Born in the country, a scenic and isolated area along the Brandywine River, I early learned to meditate on the beauty of my surroundings and to care for the spirit in each natural element I observed. I saw into the life of spiraling, twisting branches and dancing, fluttering leaves. I felt the power of rain and lightning and the subtleties of frost and thaw. I began to understand the subterranean forces that created an atmosphere of organic form and fantasy, and, in turn, these forces came to direct my prints and abstract paintings.
Freedom to explore and freedom to invent underpin my work. Imagination is my starting point and experimentation with texture and media is my method. Making art, like observing nature, requires concentration, tranquility and love, but also fervor.
Recently, my passion has driven me to document the ecological turmoil threatening to destroy the balance in our natural world. As a result, the textures in work have become more sweeping, more dramatic. Today, along with my love of nature, my painting and printmaking also expresses my anxiety for an environment that has been my inspiration since childhood.
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