Artist Statement

            My work is about memory, and my awareness of the repetition of large and small events in my life.  In my paintings, drawings, and mixed media I create rhythmic patterns by repeating images and colors to imply a sense of recurrence.  I often repeat imagery such as paper dolls or geometric and organic shapes in my work. I choose and repeat shapes and colors that remind me of events in my childhood and in my life as an adult. I see these multiple images as symbolic self-portraits which prompt memories of recurring events, such as waking up each morning or making the same mistake again or running into an old friend.

            By incorporating personally familiar and repeated imagery, I want to trigger a déjà vu experience in the viewer.  I want the presentation of my memories to evoke a memory in the viewer that brings about the recognition that we share a commonality.