About My Work

Growing up bombarded with images from television, movies, and  advertisements, through the computer age and the Internet, I have observed how the entire world has come closer to my personal one. There are so many images and "noises" coming at us constantly. I have been impelled to interact, react, and translate what I see and hear in my work. In this post 9/11 world I believe it is important for artists to "speak-out" through their art.

Nine years ago I began a new body of work called "Conversations" that reflects memories, communications, and an ongoing dialog with others and myself. After 9/11 I began to include my observations about and reactions to events and the people involved. Included in my "conversations" is my interaction and communication with my animal family.

After many years as an oil painter, I turned to encaustic because the medium is more physical and dimensional. Encaustic, is a very old painting technique dating back to the ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations. Bees wax, damar cystals, and pigment are melted together to make the paint. Heat is the medium in which the encaustic paint is adhered. The rich colors, physical substance and wonderful smell of wax is both a delight and challenge. At the other end of the spectrum of mediums is the new technology. Industry advancements of the computer and camera have lured me into working with photography and the digital image. Combining digital imagery with encaustic paint is an exciting venture. I like the idea of working with a very new medium combined with a very old one. I also enjoy the physical nature of experimenting with a variety of mediums.

My art is an on-going exploration of my feeling, reaction, and points of view of living in our complex world today. After working for many years as an artist my passions and interests are automatically translated into the visual realm. I love the exploration of finding a "suitable" world for the ideas.