Inspired by the West Coast and its many incredible cloud formations, my paintings are a direct response to the silent beauty of light penetrating the darkness which brings a sense of calmness to all it envelops. Traveling along the West Coast has provided an endless source of material from which I am create my landscape paintings.
Artist, Louise Bourgeois created art to survive, to understand emotion and pain; this relates to my creative process in a similar way because art provides me with an understanding for my visual imagery. Art gives my life balance and once I have completed an image I can walk away. It is beauty I desire in my work and once I complete an idea then I can move on to the next canvas.
Living in an urban setting with limited living and breathing room has allowed art to become my escape to a place of calm. My love of space and simplicity comes out in the images I create in my art work.