100x100cm each (39 x 39 inches each) Sold as a triptych (set of 3)

acrylic, oil, ink, pastel, and spray on stretched canvas.

2019

The text in my painting is stream of consciousness writing. Writing stream of consciousness makes me present with my thoughts and the painting. The writing is not supposed to be legible, it is used more like line and texture in the work, it is a practice of getting into the work. It is a way of clearing my head and being here, present. It makes the work personal and expressive. 

I love the large scale also because it encourages me to work freely. Working from my shoulder rather than my wrist. My work is a large statement work. It often is the focal point in a collector’s home. My collectors are often first time collectors because my work is affordable and approachable. I love making work that has a lot of details that can be slowly discovered over time. They have this life-giving piece of work hanging in their home adding to the space and to the conversation.

From the Blithe With Me collection.

Generous white space. Scribbled ink-blot.

My admiration for the AbEx artists trickles into my work. I see hints of Helen Frankenthaler's large washes on natural unprimed canvas and Cy Twombly with his scribbly, illegible writing. The large, monumental canvas calls to me as it did them. I push and pull materials, as well as write stream-of-consciousness, on canvas over 1x1 meter in size sprawled on the floor. My color-field paintings incorporate both spontaneous and meticulous applications of ink, pastel, acrylic, spray, and oil paint. My aim in the studio is to let go, be present, and play with the paint, play in a serious manner, as children do.

I am artist-mother in restraint and perpetual release.