The paintings I create explore energy through layers and expressive colorful elements. Grids and aerial like views appear regularly in my art as they help me visually create surface shapes, structures, and pathways to explore. Ultimately, my style and technique evoke images of unique expressive color meditations. My work will generally be completely abstract and non-referential. Occasionally though the work will visually have similarities to maps or landscapes.
Watercolor is my primary medium. I find I can experiment most with it, because of its fluidity and transparent layering qualities. It also lends itself well as a tool to create the contour lines for my grid-like compositions, which is the first step in making my paintings. I occasionally use fluid acrylics to make these lines too, if I am looking for a more permanent medium. I use paint pipettes to drip paint on the surface and then I move the paper around to push the paint forward. I also sometimes draw with the pipettes, where I am slowly releasing the watercolor as I drag the pipette across the paper. I let some initial lines dry and then I add more lines, often layering on top of lines to create a sense of dimension. I finish the art by painting in the shapes. I often seal my art with a UV protectant acrylic spray. Because of the nature of liquid watercolor/fluid acrylics and the methods I use to create my shapes, my images are one of a kind.
I like to work on paper and will often incorporate ink, gouache, collage, or graphite into my art to experiment and add texture. My pieces range in sizes from 3x5” to 22x30”. My goals are to work on a larger scale, and I am currently looking for opportunities to explore this interest. I have also become increasingly attracted to strengthening the aerial imagery or aesthetic found in my work, creating new abstract topographically-inspired work that features shapes that form and gesture to green spaces, water, streets, and buildings.
Recently, I have started to make stamps with woodblocks and foam to build simple printmaking into my practice. The shapes I make with these stamps are from ink, acrylic, or watercolor. Printmaking helps me create variations in the shapes and patterns that form my images. As a build upon this, I am looking to experiment so that I can layer colors and lines in my artwork even further. I feel that this goal compliments my interdisciplinary approach to art-making and motivates my curiosity and ambition to try new things
Watercolor is my primary medium. I find I can experiment most with it, because of its fluidity and transparent layering qualities. It also lends itself well as a tool to create the contour lines for my grid-like compositions, which is the first step in making my paintings. I occasionally use fluid acrylics to make these lines too, if I am looking for a more permanent medium. I use paint pipettes to drip paint on the surface and then I move the paper around to push the paint forward. I also sometimes draw with the pipettes, where I am slowly releasing the watercolor as I drag the pipette across the paper. I let some initial lines dry and then I add more lines, often layering on top of lines to create a sense of dimension. I finish the art by painting in the shapes. I often seal my art with a UV protectant acrylic spray. Because of the nature of liquid watercolor/fluid acrylics and the methods I use to create my shapes, my images are one of a kind.
I like to work on paper and will often incorporate ink, gouache, collage, or graphite into my art to experiment and add texture. My pieces range in sizes from 3x5” to 22x30”. My goals are to work on a larger scale, and I am currently looking for opportunities to explore this interest. I have also become increasingly attracted to strengthening the aerial imagery or aesthetic found in my work, creating new abstract topographically-inspired work that features shapes that form and gesture to green spaces, water, streets, and buildings.
Recently, I have started to make stamps with woodblocks and foam to build simple printmaking into my practice. The shapes I make with these stamps are from ink, acrylic, or watercolor. Printmaking helps me create variations in the shapes and patterns that form my images. As a build upon this, I am looking to experiment so that I can layer colors and lines in my artwork even further. I feel that this goal compliments my interdisciplinary approach to art-making and motivates my curiosity and ambition to try new things