Q: Have you always painted faces and waves or have you explored other territories?
A: My subject matter has changed over the years from doodling in abstraction during college to portrait painting of Women I choose from Photos and landscapes from my own photos I took of Where was living and the roads I drove when delivering my art. So as far as the Faces, The body of work that emerged and 2010 was the beginning of years of intuitive faces and figures. It was there I began to tap into something deeper in myself, to be intuitive and emotional on a personal level, where before I painted someone else’s grief or pensive expressions. I have always been drawn to the rawness of the human emotion, especially one who is suffering but resilient. My own life struggles started to reflect in my work and the process of discovering these girls began to heal my pain, which I found therapeutic. The releasing and healing of my demons and my distraught are a product of working through and finding my blessings.
Q:When we first sat down with you and learned about your process back in 2020, you were living on Folly Beach near Charleston. Since then, you have moved - tell us about your new place!
A: Where I have created has change over the years, as to my process is always changing. From my basement in Brevard in 2010, to a rented studio in an old church, to a 32 foot RV trailer, to another basement on the beach, I have always made myself a place to create. I am now painting in a bedroom in a beautiful 1874-year-old home that we just purchased in September this year. The studio set-up is a temporary space until we can make my final studio in one of the old barns on our property.
Q: What inspires you?
A: I am inspired, not only of my own awareness and muse, but the constant flow of art coming from others. I am inspired by texture, the psychology, therapy and act of alchemy. I am moved by a soul that reveals itself through art when one can allow the freedom to let it be. I am inspired by creators that create intuitively, although I have great admiration for realism, I have no desire to paint for skill or perfection, but long to paint to discover and see the beauty In the imperfections and untapped Conscious.I pray I can always share so others may connect to that beauty of the imperfection, the places that heals not only myself but helps others too.
