I have been fascinated, seduced, terrified and compelled by transformation, creativity, and authentic self expression for many decades. I believe freedom for the human spirit and human psyche is our collective aspiration as well as our birthright, inherent in the evolution of consciousness.

Even as a girl, creating has always brought with it some moments of respite, some moments of joy, some moments of angst, some moments of peace. I begin with an inspired context, an insight, a concept, a simple sense, a poem, a memory, a quote, a dream. I design the basic composition, then I allow the painting to unfold itself through me. This takes a quieting of the intellect and a deep listening for the unknown.

I use paint, objects, fabric, paper, leaves, flowers, string, photos. All compose my palette.

The painting emerges, often with an unpremeditated symbol, which captures the process involved in the creation. In working through the process, which the painting presents, I wrestle with its demons, its confrontations, its perplexities and riddles, and when they are sorted through, the painting is complete. It is the conduit for its own essence. It stands on its own as a koan for the viewer.

At this point I let the painting go to bring whatever it will offer to another.

It is loved by another or not because of its resonance to their inner life. It will speak something entirely different and it will elicit something entirely personal for each viewer. They will see what I did not. To another, the painting has its own presence that will live through their eyes. It has its own color and meaning born of their life. It reflects back to oneself one's own truth.

This is the beauty of a painting.