Statement

My artwork is a by-product of a creative process that builds upon my daily observations, reactions, decisions and obsessions. My paintings and sculptures are psychological metaphors that express my perceptions of an inner reality and an external world. I am fascinated by visual conflicts; themes dealing with chaos vs. structure, identity, boundaries, perception, tension and surrender – the human condition. I use many medias: cast resins, clay, chalk, paint, wood, fire, plastic dolls, plaster and now socks to create visual dialogues.

About my newest series: Crustascens and Mutablossoms:

My husband and I watch the BBC series "Planet Earth" the way other couples watch porn. We sit in bed squealing with delight and horror as we endlessly re-watch our favorite episodes. It is with this enthusiasm and awe for the bizarre in nature that I return daily to my studio. My interest in combining environmental issues and art began while participating in Judy Chicago's 2003 project "Envisioning the Future". Later in 2007 I was included in Betty A. Brown's curated show "Echoes: Women inspired by Nature" where I had another opportunity to play with morphed nature-based forms. This year May 2009, I am showing at Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in an exhibiton titled "Pretty: Disturbing" where I will be showing my new series "Crustasceans" and "Mutablossoms".

Deep in the ocean there must be a mountain the size of our current deficit of lost socks - the ones that inexplicably escape from the laundry when backs are turned. I imagine that they are being absorbed into the all-creative resourceful eco system, a reminder that we live in times of consumption, waste and pollution. ,”I have re-directed some missing socks (more than 1000 of them) into art. “Crustaceans”, is an installation of barnacle-like organisms that resemble intimate body parts; Intestines, lips, tongues, vaginas. The “crustaceans” resemble pods that are about to give birth to other forms of life or communication. Some pods contain forms resembling wagging tongues, a reminder that really every one of them contains—for better or worse—its own voice.

Next, in a spirit of nature gone gaga, I have put together round astro-turf islands that hold mutated flora/fauna forms made with the (for now) indispensable socks and assorted found objects. The groupings symbolize human relationships in all their complexity.  It’s a reversal of natural order they play roles assigned to humanity.  I have dubbed these flower-bodied proto-humans “Mutablossoms.”