Statement

My work is about my direct response to gathered items around me. The seduction is found in the relationships of objects placed together along with their color relationships. The joy is finding playful connections between the elements in the still-life. I’m interested in how objects can mimic or play off one another in color, shape, texture, pattern and possible visual riddles. Playing with flatness and fullness in the spatial energy. Looking to where I can crop the set-up to push up against the edges to keep the motif charged. Where a set of objects takes me is never exactly known ahead of time. I’m deciphering what is happening as I’m painting once I have the set-up in front of me. There’s a dialogue between the objects. I search for the beauty in everyday objects. What it is that catches my eye?