Beyond Worlds

I’ve always felt a deep responsibility to create in a world that’s bent on destroying. To make beautiful art and intentional healing spaces that inspire and ground people to what’s honorable and worthy of their attention, reminding them to (re)connect with nature in lieu of distractions of the banal and trite.

Using beeswax resist and hand-mixed dyes on natural fabrics, I create paintings that are informed by subtle details of patterns, the play of light and shadow found in the natural and elemental worlds. It’s an ancient layering technique: instead of using a pencil to lay down a sketch, I use a 12th-century wooden handled tool with a copper spout that continually drips hot, liquid beeswax. I’m literally going with the flow of the wax, allowing for spontaneity of design. The layers evolve into dimensionality once the beeswax is removed and the kaleidoscopic piece is illuminated in custom light boxes.