“The ephemeral quality of light is the subject of my painting. Being convinced that color is the most effective tool to capture it, I have established myself as a colorist and received McKnight Established Artist Grant in 2012 and 2016. My colorist lineage includes Monet, Hawthorne, Hensche, and Przewodek. The colorists create an illusion of light in colors emphasizing the light key of the moment.
I am excited to be in front of a white canvas looking at the object before my eyes. It is never the same: light in different weather, seasons, times of the day. I trust my impulse to see the colors of the moment and plunge into making one shape of color at a time. It is a thrill when a painting emerges from these shapes of colors: a strikingly beautiful illusion of light in three dimensions.
I relish freshness and intimacy of stroke that a palette knife brings. The variety of stokes from my palette knife speaks for the tactile sensitivity I acquired from the brushwork in Chinese calligraphy.”
