I use radiant colors, often found in nature, to interpret eroticism, burgeoning growth, beauty, nature, and the human form. I am highly influenced by symbolism and duality of meaning. Sprinkled throughout my work are subtleties that add nuance to more obvious meaning. From an early age I felt a calling to color, beauty and the feminine form. Born in Ohio, my family roots reach to Germany, Hungary and England. As a child I spent hours on the floor of my grandfather’s music room as Enrico Caruso serenaded me from the Victrola. I gazed in awe at the tall bookcases, art-covered walls and my grandfather’s art nouveau postcard collection. This world of refinement and beauty left a deep impression on me. Then, when I was six years old, after corrective eye surgery, I awoke to discover a world of darkness. Although I eventually healed and regained my sight, this traumatic experience instilled in me a deep appreciation for both beauty and color. My oil paintings are devoted to beauty especially in its feminine form. I seek to create a visual feast with generous use of vivid colors. My work explores my fascination with the feminine, eroticism, and the fragility of existence. To create my work, I find inspiration from images in magazines, contemporary photography, book illustrations, symbols, and shapes found in nature. I select, re-shape, and research to create paintings that guide my viewer to the wisdom, strength, and beauty of the eternal feminine found inside each one of us. As a painter, I’m interested in what my subject matter reveals about my own journey but also what it stirs in the hearts of my audience.
