The deeply personal language of abstraction allows me to express ideas that are often too fleeting or tangled to otherwise convey. The freedom to play with color and shape as I choose is thrilling. The canvas is both a battleground and a playground, depicting what I hold dear, what I fear, what I am trying to understand. Themes of connection and disjunction run throughout, often focusing on the relationships between humans and nature. I use acrylic paints and mediums, ink, crayon, pencil, and found fibers in my work.