Capturing Essence

I believe that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, and that underneath each personality is a collective story and life energy- the soul. Like the layers of drawing, painting and collage, I try to mimic these layers of personality, story, energy and spirit. My faces and figures are not about portraiture in the sense of capturing a likeness. They are about capturing an essence.

Time to Think, 40" x 30"

Time to Think, 40" x 30"

Land Divided

Land Divided started out as an experiment in using an old broken photo into a patchworked collaged landscape painting. It was a struggle trying to find the balancing point between it being a distraction and losing the photo entirely. Up close this piece is quite abstracted but from far it really takes on the look of a landscape. 

Land Divided, 16" x 16"

Land Divided, 16" x 16"