Artwork
“A work of art is completed by the viewer”
-Marcel Duchamp
The Process
I never expected to become a painter.
But as I finished graduate school and was faced with limited resources and lingering injuries, I saw the proverbial writing on the wall. The chapter of dance in my life was ending. At the suggestion of a friend, I started an art journal as a personal practice. That journal opened the door for the work on this page to emerge.
A longtime practitioner of yoga, the concepts of mindfulness, intention, and creativity had already influenced my choreography and my teaching of social dance. Now I became more and more interested in how the cultivation of one’s inner state influences artistic craft, and vice versa. Painting gave me a way to explore this idea in another medium.
Focusing on color and texture, and allowing the mind to rest on the sensation of marking the paper, these abstract compositions are inspired both by the witnessing state of sitting meditation and by the active listening and responding found in improvised dance. In that sense, they are based on a process of discovery and intuitive choice-making.
Purchasing Artwork Online
All artwork is available for purchase unless marked sold. Please send me a note to arrange purchase and delivery.
2022 – MIXED MEDIA MANDALAS
These partial mandalas float within minimalist layers of watercolor, pastel, ink, and graphite. Their delicacy reflects, for me, the careful balance we create for ourselves every day out of the ongoing creative tension between control of our daily routines and surrender to the greater flow of the world around us.
8×8 inches, mixed media on paper. Pre-matted and mailed flat in cardboard envelopes. Mats will fit into any standard 12×12 frame.
$40 each or two for $60 includes shipping.
2022 – STENCILS SERIES
These small works on paper feature stenciled patterns combined with abstract decorative elements created with acrylic and ink. They reflect all the small ways we make our domestic lives warm, nurturing, and creative.
8×8 inches, mixed media on paper. Pre-matted and mailed flat in cardboard envelopes. Mats will fit into any standard 12×12 frame.
$40 each or two for $60 includes shipping.
