Artist Statement
As a little girl I would search through my mother’s art supplies and was intrigued hearing stories of my grandfather who painted scenes from memories of his childhood in Switzerland. Someday, I thought, I want to be an artist too.
I started college pursuing an art degree but practicality had me soon earning a business degree. I have always been interested in following my passion for art but life as a busy wife and mother of three kids became my priority. It took a serious case of breast cancer in 2002 to convince me get back to chasing my dream. I took my first class at Glassell School of Art (Houston, Texas) in 2003 and have been painting ever since.
One of the things I enjoy most about painting is that my eyes work as camera lenses as I travel about my daily surroundings looking for inspiration. I see the world differently than I used to. The mundane suddenly takes on new meaning and I see details that others don’t see. It brings me great pleasure to transpose things I have seen or experienced into a painting that may, hopefully, touch the soul of the viewer.
Painting takes me to a place of calm, peaceful stillness. It has almost become a form of meditation for me. I think it is for this reason that I use quiet, subdued colors in my paintings. I am filled with a deep sense of joy when a painting is going well and I get it right.
We lose ourselves in things we love. We find ourselves there too.
I started college pursuing an art degree but practicality had me soon earning a business degree. I have always been interested in following my passion for art but life as a busy wife and mother of three kids became my priority. It took a serious case of breast cancer in 2002 to convince me get back to chasing my dream. I took my first class at Glassell School of Art (Houston, Texas) in 2003 and have been painting ever since.
One of the things I enjoy most about painting is that my eyes work as camera lenses as I travel about my daily surroundings looking for inspiration. I see the world differently than I used to. The mundane suddenly takes on new meaning and I see details that others don’t see. It brings me great pleasure to transpose things I have seen or experienced into a painting that may, hopefully, touch the soul of the viewer.
Painting takes me to a place of calm, peaceful stillness. It has almost become a form of meditation for me. I think it is for this reason that I use quiet, subdued colors in my paintings. I am filled with a deep sense of joy when a painting is going well and I get it right.
We lose ourselves in things we love. We find ourselves there too.