I feel very tied to the materials in my art. I feel like I am both defined by the medium and try to hide the process and materials. I love when I have used a material in a way that it may read as another material at a distance and then at closer inspection you see the details and the hidden pieces to it all. [...]
I was constantly making things as a child. Drawing, painting, sculpting. I would always sign up for art classes outside of school. Luckily for me, my family supported and nurtured my artistic efforts... [...]
My passion for creating started with my mother. She was constantly crafting, whether it was crocheting or making her own holiday decorations. She taught me the value of creating something for yourself and being proud of that. [...]
I started as a news photographer but always wanted to work and make things with my hands. That took me to Paris, where I studied at the École des Arts Appliqués and the École des Arts Déco. There I first began truly to appreciate and understand the sculptures of Picasso. [...]
Art has always been a part of my life. My parents told me that at three I was explaining to other visitors at MOMA what to look for in the paintings. My formal education in art began at Cornell University in the 70’s and has continued through my recently earned master’s degree from the New York Academy of Art. [...]
I attribute my passion for art to an immense appreciation and curiosity for all life. I have to keep my hands moving! Test materials, ideas, and assumptions about history, science, how things work, how they are made, how things live, and the cycles attributed to these ideas. [...]
My primary medium lies in the snapshot photograph, and its attempt in documenting reality. During my time at Mason Gross School of the Arts my work has slowly evolved into the exploration of found photographs and ephemera my family saved through the years. [...]
Currently my impulse is with abstraction and the exploration of gestural organic forms which have the transformative quality of light and movement of a living entity. By overlapping colors for their illuminative and transparent effect, I integrate illusionistic space. [...]
I work in diverse media. The work, narrative, drives the preferred media for the intended audience. Drawing, painting, sculpture are all embraced and have become integral to my work...[...]
During my childhood, art became my way to escape the environment I was in. I would draw and eventually paint to have some peace in a home that was frightening to exist in. [...]
