Just as we must live in both a “real” world and in the world of our minds and imaginations, my work interlaces what I see and what I imagine. I strive to find the link between reality and my inner being. My mission is to create daring, dynamic, and vivid visual experiences that inspire ideas about the world people see around them. Building a visual tapestry by collecting a texture, a shape, a color, or a particularly nice line is a powerful tool in my art making. The constant transformations that occur over the course of creating inspire me to observe the extraordinary in the ordinary. The use of encaustic wax and mixed media in my art practice allows me to explore layers of translucency that becomes part of the tapestry of what I reveal or conceal. When I enter my studio, I entwine what I have captured, glimpsed, or noticed from the corner of my eye. The evolutionary path I travel with each image is a unique perplexity. The revelations that are unveiled surprise and delight.