Artist Statement

I am an American acrylic and mixed media artist who creates highly textured substrates using layered or cradled panels, molding paste, collage, paint, and other objects and mediums. I combine my love of rich and iridescent colors with designs I create from influences such as illuminated manuscripts, Byzantine and Islamic mosaic/tilework, indigenous tribes from around the world, and from Catholic ceremony.

My work has been heavily influenced and impacted by my strict religious upbringing as well as my love of the landscape and nature. I was always attracted to illuminated manuscripts, religious icons and spiritual symbolism. With a focus on metaphor, spiritualism, and a connection to my higher self, as well as a deep attraction to the natural world, the art I am now producing has largely shifted towards a more accurate portrayal of who I am today.

I also incorporate motifs from the natural world in my paintings, such as stylized leaves and branches. I also bring a mystical influence into my work by frequently incorporating orbs and light-reflecting marks and symbols.

My recent work is an artistic homage I pay to my mother and my aunts and their knowledge and love of fabrics and sewing. Many of the designs printed on those fabrics have become patterns in my works. To create my current textural and complex work, I often marry those now-vintage fabric motifs with the iridescent colors reminiscent of the religious pageantry of my youth as well as those derived from ancient cultures.

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