Biography & Artist's Statement

About Me:

I’m a mystical-yet-grounded artist, occasional poet, and mother. I live with my husband, daughter, dog, and cat in Charleston, WV. I have a BA in Art from West Virginia State University where I studied ceramics, printmaking, drawing, and painting. I took a couple of computer graphics courses between pinching pots and inking plates, but am mostly self-taught in that arena.

I work part-time as an assistant to the director of a charity for local kids with special needs. I live in thrift clothes and tattoos, and I dabble in graphics, web design, and baking. My favorite words are epiphane, synaesthesia, meta, and indigo.

Read some more about my approach to art in my first post.

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Artist's Statement:

My art is a synthesis of scanned drawings, photographic textures, digital painting, and snatches of my own writing. I’m interested in the intersection of imagery and text- examining modes of thought by pairing the specificity of language against the open, interpretive nature of visual symbols.

My pieces present a psychological or spiritual impression, or depict a transformative experience. I’m influenced by surrealist processes, drawing on associations, stream-of-consciousness writing, and dreams. I also draw on themes in mythology, religious practice, and psychoanalysis. I use anatomical and figurative imagery to contrast with these esoteric elements. I want to portray the tensions between spirit/body, word/picture, science/magic and question these contradictions- bridge them.

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Process & Meta Stuff:

Works for sale are listed on my Etsy shop, but if you live close and would rather purchase off-line, please email me to make arrangements. Unless otherwise noted, my digital work is printed at a professional lab on luster finish paper. While this process is not as archival as a giclée inkjet printing, it yields a much more intense, deep color. These prints are produced the same way as collectible, fine art photographs.

I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS2 almost exclusively, but with some occasional help from into Illustrator and Fireworks. I have a tiny Wacom tablet and would kill for an upgrade.