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I love painting and colour, and most often create imagery in a new direction with my painting. With acrylic inks I stopped situation through conventional means, I have felt
inspired by nature, but I rarely paint realistically. I prefer pre-planning the design of my work, instead, I let the imagery empowered by creating provocative work that elicits
to paint stylized imagery, which is most likely influenced by grow organically while working through my pain and fears. uncomfortable feelings -- paradoxically using the medium
my background in graphic design. I became intrigued with the idea of creating visual depth by of quilting, usually associated with comfort -- in “Liberty
My earlier textile work, is more subject driven, with imbedding words and images (like talismans for healing) in Assaulted”.
planned-out images transferred by pencil to whole-cloth the layers of the paint. I also used paint markers, hand-carved
cotton fabric and painted with textile paints. stamps, and collaged sheer-printed papers onto the fabric, as The links below are to full blog posts documenting the work
in “Black and Bloom All Over”, “8 of Cups” and “Hidden Perks from start to finish with process photos and the

In 2010, my work became more emotionally driven, as I of a Truckload of Dung”. inspiration behind the work.
dealt with financial losses due to the great recession, I believe art has the potential to have a bigger impact on
coinciding with the end of my 20-year marriage. At this culture and society than words. We live in a visual society,
time, I also began painting with acrylic inks, which are grabbing images and sound bites of information off screens,
more translucent in nature than textile paint, and I moved and while I have felt powerless to make change in our political