My
subject is Nature in movement, mark and form. I
am interested in evoking her keenly joyous moments with
their celebratory gestures and energetic shapes.
I
begin with a piece of heavy cotton or silk and rapidly,
without too much advance planning, cover the fabric’s
surface with pigment using a monoprint screening process.
An unpredictable and surprising result occurs every time.
The shapes and lines that occur with each falling splash
of ink and tossing of cloth or string express a beautiful
physical logic. Stitching and combining multiple prints
highlights and clarifies the serendipitous rhythms and
associations developed during the printing process. I
try to preserve the fresh and unfiltered aspect of the
creative process as much as possible in the finished artwork.
My
goal is to capture the gestures of Nature in order to
build a bridge of her uniqueness to a place that refreshes
the spirit.