Artist’s Statement
Rooted in relentless curiosity, scientific training, and a love for the visceral qualities of the materials themselves, my work seeks to create knowledge in visual form. Like my science, I want each painting to teach something that is not already known.
Internal reference points - lived experiences, thought processes, yearnings, and expressions - combined with keen observation of the natural world inform material explorations emerging through process.
Each piece begins as an experiment, whether with bold gestural marks, paint poured from above, abundant swipes, or flooded pools of pigment coaxed by gravity. As layers build and the distinctive identity of the painting begins to emerge, I then use hypothesis-driven approaches and critical thinking to carefully balance value, design, color, and line. But then audaciousness returns and so it goes, over and over again.
The energy is always oscillating between abandon and restraint.
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Exhibitions
Spring’s Palette: A Celebration of Abstract Expression, Studio Lab RD, May 2024
SHE:DC, Shop Made In:DC, March 2024
SHE GLOWS, Studio Lab RD, December 2023
You Had Me At Hello, Studio Lab RD, August 2023
Truth, District Arts, Frederick, MD, August 2023
Art+NFT, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, December 2022
Midsummer Collection, Studio Lab RD, September 2022
Kairos, Calloway Fine Art, May 2021-present
Digital Press
Authentic Obsession Podcast, 2022
The Artish Plunge Podcast, 2021
Print Press
Represented Galleries
Studio Lab RD, Washington, DC
Calloway Fine Art, Washington, DC
Awards
Annual DC Mayor’s Arts Awards in the Emerging Creative Category, Finalist