Planes and layers inform my perception of place. No matter the environment, intuition drives me outside to wander. Momentary glances at windows and roofs, and the quality of light, are what I remember from these solitary excursions. They provide me with infinite aesthetic realities. As an artist, I yearn to investigate the simplicity and complexity imbued within a single architectural moment to create new spaces and forms.   
 

I am interested in rendering the experience of structure and complexity - precariously perched between abstraction and realism. I process my sensory memory – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch – through my work. My paintings, drawings, and ceramics embody the experiences of spaces I inhabited, from my Florence apartment to my Greenwich Village home. My artistic approach to my work is physical and methodical. I start with original architectural references, removing elements to create a sense of structure. No matter the media, I stay within a rigid compositional structure, creating planes with a weightiness and history. 

 

My end goal is to retell the powerful experience of recollection – not necessarily those moments of glamor or achievement – but ones in which I experienced beautiful, still, peaceful solitude.