ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“I love the dialogue that I have with watercolor. I initiate the movement of the water and pigment and then I give it its way. I push too hard and it escapes me. I hold on too tight and it dies in my arms. I ask for a certain wash and it gives me a miracle. I ask for too much and it closes down. It is rare that I can take back what I say. There are times when I don’t talk at all and I just see what happens. I have faith that something wonderful will come of my silence. I depend on watercolor for the commutation of my humanity to whatever is out there beyond myself. And, finally, it is through this watery medium that I see myself with the most clarity.”