My work centers on the dynamics of the human form and its interaction with an environment, imagined or real. I find the human body infinitely expressive. We exist in the world in an embodied state, therefore all our thought -- whether scientific, musical, literary or artistic -- must be expressed as a function of our physical selves. The body is the platform. Even landscape is comprised of our projected selves — human parts — as in creation myths.
Among the collages are several from a series I did inspired by the Gershwin opera, Porgy and Bess. Literature and poetry are also inspirations, as in my Collage for Ha Jin, which refers to novels by the author, and Juggler of Day, after the poem by Emily Dickinson. The Crazy Jane series of paintings are drawn from the poems by William Butler Yeats.
My paintings often have two or more figures, the composition and painting suggesting power dynamics between them. This is especially apparent in the point-counterpoint of male-female duos. The narrative is implicit, allowing the viewer to participate actively via interpretation.