Up until just five years ago I spent my entire life in New York City. I raised my kids  there and enjoyed a successful career, first as an investment banker, and later as head of Mergers & Acqusitions for a large global information services provider. It was a fast paced and frenetic existance, with little time to sit back and reflect.  Covid hit and I moved up to Western Massachusetts with the man who would later become my husband.   This transformational change affected more than just geography; it made it possible for me to spend my time making art, and in fact has become the subject of the work itself.

In this Chapter 2 of my life, this transformational change has manifested in several ways: first and formost its simply the way the pace of my life and thinking has slowed down.  There’s room now, to consider a shape, a shade or a material in a crucial way that was simply not available to me before.  This “slowing down” has given this work its signature; a deliberate pace, a careful contrast and comparison of colors and materials that invites not just perception but critical awareness.

I am exploring  the interplay of simple geometric shapes as well as shapes found in nature, and a limited color palate, I have created a reductive language that I use to explore different feelings.  In many of these works  I am exploring the confluence of balance and calm (“peace” so to speak) combined with energy and movement.  Certain shapes inspire the mind to see an abstract human form, which, for me,  is the focal point, of some of these works  The instances of a brighter color creates energy in its juxtoposition with more calming blues and grays.  I also interested in the creation of a sense of balance through the structure and placement of the shapes.  In this sense some of these works are more successful than others, but I am enjoying the experimentation process.

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