I began my artistic career as a painter, working in a photorealistic mode that placed three-dimensional subjects against flattened backgrounds. That flatness was a way of isolating the subject, allowing me to focus less on representation and more on formal relationships. Over time, form itself became paramount, and I began to experiment beyond paint, introducing fiber, beads, and wood into the work.

I had always been drawn to the backs of my canvases, to their raw structure and textile quality. Eventually, I stitched directly through the canvas and realized it functioned as a warp. That moment was liberating. I understood that I was not confined to a loom, or to any single tradition. The work could move in whatever direction it needed to go.

This departure from realism opened the door to sculpture and three-dimensionality, giving me new ways to explore color, texture, and spatial presence. I live and work in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the desert landscape inevitably enters the work. Its clarity, brightness, and chromatic intensity shape both palette and form.

Curiosity continues to guide my practice. Over the years, I have worked across a wide range of media, from paint to wool, from drawing to beading. Each material brings its own demands and history. My approach is to meet those materials with respect, attentive to the artisans and artists who have refined these techniques over time, while seeking ways to integrate them into something new.

The fine, delicate materials I use allow me to engage with the magnitude of life through its smallest elements. By attending closely to detail, to each stitch, each brushstroke, each bead, I look for forms of understanding that might extend beyond the work itself. Everything matters. What is remembered and what is forgotten. Each gesture accumulates, quietly, into a larger field of meaning.