Artist Statement

As a psychotherapist and lover of beauty, I seek to illuminate the soul with color and light to inspire hope in every viewer. I believe that color and the expression of feelings created through color, is a God given method of healing through the color of nature. When I am painting, I am in a process of looking, feeling, and “flowing” without words.

I believe this flow is a spiritual tool created by God as the Creator of beauty, and that God is also the audience of the painting I am creating. Thus, my work is a conversation with God, myself, and the viewer, much like a prayer.

As I look at color and light in nature, especially coastal water, I am seeking what’s under the surface, and the depth below, often hidden from view. The closer I look, the more I see, the more I see, the brighter I paint. In this way, color and light is interacting with the deeper human spirit - and when the “unseen” is finally “seen” and known, its beauty can be celebrated.