My paintings are based on reflections and memories that come from my direct experience with nature. Some days the mere sight of sunlight falling on a tree, or a cloud in the blue sky feel like perfect happiness. In my work I convey the affirming and steading presence of nature.
 
As I paint, I am searching for a natural order, an underlying structure, and an organized space. I am thinking about time- our numbered days, and space as we perceive it. I am not concerned with a direct replication of images, but rather in representing nature’s energy and motion, in making its rhythms visible.
 
I explore time through the lens of memory, color, and shape. Inspired by an archive of memories from my childhood in Tanzania, my paintings reflect remembered landscapes and question the nature of time and being.
 
I am interested in the mind-body connection, how my internal state of mind gets translated into a physical manifestation through the movement of my hand. In painting I can bypass the brain and go straight into the psyche. Color can play a special role in this translation because of its ability to appear to change depending on its environment. It is a manifestation of a feeling that allows for all kinds of possible meanings. For me, color represents optimism and relief from the constraints of time and place.
 
Working within the historical tradition of abstraction, I focus on gesture of mark and create contemplative spaces where one can rest and reflect.