my return to art making as an adult began with painting, and while i explore lots of different media in my practice, i always come back to painting. below you will find several series that have defined my explorations in the painting, as well as a collection of newer paintings that have yet to find their way into a larger body of work. many of these works include elements of collage. i am always attracted to pattern, pattern in fabric, in print, and in images in general that i see on a daily basis. collage allows me to mine these images and appropriate and reuse them in a new way.