Artist Statement

“My practice often works within the narrative of transformation as an artist and individual. I try to create a sense of space and energy in the drawing or painting and this process connects me to an energy in me and outside of me. I love marking the paper or canvas and the physicality of painting on a large canvas and moving the paint. I use pencil marks to express extensions of space, weight and movement, defining the end to a painting and anointing the work with a finishing touch in graphite. For me, painting, drawing and sculpture are consecrated actions and their creation is an initiation. I consider the process of making art as magical.”