How do you paint humidity? The sound of cicadas? A hurricane?

Florida’s wildly exotic landscape is my home and my
inspiration. This mysterious piece of earth provides a gateway
into rich sensations, thoughts and emotions. The experience
commands presence, a calling to quiet the chatter, expand into
silence and observe sensations.

This sensory language has deep memory and a quiet power to
it and although there are no words, there is something spoken
between us. I become profoundly aware of its intelligence,
recognizing it as a sacred space to both heal and inform my
art. This pure, vibrant energy is the place from which I paint —
eventually holding space for the viewer to enter and bring their
story to the experience.

Art making reminds me I am a part of the always changing
energy of nature. Together with the materials and this
activated experience, a transformation takes place within me
and on the canvas. As with life, the journey and the outcome
are endlessly intriguing.

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How do you paint humidity? The sound of cicadas? A hurricane?

Florida’s wildly exotic landscape is my home and my
inspiration. This mysterious piece of earth provides a gateway
into rich sensations, thoughts and emotions. The experience
commands presence, a calling to quiet the chatter, expand into
silence and observe sensations.

This sensory language has deep memory and a quiet power to
it and although there are no words, there is something spoken
between us. I become profoundly aware of its intelligence,
recognizing it as a sacred space to both heal and inform my
art. This pure, vibrant energy is the place from which I paint —
eventually holding space for the viewer to enter and bring their
story to the experience.

Art making reminds me I am a part of the always changing
energy of nature. Together with the materials and this
activated experience, a transformation takes place within me
and on the canvas. As with life, the journey and the outcome
are endlessly intriguing.

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