ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is about layers and stories.I have come along distance to be a part of this lass. I started doing art in my 30's and went ot the SMFA for 15 years part-time to finally graduate.My job is as a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist.I have listened to many stories and rom my ownexperience know thw importance of telling stories.
I have worked in many kinds of printmaking. It was the beauty of adding layers that attracted me to this media..I wanted to continue to be challenged and learn so I began playing with photoshop , which led me to digital photography. After my sister's murder I began studying the Zohar, which is the mystical interpetation of the Torah. The Zohar is read on many different levels, the intellectual, the emotional, and the spiritual.This is what my work is about. My book The Dance of Spring is a story about dancing to bring spring but it takes place in front of a tree that was planted by my sister's friends in her memory and so it is also about hope.My video Lilac Sunday is about the beauty of the Arboretum but also a story of journey trying to find beauty in the world again.
My work has been influenced by many sources. Japanese woodcut prints,Anselm Keifer's work, some of my teachers at the SMFA,Walter Benjamin's writings, and the study of the Zohar.Presently I am entranced with the photographer Michael Kenna. His work is beautiful, mystical and full of meaning.
M future work will continue to use stories as metaphors. I want to continue in digital work and maybe combine my photographs and prints. I want to concentrate on black and white and macro images. I hope to continue to use video and slide shows to tell stories. After seeing the show at the Axion Gallery I know that I can stretch my creativity to do what I can't even imagine now