These large chalkboard-like surfaces are first painted on Rives BFK paper. I then mark layer upon layer, erasing, re-marking and erasing again. The marks recall street graffiti, classroom lessons, and temporary signage.
"I found I could say things with colors I couldn't say any other way---things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe
Intentional listening provides inspiration and content for much of my work. Silence and solitude allow space for making art.
Studies in lettering, typography, art history, and printmaking are primary sources for my work.
Whether using a pen or a brush or a twig or a piece of metal, I love the fluidity and immediacy of working in ink.
I am in love with letters: with the rhythm of writing letters; with the abstract appeal of the individual strokes: with the mystery of how meaning emerges from combining letters.
