About
I see myself as primarily a colorist. I am drawn to the colors in the natural world: those of skies, mountains, oceans, flora and fauna.
My process begins by painting a stack of papers with acrylic paint so that I have a catalog of colors to draw from in creating a painting. I mostly work from my own photographs of landscapes and nature. The playful part for me is finding the right colors that will describe the subject that I want to paint. Each color is then cut and glued down as a separate piece of paper to create the painting.
I call this process painting with paper and the paintings papercolors.
My background includes watercolor painting and patchwork quilt making. I have been influenced by these two art forms in developing my approach to painting with paper.
I have been a student of Hazel Jarvis in Greenwich, CT since 2008.