can suddenly bring up emotion, stirring something deep and untethered. Sometimes it is memory, other times it is hope, and often still it is melancholy.   

In Lost, Love, I strived to render these fleeting moments with a glimpse beyond the composition. Using both expressive and refined strokes, I explored the balance of energy and stillness that can make the figure come alive. 
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This interplay of the illusion of color with the illusion of light, drives me as an artist to capture it with the fluidity of paint.  When two strokes of varying hues create depth and shape, it moves me to continue to add to this illusion.  The physical world and the physical paint, juxtaposed against the inner world we carry with us.