Artist Statement

I paint memories rather than observations.

My paintings explore where memory, landscape, light, and traces of place intersect. I reconstruct experiences the way memory does: fragmentary, layered, and continually changing. Influenced by the shifting light, tidal marshes, and coastal horizons of New England, I begin with places and impressions that evolve through intuition rather than description.

Working intuitively with acrylic and mixed media, I build luminous surfaces through transparent layers, editing, and revision. Earlier marks remain visible, allowing the painting's evolution to become part of its final form. I explore the tension between recognition and abstraction, where familiar forms hover just beyond definition and invite multiple interpretations.

Light, color, and composition guide my process, while ambiguity remains essential. I want these paintings to remain open, encouraging viewers to project their own memories and experiences onto the canvas. Each piece becomes an emotional landscape...one that lingers like a half-remembered dream or the visceral feeling of returning somewhere familiar.