Professionally, I work as a licensed psychologist. I have a private practice in Santa Rosa, California. I use art-making as therapy for myself.

 

Painting provides me the opportunity to explore my inner world and to release the stories that I have listened to during the day. Expressing myself through the creation of images allows me to communicate the ineffable. When I feel stuck, confused or burdened, I often explore the issue through art making. I then reflect upon the image and interact with it. I may ask myself, “What does this image need to become more comfortable? Alive? Complete?” I will make changes to the piece and then reflect again. It is a reiterative process. Many times by shifting things on canvas, I am able to shift my internal landscape.

 

My art-making began as a practice that I have used to sustain myself. Now, I bring it here to the Corner Gallery in Ukiah to share with a wider audience in the hope that it might have something to offer you, the viewer, as well.