Light, color, time, surface, atmosphere, and metaphor are intrinsically woven into my pastel drawings, which depict the human figure enveloped in water. The water is seductive, of a velvety texture, yet the drawings are infused with understated tension, vigorous and languid movement of both figure and water, and an unsettling distillation of the struggle to survive.

I use the utterly dry medium of pastel to convey the essence of fluidity within my chosen metaphor. Although the works read as paintings in terms of color and the richness of light and form, they are about the act of drawing.

In this body of work, I have been exploring the balance and tension between extremes, the equilibrium between lucidity and obscurity, and the intimate, interior human turmoils, which are at once secret and exposed. In the words of Roger Shattuck, “A work of art must be at the same time clear and mysterious (or simple and inexhaustible, available and inaccessible).” I am interested in merging opposites in order to create work that is visually rich and emotionally resonant.