PROCESS
"My process is a balance of improvisation and structure. Structure gives me a safe place to play. My drawings come alive within the boundaries of my patterns."
EXPLORE
Every colorful pattern begins with a black and white painting.
My studio is a shrine to uncertainty. My process is improvisational and iterative. I reuse and remake elements into something completely new.
Every pattern starts without a plan, often using elements made months or years earlier.
FIND THE JOY
Starting with constraint and simplicity, ending in celebration. I enjoy every part of the process.
Everything I make starts in black and white. I mostly work with black Sumi ink on paper, along with every kind of black marker I can get my hands on. I collage elements together: old paintings, found paper, tape. Adding photographed textures into the mix.
Everything is scanned into the computer where I arrange the elements into patterns and, finally, add color at the end.
I usually have many different parts of the process going at once.
IMPROVISE
I am driven by improvisation and play.
When I sit down to draw, paint, collage, create patterns, I often think: this time it won’t work, I’m sure I have run out of creative juice.
But there is always something new and unexpected that bubbles up. There's movement and rhythm around the stress and relief of working without a plan.
Drag and drop the shapes to create your own combination. . .
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