Paper to pencil, pencil to hand, hand to brain, brain to imagination. Drawing shows the  transparency of thoughts. It embraces decision-making and mistakes. It is the most direct way for me to call attention to aspects of visual culture, the flux of human identity, and the value of the handmade. Living in a fast-paced contemporary culture, I make paintings and drawings because the process slows me down physically, mentally, and emotionally.

I absorb my environment. As it shifts, I react, still growing, my artwork ever-changing. I view learning as a vital aspect of the art-making process and I begin each art project by researching. I collect various articles, images, experiences, and conversations in order to learn or re-learn, exploring my current subject.

Cautiously, patterns made from hard-edge lines and vibrant colors are choices I habitually select in my paintings and drawings to express my ideas. I consider how my experience of learning in my daily life is made from a series of choices, which in turn, form a pattern. My collective patterns are actions of who I am and how I see the world. Patterns can change, alter, and disappear in the pursuit of new knowledge and an awareness of context. It is my hope that through art making, I am able to become more aware of the links between my own patterns and the world around me.