About the Artist

Water made me an artist. I grew up in it. As an infant my family moved from the city of Atlanta to the suburbs. We settled in a ranch style house with a pool. I swam before I could walk. Vacations always included rivers, lakes, oceans, or hotels with pools. I have never felt at home far from a body of water. I am fascinated by the way it feels against my skin, the sound it makes splashing, lapping, and rolling, the way it lives through movement, the distinct smells of different bodies of water, and the quiet solitude that can be found within it.  

As an artist I share my experience and explore the nature of fluidity through the element of water. It is a reoccurring theme in my work, either through the use of specific colors and images or the movement of the paint across the surface. Depth, distance, the silence of immersion, turbulence, and topography are examined throughout the pieces. My landscapesque paintings are both macro and micro views. The viewer is thus challenged to add the distance perceived by bringing their unique experience with water into play with each painting. 

My current series “Ribbons” exploits the fluid nature of paint as applied using various handmade swings, troughs, and turntables.