I am a Seattle native and local artist who specializes in Assemblage Art.
I utilize a variety of materials, textures, colors and forms to generate my work. Initially the vision comes from a desire to simply create. Then each piece becomes something I want to share, to be seen, to generate a reaction, to tell a story from the viewer’s own imagination. My inspiration comes from noteworthy life experiences along with extensive travels/work abroad and the wonders of exploring diverse cultures.
I seem to have the uncanny ability to attract bits of this and that. Beads and shells, broken jewelry, discarded trinkets from friends are collected along with thrift store finds and souvenirs from foreign travels. Discarded and lost memories seem to find their way to my studio with little effort on my part and in turn become my muse.
I am transported when I select collected treasures and assemble them carefully to create works of my own expression. A grouping of seemingly unrelated objects magically manifests as something quite new.