How do we color life?
Color is the thread running through my practice as a painter, photographer, and maker of three-dimensional work. Grounded in rhythm, presence, and care, for the self, others, and the environment, my approach is influenced by nearly five decades of yoga practice. Making becomes both meditation and stewardship, mirroring the breath: steady, intentional, and responsive. Inhalation and exhalation guide the pace of my gestures, shaping when to move and when to pause. With this rhythm I invite slower seeing and deeper awareness of our interdependence with all life on earth.
For my three-dimensional work, I repurpose discarded or used materials to bring them back to life. I began working with plastic when I discovered that latex house paint, leftover from friends or sourced as “oops” paint from Home Depot, left my canvases looking dull and lifeless. While latex paint absorbs light on canvas, it reflects and amplifies color in plastic, creating a vivid interplay between surface and light. This discovery led me to work with discarded forms such as petri dishes, iPhone packaging, and food containers.
I am currently experimenting with cardboard as another ubiquitous material that encircles our lives. Bearing creases, dents, and traces of handling, cardboard boxes arrive in our lives with their own histories. Once designed for our convenience and product protection, these objects are destined for landfills or the ocean. I layer, assemble, and paint them into sculptural compositions where surface and structure activate one another. By transforming the overlooked into something unexpected, I invite viewers to reconsider the life and meaning of the materials that surround us.
Ultimately, my work is a dialogue with nature, rhythm, and form. What do we value, and what role do we play in the lives of the objects we use and discard? Can art hold a moment of recognition—where a fleeting sensation becomes a meaningful encounter?