[ S T A T M E N T ]

I am educated in the discipline of ethnobotany, which is the study of interactions between people and plants.

My husband is an artist and we have been collaborating for most of our married life in a variety of ways. He as my field assistant, and I as a participant in many of his international artistic collaborations. Through the years this has allowed me to explore many different art forms and techniques. This interaction has inspired and fascinated me. This way of thinking, looking at and interacting with the natural world has motivated me to look at the world in new ways. I look at patterns, forms, colors and textures. Several years ago I was introduced to encaustics - I became intrigued with the way the wax informs and transforms colors, shapes and textures. Encaustic painting has linked seamlessly with my fascination with plant structures and potential meaning as I consider people and their symbiotic relationship with plants. Over the past three years my emphasis has shifted from ethnobotany-art making to art making as my primary focus and my background in botany as a foundation for process. It is the simple gestures and visual poetry of plants that catches my eye and draws me into a landscape. This botanical simplicity and poetry is what I attempt to capture in my art.