I’ve always been fascinated with and drawn to personal imperfections, both external and internal. I am pulled to a person’s limitations and blemishes.

 

This work is searching for those imperfections and explores the concept of narrative -– drawing on my emotion, intensity and humor. Some of these people are real -- some imagined. Some start with an actual person but most just evolve. In the end, each piece takes a name and a life of its own.

 

I make art to learn about myself and about others. Art is a record of sorts -- a way of documenting experiences and emotions. One viewer recently said to me: I can actually hear your paintings.

 

July 2010