"I do not have a plan, nor do I attempt to ever finish a painting in one fell swoop. I begin with base layers, usually accompanied with some kind of ethereal electronic music to get my heart, body and spirit flowing in sync onto the canvas. No wrong strokes, no time limit, and no rights or wrongs. I use a variety of tools that can be obtained from my kitchen or a hardware store. As for paint itself, I use acrylic, gouache, aerosol, and always a spray bottle for the magnificent drips. The intention is for there to be no intention. Keep flowing until the body says stop. 

Once I have a solid base layer of drips, splats, strokes, and scratches, I tend to leave it for a few days- let it breathe. Then I return to it, and look for shapes, patterns, color themes, etc. I build upon the base layers with more layers- these ones more refined and with more of a vision in mind. If I change my mind, I paint over it. I also have an electric sander used to smooth down layers and build upon them. I write words and phrases to pair with often basic images like flowers and symbols. The layers beneath the more prominent images are intended to evoke the notion of the creative process being as sacred as the finished piece. It is healing, it is therapy, it is the way to escape from the binary world, and into a creative play space. Some prominent themes throughout my work include: the human experience, spiritual awakening, healing and transformation, surrender, and divine feminine energy. I hope to encourage the welcoming of feminine energy to our masculine dominant world. I find it to not be coincidental that the effect of the pandemic was our forced isolation, and in-turn a dramatic slow down from our familiar fast-paced culture— something many of us are unfamiliar and even unaffordable with, as many of us lead with the masculine- quick, aggressive, domineering. It is time to welcome the feminine."