| Includes quote by Rumi: "This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First let go of life. Finally, take a step without feet." | |  |
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.” - Bertolt Brecht
 | | All of these pieces either feature, or made entirely from, reclaimed &found objects from man-made and natural ecosystems..
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 | | A series of still life acrylics based on the wooden artist model in order to highlight gesture, emotion and texture. |
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Oakland, CA
United States
| I have always been a dancer and a dreamer, stuck in my head and wanting to inhabit my body gracefully and without fear. Art supports that process for me. It also provides a means with which I can digest the world. I am inspired by movement and metaphor and a deep desire to express, transform &explore.
My formal artistic education began in college, where I was trained as a scenic artist and theatrical designer. I then traveled to Paris to study the Van Aken Classical Technique and work in the Louvre as a copyist. I spent many years working professionally as a muralist, scenic painter, and copyist, and it has only been during and since my time studying to become an Expressive Arts Therapist (starting in 2005) that I have begun to make space for my own images to emerge.
I enjoy working with oil and acrylic paints, collage, clay, mixed media, found objects, and photography. Currently, my fascination is with light and shadow, the color gold, and deconstructionism. I am also delighted by texture and the... |
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so, blogging doesn't seem to be my thing (neither does uploading all my new artwork in a timely mannner since i started a new job as a social worker in the tenderloin of sf!). but i've been sublimating a lot through poetry lately, so i thought i'd share a couple recent piece. check out the new tab. | | art as activism
meandering thoughts on what matters | | my new website!!
intro, inspirations, sadness |
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