2025 Artist Statement

My paintings are visual meditations on the cycles of life and transformation; they also explore the mysteries of the universe. Art and nature, for me, are conduits to deeper states of awareness and intuitive insight. In my work, nature holds symbolic and sacred meaning, and I am drawn to its intricate patterns and its rhythms. The worlds I create are psychological landscapes in which the relationship between self and environment is fluid—boundaries dissolve, and figures emerge or transform organically within the landscape. Plants and flowers often take on symbolic roles or human characteristics, morphing into forms that feel mysterious and otherworldly. I believe that objects, animals, and natural elements possess a spiritual essence—an understanding that shapes how I represent them in my paintings.

Drawing from my lived experience as a New York City artist, I aim to express my internal, external, and spiritual perspectives simultaneously through imagery that reflects my thoughts, memories, and emotions. The figures in my work embody aspects of the feminine divine, often taking the form of deities or mythological beings representing Jungian archetypes—such as the Hero, Lover, Creator, Magician, Jester, Caregiver, Ruler, Innocent, Explorer, Sage, Rebel, and Everywoman. Through these archetypes, I reinterpret ancient stories through a feminist lens to create my own mythology—narratives reflecting the cycles of life, nature, magic, and creation. I represent inner worlds through organic abstraction and the outer world through representational imagery. My work explores ontological themes of being, growth, and transcendence. Rooted in mythology, ancient wisdom, and alternative spiritual practices, my paintings fuse Eastern and Hermetic philosophies with contemporary life in search of universal truths. I draw inspiration from visionary artists such as Hilma af Klint, Kandinsky, Dorothea Tanning, Agnes Pelton, and Helen Frankenthaler.

My process is intuitive, visionary, and magical. Each piece begins with a ritual and a statement of intention. I select color palettes based on the emotions I want to evoke, drawing on color psychology. I blend herbal mixtures into my oil paints and cleanse and charge materials with sage. Working primarily in oil, watercolor, and pastel on canvas or paper, I combine these mediums with experimental techniques to create richly textured, luminous surfaces. The movement and energy in my mark-making focuses on capturing energetic presence and essence. I use veils of transparent color pours to create an otherworldly atmosphere with flowing forms, vibrating edges, auric emanations, and natural patterns. I pour, drip, and flow paint across the canvas, allowing it to mix and move organically. I have the ability to read imagery within the paint itself—a practice of scrying and manifestation. I observe the movement of color and water until patterns and forms seem to emerge from suggestions of contours, negative space, or areas of color. The images I see are direct, spontaneous, and a combination of channeled and subconscious imagery. I repeat this pouring process in layers. I meditate as I watch them dry, and what wants to be seen slowly reveals itself.

For me, art is not just expression—it is a spiritual practice. Painting brings me into a transcendent state where I channel energies and insights from guides beyond the material world. In 2020, a near-death experience and resulting brain injury profoundly altered my perception. I developed synesthesia—seeing color and form in response to sound—and a heightened sensitivity to subtle energies and intuitive messages. Since then, my work has become a catalyst for healing and expanded awareness. I don’t paint to capture reality—I paint to explore the unseen, giving form to images that have never existed before. My work brings together fragments of reality to create dreamlike, surreal compositions. Anthropomorphic figures move through mystical landscapes that feel both ancient and otherworldly. I use fragmented imagery and hybrid forms to express the way my neurodivergent mind processes the world—absorbing, overlapping, and reconnecting information. These layers reflect the fluid relationship between inner and outer experience. Each painting is charged with prayers, symbols, sacred geometry, and spells—each intended to hold energetic and spiritual power. For me, painting is a portal. Each canvas opens into a dynamic space where the tangible and intangible merge, where energy becomes a shifting, visual field.

This work invites the viewer to cross a threshold into a layered world of energy and meaning, where inner and outer realities intertwine—offering a moment to pause, reflect, and attune to what lies beyond the visible.