My work utilizes color, shapes, and lines. The use of lines centers on the thought that the shortest distance between two spots is a straight line. The core of my work focuses on color and the use of color theory. Through observation, it was found that if I placed a black box on a page, it became stagnant – a black box. However, when I drew a jagged red line through the box, it became dynamic, a new form of energy. Using circles, swatches of color, and lines, gave liveliness to the painting, creating movement. When painting, I find it beneficial to execute a series of works either similar in color, expression, or design. During my education at Rochester Institute of Technology – (MFA, BFA), I began to follow T. S. Elliot’s Objective Correlative. This is a means of expressing emotion in art by using either a set of objects, a situation, or a chain of events. Through this method, the painting becomes that emotion. The choice is to do the abstract painting because it supplies the necessary tools to allow the portrayal of thoughts and emotions in work. In my work, I do not dictate the emotion found in the painting; but leave it for the viewer’s own discovery and interpretation. This work subjective in nature, utilizes color to illustrate feelings, dreams, or emotions. It is not a portrait or landscape or still life, it is passion, sensation, or a reaction. This gut feeling leaves the hand and heart of the individual and leaps to a medium to portray that fervor and intensity.
Tools such as spray paint, Conte crayons, graphite, charcoal, and acrylic paint are used. Color draws the eye over the piece to the core. The lines keep the eyes moving, while symbols quietly state, “Look at me”. This is her story,