Artist Statement

My artistic journey is the story of twin passions: the chaotic impression of abstract painting and the subtle, godly beauty of the nude form captured in traditional drawing. Perhaps it is at the confluence of these two diverging paths that a tapestry of human experiences, divinely crafted, is woven into a work.

Regarding chaos, this strange, forsaken world of my abstract paintings, beauty remains unexplored, with emotion, thought, and energy swirling on my canvas-each one a kaleidoscope. My layers arise organically; my palette is often unpredictable. Every piece forms a journey into the void, capturing the rhythms of life, sometimes slow, sometimes fast. These abstract works are infinitely more than paintings: they are windows to the soul, inviting the viewer to contemplate beauty amidst chaos.

My traditional drawings, in graphite and Prismacolor on toned paper, in sharp contrast, put the human figure at the forefront. I make reverent depictions of the nude form. Every line, shading, and contour holds within it the route to praise our being created in the image of God, the great Creator and Artist. These are more than drawings of the human body; they are odes to our divine origin, capturing the sublime beauty and complexity of our form.

Bringing the duality of existence together, the abstract meets the tangible, chaos interlaces with order, and divinity abides amongst humanness – my art has articulated this. Where my abstract paintings invite one to sail into the allure of chaos, my figurative drawings anchor one in their divine origin, reminding one of the sanctity inherent in our form. Through my work, I want to bridge both worlds: to show that out of all the chaos in this world, beauty can be found, and in the human form, there’s a mirror of the divine. The journey keeps finding itself an artistic salute to the complex tapestry called human existence.