Untitled (Grotto)

Sea salt crystals and inks on watercolor paper
22” H X 30” W
2013

The oceans, ancient and current, are the source of my current work. I am drawn to the seas for many reasons, including its beauty and power, the illusion of limitlessness, its age and history, teeming life and countless mysteries. I am interested in creating a sense of the ocean through direct experience, through memory, through experiments and through research.

After reading “The Sea Around Us” by Rachel Carson – an incredibly visual writer -- I started working with the ocean as subject. I began drawing with a hyper-saturated sea salt solution and water-based paints. The resulting images are connected to my painting journals through the flow and feel of water. Salt and water are both key elements necessary for all life, and in these works they interact, creating the unexpected.

I work intuitively and in partnership with natural elements. My process involves chance through the independent action of growing salt crystals. The salt works evoke a primal, non-verbal experience.

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Lava Life

Volcanic and sea salt crystals on paper
29 ¼” H x 40 ½” W
2018

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Strands of Light

Sea salt crystals, metallic inks and ink on paper
22" H x 30" W
2013

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Crossing Borders (left side of diptych)

Sea salt crystals and inks on paper
30” H x 22” W
2016-2017

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Crossing Borders (right side of diptych)

Sea salt crystals and inks on paper
30” H x 22“ W
2016-2017