WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR ART - COLORADO CHAPTER

"endlessly forward movement"

Rather than adorn and embellish, I aspire to represent a conceptual form in its' simple pristine state - revealing its' essence. In addition to the scientific inspiration for this piece, photons traveling in an eternal straight line until they collide and are transformed from energy into matter, it also represents the human spirit and our desire for forward, upward movement. I use portals signifying a passage. I also often use triangles and other geometric shapes because I love the simplicity of these forms and believe I could endlessly create from a few geometric or primitive shapes and lines.

What I create arises out of an unconscious process with little premeditation. I may catch a fleeting glimpse of inspiration from a melody, an experience, an emotion, a thought, a dream, a relationship or a revelation.

My sculptures often create a dichotomy of images by integrating the masculinity of steel, geometric shapes and lines with feminine forms such as curves, ellipses and organic shapes. I use and am intrigued by elements traversing through portals and openings signifying a journey, a progressive movement or transformation.

Rather than adorn and embellish, I aspire to represent a conceptual form in its' simple pristine state - revealing its' essence. Even my works with more intricate texturing are comprised of contrasting simple and often primitive forms and shapes.

And so, in my exploration of science and chemistry, my attention was drawn to the elemental molecule, its' movement, its' experience and its' life.

Awareness, recognition and balance are the focus of my creative process and life.