I make paintings of powerful women, the sea, mysterious encounters, and uncommon places. These works occupy a cerebral, mythic narrative. Most of the settings of my paintings are imaginary places of reflection and contemplation. I combine landscapes, seascapes, people, architecture, and details that have never existed together in reality. In the large-scale work, my viewpoint is often just outside the picture plane – one more step and you enter the painting. Shape-shifting striped tents appear and disappear. Birds, especially seabirds, have long been choreographed into my work, sometimes as companions, other times as avatars of change, growth, or escape. The conjunction of women, adolescent girls, and birds placed in enigmatic landscapes evokes an especially vivid dream.