Manufacturer’s Village Collective of Artist Studios, 356 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07017
About
About My Work
About My Work
About My Work
Using alcohol ink, oil paint, cold wax, and fire, I create abstract paintings and dreamy landscapes that communicate and evoke emotion. Many works incorporate chiaroscuro, using the quality, color, and direction of light to create mood, and leave emotional imprints on viewers.
My art is born from intuition and curiosity, and gives voice to subconscious emotions that elude identification. I explore growth, transformation, and dualities of the human condition through my work.
Elements of the Earth’s topography, geology, and other aspects of the natural world are also evident in my paintings. There is often a sense of solitude.
My work is filled with layers of texture and movement. This creates depth, and the artistic equivalent of “palimpsest”— a word describing something that’s altered, but still bears traces of its original form.
I enjoy working with media that can be reworked, reactivated, and moved over and over again. Lines, curves, and colors evolve as I work, and provide a blueprint that guides me to the finished piece. My process is a beautiful collaboration between medium and artist, and a dialogue between randomness and control.
I am primal, messy, and gestural when I paint, and I frequently eschew brushes for my bare hands.
About Me
About My Work
About My Work
I am an abstract painter based in Manufacturers Village, a New Jersey based collective of artists. I’m wildly curious and constantly discovering techniques, meaning, and themes in my art. I love to work without restraint, and I‘m not afraid to fail.
In previous lives, I’ve held roles as a creator of multidisciplinary salons for women, and as a clinical social worker. These experiences influence the way I see the world, and naturally, my artistic expression.
I‘m especially interested in studying contemporary art within its cultural context, and its relationship with other disciplines. I will forever be amazed by—and reverential to—the relationship between art and viewer.
My first solo exhibition took place in September, 2021 at Valley Arts in Orange, NJ. Recently, my work, “Shinrin-Yoku”, or “Forest Bathing”, was published in Wild Roof Journal, an arts and literary journal. I show my work regularly in exhibitions throughout the the New York City area and beyond.