Artist Spotlight

Artist Statement

I make art because if I don’t, I am a miserable fuck. I know this to be true because for most of my adult life I didn’t make art. I surrounded myself with artists; I watched them longingly with their portfolios when I was at university studying to become something “practical”; I even married one.  But, I didn’t dare admit that I, too, was a closeted artist. It wasn’t until I found myself sitting in my therapist’s office, faced with the reality of a fairly crushing depression (which is the natural outcome of being a creative person who isn’t creating) that I finally “came out” and faced the reality of who I really am.  On the advice of said therapist (which I heavily questioned by the way): “What do you mean I should quit my secure and comfortable teaching position at 40-years-old and start painting with no formal education in visual arts??!!” I removed the golden handcuffs and picked up a paintbrush.  

Geometry comes naturally to me. Patterns are everywhere; in nature, in architecture, on bathroom floors. They make sense to me. They imbue this seemingly chaotic and mad world with structure and order and I adore them. Adding thread to the canvas was a natural progression since I have been prolific in the needle arts since childhood, and I thrive on the meditative, repetitive quality of hand sewing.