Inspiration: Only when technique becomes second nature does the opportunity for truly free expression manifest. My art reflects the attempt to replicate in shape and color a cohesion of the mind’s conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings. While colors are selected consciously, form and action emerge during the process. Often this process surprises the artist with unexpected discoveries. For me printmaking is an act of communion with my inner self. Michelangelo spoke of finding the statue in the marble. It is the same for me. The printmaking process becomes the artistic act. For me a work of art is born of the love affair between hand and eye with inks, color and the zinc plate. There is nothing more exciting than marrying fine paper to a finished plate, running them through the press, then carefully ‘pulling’ the paper away and making the discovery of a new print.

Technique: These monoprints are created on metal plates which serve as the ‘canvas’ on which the artist paints with inks. Once pulled, the prints may be further worked into with dyes, pencil, and oil pastels. They are expressions of joy which emerge from a base tone as forms and winding colors intricately describing a flow of motion and exuberant emotion.

Paintings:

These are the faces of people I have drawn and painted periodically throughout my life. Some have been abstract, some more realistic. My goal has been to reflect a variety of moods and personalities. They are my mind’s family, characters who emerge as the painting unfolds. They are always a surprise.

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