A Global Awakening
A Global Awakening
It seems we are in a period of conflict, and in a struggle as a species to sift out aggression, violence, weakness, jealousy and competition in order to resolve humanity's problem of how we must all share the planet and its resources without destroying ourselves.
Regardless of our success or failure in this struggle, the earth and the uni
It seems we are in a period of conflict, and in a struggle as a species to sift out aggression, violence, weakness, jealousy and competition in order to resolve humanity's problem of how we must all share the planet and its resources without destroying ourselves.
Regardless of our success or failure in this struggle, the earth and the universe will continue to exist and transform.
Nature will prevail.
This is why I consider the process of my art to be a meditation, to find clarity in turmoil, and connect with something huge and endless as humanity faces extinction.
It is a way to adjust to reality, and to optimistically embrace the power and character of this living changing universe.
Artist's Statement
A Global Awakening
My most recent works of art are a visualization of the inner workings of forms in space. I am celebrating the vastness of the universe, an infinite and complex arrangement of matter, gases, energy, light and moments in time.
I'm interested in visually representing the overlap between Buddhism and Quantum Physics, as I imagine the chaotic
My most recent works of art are a visualization of the inner workings of forms in space. I am celebrating the vastness of the universe, an infinite and complex arrangement of matter, gases, energy, light and moments in time.
I'm interested in visually representing the overlap between Buddhism and Quantum Physics, as I imagine the chaotic internal transformations occurring in Nebulas. I am exploring how observation shapes reality and how our experiences are part of an interactive process with the universe. I am showing layers of reality at times, as well as the fluid interaction of energy and matter.
I owe a lot to recent scientific advances that allow us to see structures in space such as nebulas, that are more than a thousand light years away, through the Hubble Telescope.
Making the work is a physical and mental process. I am creating gestural lines to imitate forces of energy and allowing natural physical forces like gravity to work with my mind, hands, paint, water, and tools, to spontaneously resolve an image that expresses my understanding.
As human life on earth gets smaller through the interconnection of countries and cultures, I find that nature grows larger in the background. We discover more and more about space in ever expanding detail. New technology allows us to see the forms and colors that are out there in stages of transformation. We are beginning to understand the essence of energy and time more deeply and personally.
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Art is a Language
Art is a Language
I have always read about art and looked at art since I was a child. Creating art has always been my foremost passion. When I create art, I can't control the response or interpretation, but I can live to process and communicate my experiences in this time period. My art is a language.
I have formal education in art but learned the most abou
I have always read about art and looked at art since I was a child. Creating art has always been my foremost passion. When I create art, I can't control the response or interpretation, but I can live to process and communicate my experiences in this time period. My art is a language.
I have formal education in art but learned the most about contemporary art during the 11 years I lived in NYC in the 80s and 90s. During that time, I regularly visited galleries and museums as well as the studios of other artists I met there.
Before my New York years,
I was taught 2-D and 3-D design, color theory, life drawing, art history and printmaking at Kutztown University, then completed my bachelor's degree in fine art at Wilkes University, where I studied painting with Berenice D'vorzon, a renowned modernist action painter inspired by nature, water and ecological forces.
Later I completed a master's degree in fine art in Intermedia Art and explored multimedia installation art at City College, CUNY. There I created environmental installations that combined traditional art disciplines; painting, photography, sculpture and collage with technology. I have always understood the importance of technology in the creation of art, whether as a tool for expression, or its impact on how we live in the world.
My primary mentors at City College, Al Loving, a well-known painter and sculptor and Judite Dos Santos, an emerging conceptual installation artist, shaped my ideas about creating contemporary art.
Long ago I learned from art historian H. W. Janson that in the western world, art is the visual manifestation of idea, and great art captures the important factors manifesting the distinct moment in history that it is created in.