2023 Artworks
I am a life-long serious amateur and independent student of the arts, un-formally trained; learning mostly from observation and practice using life drawing and the costumed figure as a vehicle for self expression and cryptic storytelling.
I make figurative, abstract, expressionist art using bold/experimental styles and techniques; trusting my intuition. I work with dry media, watercolor, pastels, acrylics, and oils using figures painted/drawn from live online themed life-drawing sessions featuring emerging and established performers in dance, drag, aerialist, theater, cabaret, modeling and fashion design via Drawing Cabaret Couture. I also work from life, photos, memories, concepts and feelings.
I am interested in exploring the transformational power of art. Art feeds my soul allowing me to express, heal, connect and explore humanity; honoring the human experience and celebrating art in all forms.
My paintings and drawings explore personal and universal themes through movement, form, tactile experience, and the power of color; filtered through my perspective of the moment considering my own life experiences, universal themes, feelings, mood, music, movies, current events, memories, etc. The content is a spontaneous interpretation of the artmaking experience; a diary, a storytelling device, and visual evidence of art as a living, breathing, giving thing.
Abstracts like “Wolf Beach” or "The Reckoning" began in a detached meditative state and evolved subconsciously into a narrative figurative abstract painting. The stories are enhanced by changing the direction of hanging.
I believe we are all connected to everything. I express that belief through making “Self Portraits of Other People”. I hope they surprise, frighten, delight, challenge, and uplift you enough that you also see yourself in them.
I make figurative, abstract, expressionist art using bold/experimental styles and techniques; trusting my intuition. I work with dry media, watercolor, pastels, acrylics, and oils using figures painted/drawn from live online themed life-drawing sessions featuring emerging and established performers in dance, drag, aerialist, theater, cabaret, modeling and fashion design via Drawing Cabaret Couture. I also work from life, photos, memories, concepts and feelings.
I am interested in exploring the transformational power of art. Art feeds my soul allowing me to express, heal, connect and explore humanity; honoring the human experience and celebrating art in all forms.
My paintings and drawings explore personal and universal themes through movement, form, tactile experience, and the power of color; filtered through my perspective of the moment considering my own life experiences, universal themes, feelings, mood, music, movies, current events, memories, etc. The content is a spontaneous interpretation of the artmaking experience; a diary, a storytelling device, and visual evidence of art as a living, breathing, giving thing.
Abstracts like “Wolf Beach” or "The Reckoning" began in a detached meditative state and evolved subconsciously into a narrative figurative abstract painting. The stories are enhanced by changing the direction of hanging.
I believe we are all connected to everything. I express that belief through making “Self Portraits of Other People”. I hope they surprise, frighten, delight, challenge, and uplift you enough that you also see yourself in them.