Statement

My paintings look intimately at the artifacts of everyday life. While my work is grounded in the tradition of still life painting, the vibrancy of color imbues the compositions with a heightened sense of reality or a dreamlike quality.

I am interested in leveraging color as a female narrative, employing a painterly pop-art approach. Rooted in observations of my life, my work incorporates objects that provide humor as well as an escape for those who notice the nuances. For example, I place flowers by groceries and appliances, referencing the 1960’s flower power movement. The flowers act as an emblem of resistance and feminine power and the kitchen kitsch provides a humorous release, specifically the wine glasses and la Croix that sneak in.

Other recurring characters in my series of paintings  include candles, books, tarot cards, and childhood toys. In my most recent series of work, I explore my experience as an artist-mother and these objects represent my duality as an adult and caregiver. By composing the paintings from my own vantage point, the viewer is invited into my world by looking between my knees or beyond a hand holding a glass, to the scene unfolding; toys strewn on the ground, a bewildered Mr Potato Head staring dead-pan, or a small child on the toilet. Through content and color I present a slice of real life in its disarray and satire. The viewpoint is emphatically female, and purposefully motherhood.