hese abstract paintings are suggestive interpretations of vegetation and flowers. My interest in depicting imagery through the lens of abstraction informs my process. The ambiguity created by the composing and dissolving of form creates a tension between abstraction, figuration, and the illusion of space.

In these paintings, I am drawn to the interplay of an optimistic color palette against a placid background to create painterly botanical environments. These relationships of colors and shapes not typically associated with the depictions of flowers are of great interest to me.

Through pouring, dripping, scraping and smearing various viscosities of paint, I work to achieve an image that is organic and spontaneous. Raised levels of paint play an active role in defining form and establishing biomorphic shapes. Extended drips of paint serve to imply stems while gestural paint-loaded brushstrokes suggest petals and blossoms. My goal is to create works that play between the boundaries of abstraction and representation.