Art for me is a spiritual path. One which guides me through both calm and turbulent times. I seem to find growth and comfort in my creating times. My work has evolved over many changes in media and forms. I started out as a painter and within a few short years discovered that I lost the inspiration for painting. It didn't seem to be enough. So, quite by accident I found the art of doll making. The doll as an art form intrigued me like no other. It seem other worldly, with a connection to cultures and rituals throughout history. It was this since of connection throughout the history of man that fascinated me. What was it about dolls that gave great comfort to some and scare the living daylights out of others. It gave the doll an eerie power or magic that we had yet to understand. But, that was over sixteen years ago. Now it seems I have come full circle once more and have found my way back to painting. It would seem that the process of making art is the one thing that matters most and not the media it is created from..

My adventure into using dolls as one of my creative outlets began in 1990. Over the last sixteen plus years I have tried a variety of media for creating my doll sculptures. I have settled upon what I like to call mixed media. In using a variety of materials I can then recycle and play with any combination of materials that inspire. I am not opposed to using any material as long as it can give me the desired look and feel my pieces need. I like to express feelings or tell a simple story with my work. But, most recently I am interested in creating pieces that are vessel like in nature. It is the idea of the human form being a vessel for our soul that really inspired me to create vessel figures.

Ritual is another process I like to explore in my work. Making sacred objects or magical creations that seem to have an other worldly energy and function connected to them. It is this constant exploration of who I am and what I am here to do has been my greatest quest and my art allows me to ask the questions that lead me to the answers. I find that my painting allows me to strip away the details of life and leaves behind the purity of energy, color and form. I don't think of them as abstract but, abstractions of life.
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