Her relationship with the theater and film nurtured much of her desire to connect people and environments to storytelling. In her work, she reaches out to the viewer through feelings about the human condition.
Drawing from a childhood heavily exposed to the violence and absurdity of cartoons as well as a young adult affected by fringe comic books of Robert Crumb she portrays fables played out by symbolic characters without any moralistic outcome. Scenes where one individual is at the mercy of another’s desire.
Using heavily textured surfaces such as crushed walnut shells and sand and mixed media; methods borrowed from her experience as a scenic artist, she creates a physicality to her work that separates it from traditional pen and ink cartoon graphics.
The psychology of color plays a huge role in conveying the dreamlike interactions of the protagonists involved within the compositions she creates.
Most of the works on textured canvas and paper are around 4 feet x 4 feet, large enough that the physical quality of the materials affect the sensual perception of the paintings
Artistically she also is influenced by the raw energy of Jean Michel Basquait and the otherworldly surreal qualities of artists like Louise Bonnet and Nicolas Party.
“Fairy Tale Remnants” is a series of works that reflect on the dark side of human interaction. These images portray psychological dramas where robots, animals, and dinosaurs, embodying some aspect of ourselves, battle out impossible scenarios.
