Throughout my life, I have always been creative and expressed myself in many different mediums. I’ve worked in clay, fiber, knitting, sewing wearable art, sumie painting, garden design, collage and fluid art. In hand knitting I worked by feel rather than with directions and added colors and textures like I was painting with yarn. I worked on knitting machines where I could draw something, feed into the machine and knit what I’ve drawn. I made one-of-a-kind clothing with removable parts, accessories and knitted art.
Because of its meditative quality and brevity of brushstroke, I was drawn to sumie painting.
I studied sumie painting for 20 years with Sung Sook Setton, and at the China institute with Shirley Pu Wills.
I also worked as a garden designer for 15 years, working in nature and designing spaces was a powerful and blissful career. In 2019, I was growing and changing and stumbled upon the process of acrylic pour painting. I was attracted to the vibrant colors, flexibility, and unpredictability. I researched the materials and jumped right in.
Currently, I’m working within the language and mediums of abstraction, collage and watercolors. Color, nature, flowers, and chance are all part of my visual process and inspiration. I love not knowing what will happen when combining different colors and techniques. This is my force to go further. Trying new ways is very important……always experimenting. All these things give me great freedom with my work and forges me onward to discover something new and exciting! Everyone sees something different in my paintings. In that way they make the painting theirs. It’s a personal journey for me and you!
