Artist Statement

I find watercolour uniquely refreshing as a medium in which to work.  I can control where the watercolour goes and I cannot.  Preserving accidents, including mistakes, incorporating errant marks – this is what watercolor allows me.  I find it permissive, inclusive and even an accepting medium.  To me, watercolour makes my figurative artwork of children seemingly fluid and soft.

My focus is part anatomy and part psychology.  As young children begin to engage the world around them, often with wide eyes and an open mouth, they can be absorbed by the simplest of details.  As they take in the visual information of whatever has caught their eye, they can be blind to everything else around them.  They appear in a state of wonder, even lost in the world of their own imagination.