When I create art, I open up to a deep place within myself, a place of care and trust. My objective is to achieve both a compositional and emotional balance through the use of intense complimentary color arrangement juxtaposed with deliberate lines and delicate shading. By removing pigment from monochromatic surfaces, or sanding through layers of color, even tearing off textured areas of paint, then reintroducing the pigment as collage, I express an essential statement. The bold, free strokes depict the anarchy in nature, which is a part of humankind. The precise penciled hues, and the presence of the grid reflect another side of human nature: the need to control and create structures in our life. These contrasting elements represent the wholeness of our opposites, the duality within humankind, and the balance of my nature.