I love a good adventure and pursue constant exploration and discovery, always stretching for something new. My paintings reveal place-moments in time from the serenity of a landscape to the horror of a nightmare. I start with automatic painting, often using my fingers. Then I add layers, intuitively applying paint and glazes, veiling or scratching away, perhaps a touch of pencil or oil pastel. Media vary and may include acrylic, encaustic, or alcohol inks applied to paper, canvas, plywood or Yupo. Alone in the studio, I listen to each painting. My fingers push and pull at the very threads of story and timeless existence…until imagery, color and texture develop into a narrative. Coming from a long line of herbalists and storytellers, many primordial (and sometimes surreal) connections flow naturally to me. I am just a conduit.