My artwork is like an invitation to ask questions, to wonder, to contemplate, to
imagine, to explore. The message of the invitation is being held in the colors, shapes
and iconography. My work often begins with an inspired thought – I always hear the
title for my paintings first – and then the vision follows.
Here are some hints of understanding my symbols:
All of us – whether consciously aware or not – are living both the questions and the
answers in life. This duality of existence is reflected throughout my work in the faces
portrayed there. One level of interpretation could be to represent man and woman. On
a deeper plane, they are meant to reflect our own duality – we are all positive and
negative, hopeful yet doubtful, joyful but fearful.
The wide eyes, found particularly in my paintings, represent the seer within us all. The
eyes are the window to the soul, they are the pathway for information coming and
going in our private worlds. Some may interpret the wide-open eyes as a naive quality,
as though only seeing the sweetness of life; that would be falling far short of my
intention. The eyes wide open see it all: the hopefulness, the disappointment, the
aspirations, the failures, the desires, the fears, the cruelty, the love.
imagine, to explore. The message of the invitation is being held in the colors, shapes
and iconography. My work often begins with an inspired thought – I always hear the
title for my paintings first – and then the vision follows.
Here are some hints of understanding my symbols:
All of us – whether consciously aware or not – are living both the questions and the
answers in life. This duality of existence is reflected throughout my work in the faces
portrayed there. One level of interpretation could be to represent man and woman. On
a deeper plane, they are meant to reflect our own duality – we are all positive and
negative, hopeful yet doubtful, joyful but fearful.
The wide eyes, found particularly in my paintings, represent the seer within us all. The
eyes are the window to the soul, they are the pathway for information coming and
going in our private worlds. Some may interpret the wide-open eyes as a naive quality,
as though only seeing the sweetness of life; that would be falling far short of my
intention. The eyes wide open see it all: the hopefulness, the disappointment, the
aspirations, the failures, the desires, the fears, the cruelty, the love.
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