Artist’s Statement
My work has been influenced by natural phenomena such as radically changing atmospheres, tides, geological surfaces (both above and below the waterline), wind circulation, plate tectonics, and Landsat images.The geological term “dip-slip faults” and “chatter marks” resonate in my work. Having grown up in Maine, where weather and extreme variation in geology were all-consuming, I use these powerful images as metaphors for the human experience in a precarious world.
My paintings juxtapose contrasting environments that are always shifting, fiercely beautiful, and with awkward and often humorous shapes, like the rocks against the water and skyline. Recently, my work has shifted to explore urban environments and pockets of color suggestive of toxic chemical activity, such as yellow and green smog and waterways in a Superfund site, for example. My work continues to reflect my deep sense of foreboding, anticipation, and curiosity in nature as it exists today.
