Artist Statement
I’ve always been obsessed with art and artists. I grew up in such a beautiful place - The Bahamas, where I spent time as a child drawing the beach, fish, hibiscus and palm trees for my family. It’s hard not to be inspired in that landscape.
As a ‘tween’, I moved to London, where suddenly the vast world of European art was both taught to me in school and easily accessible in the vast number of London galleries I could visit whenever I wanted. What a privilege for a budding artist! I still maintain there is nothing in the world that compares to seeing original art in person.
Now I’m here in California, where the blues of the sky and the ocean dominate my senses. In California, I started painting with intention.
My series ‘Clouds’ is a manifestation of my obsession with clouds in the sky. I spend a great deal of time as an artist working on very tight portraits, in particular custom pet portraits which need to be extremely accurate. Because of this, the abstract nature of clouds in the sky is an inspiration and a release for me. It’s a merging of tone and value and my attempt to represent, in an emotional way, one of the most abstract elements in nature. I hope to continue with this challenge for the time being, but allow my attention to be diverted by inspiration in other directions when it’s ready.
I am hugely influenced by my art instructor in England, Terence Wilson Fletcher, and indebted to the expert eye of my teacher in California, Margie Zuliani.
As a ‘tween’, I moved to London, where suddenly the vast world of European art was both taught to me in school and easily accessible in the vast number of London galleries I could visit whenever I wanted. What a privilege for a budding artist! I still maintain there is nothing in the world that compares to seeing original art in person.
Now I’m here in California, where the blues of the sky and the ocean dominate my senses. In California, I started painting with intention.
My series ‘Clouds’ is a manifestation of my obsession with clouds in the sky. I spend a great deal of time as an artist working on very tight portraits, in particular custom pet portraits which need to be extremely accurate. Because of this, the abstract nature of clouds in the sky is an inspiration and a release for me. It’s a merging of tone and value and my attempt to represent, in an emotional way, one of the most abstract elements in nature. I hope to continue with this challenge for the time being, but allow my attention to be diverted by inspiration in other directions when it’s ready.
I am hugely influenced by my art instructor in England, Terence Wilson Fletcher, and indebted to the expert eye of my teacher in California, Margie Zuliani.