Trained as a printmaker, I create richly drawn active surfaces, exploring drawing and mark-making. In my textile work, I use hand-dyed fabrics combined with multiple surface design techniques including painting, discharging, screen printing, and deconstructed screen printing to create abstract mixed media textile paintings and art cloth. My textile paintings include layers of fabric combined with thread “drawing” to develop texture and line.
I am inspired by our many systems for mapping and organizing ideas, stories, and data. I enjoy the overlaps I have found between art and science – using math and chemistry skills, I find making art a perfect combination of intuitive fun, magic, and learned process. I am also fascinated by connectors and connections, both physical and spiritual. My work is a mapping of my inner and outer world, combining imagery and personal symbols to convey my feelings of places and experiences.
