ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is physically, spiritually, metaphorically rooted in ‘My Mother’s Garden’.
I make - because I can…and because I am.

WE ARE ALL OUR MOTHER’S GARDENS

I begin with a photograph. I print. I cut and fold, sew and sculpt the imagery into 3-dimensional quilt-like abstract paper sculptures and objects that occupy, shape and define space. My process is slow, repetitive, mindful, meditative. It is one in which I am fully present to the experience of making. I re-construct, re-envision and re-create. I play with scale and how it transforms and informs, affecting one’s proprioception and sense of movement through space. The end results are often fully immersive, offering the viewer a moment’s pause to feel.

My camera has become only one tool in my creative toolbox. For me, the photograph is a portal into the possibility of my own adventure. From this starting point, I allow my mind and my hands to wander without needing to know. I make art because I can, and because I am. It’s how I learn, how I connect, how I feel.

In the midst of life’s uncertainties, I seek beauty. My work explores the mystery of abstraction and joy of play. I embrace the unseen opportunities in the re-imagining and re-shaping what I capture through my camera’s lens.

“If you work with your hands, you’re a laborer. If you work with your hands and your mind, you’re a craftsman.
If you work with your hands and your mind and your heart, you’re an artist.”
-Saint Francis Assisi