I work from the inner world and practice a form of automatism, which unleashes the creative flow of energy. From that flow comes symbols created with acrylic, gouache, and mixed media. I explore these for a time in a series, with the intention of finding a deeper meaning. Forms take on metaphorical importance as they intertwine with my internal narrative.

I am interested in the bond between life experience and art, and in how life events can become catalysts that awaken the inner voice. My artwork brings hidden experience into the daylight, where it can be explored in the conscious realm.

Recent Series Development

Silent Knocking

Silent Knocking is the second in a series of storybooks that explore the intersection of art and life and expose the inner world of the artist. It is a broader philosophical approach to presenting the work, and includes the layers of strata that unfold during the creative process, encompassing the unseen. The art piece is the surface level, but the book is the container that holds deeper layers; unseen processes that occur during the creation of the work.

This storybook covers seven sequential series created during 2016 and 2017. The narrative follows my quest to pursue an image that appeared in my work uninvited. As the drama unfolded, I traced the image back to its origin, and then coaxed it into awareness to be explored. What I found was an opening that disrupted the surface of the artwork and exposed another realm that held the possibility of deeper meaning. To read Silent Knocking in PDF format, click here.

A Story of Self, the first storybook, covering series created during 2015 and 2016, can be found in the archive. Click here.

The Pebble Series

Towards the end of Authentic Line & Pentagon I felt a sense of completion and then opened to something new. I remembered an image that kept popping into my work, uninvited, starting with Standing Stones (five series back). A floating pod shape. An opening into another realm.

I decided to invite it in… in order to learn from it. I called it Pebble.

The Pebble Series began with a quest, but posed a dilemma, ie, how to conjure it up when I felt no control over it? How to capture the spirit of an image, not just copy it… for it had volition—a will of its own.

The line work was directed upward as if summoning the shape, which appeared only after the effort of the lines. The velocity of the energy created the pebble that rose above the lines, exposing another realm.

To see Pebble Series artwork, click here.

Core Series

In Core, I dropped the lines altogether to focus exclusively on the symbol. First came the layer of horizontal lines. Then the opening was found and I created it with a second layer of paint, an overlay, which held the portal.

As the series evolved, the shape of the image shifted from oval to round, always holding the space, a visible horizon within. It created a kind of gateway or threshold. The horizon carried the promise of something more.

To see Core Series, click here.

Boundary Series

Boundary Series is a continuation of Core imagery with another layer added. An extra level of exploration. A shift from looking into the opening to how the opening interacts with another dimension. The concept of boundaries is introduced.

The process involved the use of various marking styles that explore different degrees of boundaries. The mark making became increasingly violent. I gave myself permission to attack the surface—even though it felt weird, as if stabbing the canvas. I was able to push past. Then the series ended

To see Boundary Series, click here.