Art as sacred gesture, art that is a symbolic and visual language to learn from and play with, art that reflects its movement from idea, thought, and energy, through body, into creation—these are my interests. As artwork comes into physical form, it translates through the body, and it can reflect things within the body; such as movement, fluidity, space, all of the elements and life forms of nature, darkness, and constriction. At times my work is an experience of this process, and I stay open to whatever comes into form. Other times it is an inquiry into specific questions. Always, the work is a means for me (and the viewer) to cultivate relationships with nature, the body, human creativity, and higher consciousness.
As a result of these approaches, I work with different processes, concepts, and media. Common themes include nature and cycles, nurturance and nourishment, and their relationship to body. Subject matter often relates to my life experiences with ritual-based spirituality, the healing work that I practice, feminist issues, and coastal landscape. I use a library of personal symbols, some reoccurring, like objects of movement and navigation: stars, boats, and oars; objects of nourishment: spoons, bowls, and seeds; and anatomical imagery: lungs, ribs, umbilical cord, and diaphragm.
My work is not only integral to my own life, but it gives me the opportunity to communicate with others, for purposes of unifying, educating, inspiring, healing, and many other possibilities.