My work is intuitive and mindful. Combining fabric, paper, thread, and beads with various other materials and a range of techniques, I engage in a process that becomes an intimate experience of experimentation, ritual and relationship. I love to feel the weight, both the warmth and coolness of the fabric and beads together. I often encode a text or imagery into the surface to express thoughts and feelings about life experiences. I also love to use the vehicle of the puppet to explore character and movement through relatedness of stories and poems. I have used these materials for as long as I can remember, and spoken this visual language all my life. My art celebrates this life and love through close exploration and pursuit of the creative mystery, which always leads me towards the discovery of the unexpected image.

The external world has continued to spin in a whirlwind. In effort to stay focused, I turn to artmaking, as it is good medicine. I can rely on its brilliant potency and its immediate availability. I am often filled with gratitude and fulfillment. My cultivated relationship with a creative process is informed by how and where, and who I spend my time, the music that touches my heart, and the books that I read. Rather than storytelling, I have come to think about my creative process as “story responding”. The elements of fiber and glass, wool and hook, needle and thread, has fed me, in quiet hours, stitching, sewing and expressing what I am unable to say with words. Within the cotton and wool, I leave a trail, a personal creative continuum.