ART AND GRAPHICS

I began my art journey by taking private painting classes at a young age as well as being enrolled in museum sponsored youth arts programs. I worked part time as a paste up artist in my teens. A job that led to several years in graphics and poster art. 

I was also at that time writing music and poetry and spending a lot of time with people in those worlds. 

In my thirties I returned to painting as well as exploring Olfactory Arts. I divided my time between creating scent art installations and painting. The Olfactory Installations led to a thirty year stint as a fragrance designer (perfumer). Something that I still do, but in a lesser capacity as the owner/creator of the artisan perfume brand SOIVOHLE. 

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After experiencing a life threatening medical emergency in March of 2024, I spent the better part of the last year rebuilding my health and thinking about the future. It was months before I could return to my studio and by then everything that I had been working on seemed unimportant. I was unable to relate to it on any level so I made the decision to start fresh. 

Currently I am moving back and forth between my more minimalist style of painting and a new series of graffiti-ish paintings inspired initially by Orwells Animal Farm.  I have always worked in series format. Creating a body of work around an idea or theme that for whatever reason, seemed important to me at the time. Including the Woolf Series, inspired by a book by Virginia Woolf. I spent five years on that series, exploring the similarities of women creatives then and now.  

I'm not sure I feel the same about series work.  A lot has changed in the past twelve months and I remain optimistically cautious concerning my health and my future as a painter.

Today, I just want to do the work and see where it leads me. Letting it be what it needs to be without too much interference from me and my desire for a specific outcome. 

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