My paintings are a constant exploration of myself. I started my art career as a fashion illustrator. A profession that has been replaced by photography. As a fashion illustrator you are trained to focus on line and gesture to give the viewer an illusion. As I grew in my career and the digital age expanded into the fashion world I climbed the corporate ladder to art/fashion director for major fashion companies. After 20 years of producing art for the masses for fashion and advertising I decided it was time for me to make art that expresses who I am.
For me to find my voice as an artist has been a journey.
For the past few years, I have been experimenting with different media to discover that voice. Always working in the abstract, I discovered the ancient method of encaustic painting and it is my exclusive medium of choice. The melting of the bee wax, the adding of pigment, the aroma that scents the studio while I work, the heating, re-heating of the media, the capacity to etch, scrape, collage and build up layers are only part of the appeal of this media. While encaustic media has a basic set of rules, it is during the painting process that I find myself breaking the rules and creating a piece that I may not be able to reproduce.
Much of my work has a similar pattern and rhythm to them, and then one piece will break away from that. Similar to the way my life has unfolded. An opportunity has arisen leading me on a different path.
Since I am a person who sees change as an opportunity and an exploration of growth, I found a media that can change instantly and allow me to explore a new vision in my art.
