My art is an ode to beauty, nature and resilience

I am an artist and illustrator interested in ecology, bodies of water, geography, and sustainability. For more than a decade, I’ve painted the natural world with acrylics, watercolors and ink.

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The trails, wetlands, beaches, bluffs, meadows and gardens in Golden Gate Park, the Richmond District, Presidio and Land’s End in San Francisco are my ‘neighbors’ as well as endless sources of inspiration. Dappled light patterns in the shadows of a grove of eucalyptus trees, upturned petals of magnolia blossoms, golden blades of dune grass folding in whirling directions, or a trail that disappears into thick clouds of fog trigger my imagination.

Nature is abundance manifested

My studies of plant materials and landscapes interweave fact and fiction. I take imaginative leaps and fold stories into a mark or a shape. Each gesture is a songline that interprets what I am seeing and feeling.

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Stillness and “soft fascination” help me discover the inherent ephemeral beauty and light of the setting. I see the world unfold through nature’s eyes. Landscapes speak in gentle lines, undiluted colors, sculptured textures and sensual folds of the earth.

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By shifting perception from myself to the natural setting, I bring the outside in. The artwork becomes a living document that captures a silent dialogue, a story with many endings. These intimate encounters inspire me to make the invisible visible and to portray ‘the light within.’

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