Color can be used as a tool that evokes our emotions. It has a way of telling us how we should feel, and what we should think. Georgia O’Keeffe once said that some things can only be said with color and shapes. I use color as a way to bring happiness through my paintings. I’m inspired by emotion and my everyday experiences with the world around me.
While painting, I allow the colors to tell me where they want to go and what form they want to take. Using a variation of strokes and marks, the colors come together playfully until they are satisfied with their new home and a new painting has emerged. With serendipitous marks and expressions, I invite you to experience happiness, just because. I also invite you to challenge the notion that there must be a reason to be happy instead of a decision that is to be made from within.
