My art journey began with a whisper, an inner sense that I needed to paint. At first, it seemed to appear out of nowhere - but as I began to understand that it was time to wind down my long career in medicine, the voice of an artist started to emerge; slowly at first but then ever louder. When I first began to paint, the vistas before me from my home in Truro as well as recent travel were my muse. It didn’t take long before I was painting more abstractly, connecting to the vistas, colors, energy and atmosphere in the natural world.

The paintings are created from an intuitive process that springs from a place of deep connection to nature and self. As a physician and educator, my best work happened when I could tap into my intuitive awareness to use in concert with medical knowledge to build connection to others. As an artist, when I can immerse myself in the act of creating and allow judgement to step aside, I connect to a place of wholeness and wonder. It is then that I create my best work. I aspire to have the work similarly forge connection, sparking curiosity and joy in the viewer.

I create the work using acrylic paint employing layering techniques, sometimes incorporating gold leaf, charcoal, ink pencils and collage. It begins without a roadmap or objective, but with each mark it winds its way to resolution. Images may loosely be informed by the dunes, grasses, and beaches of the Outer Cape as well as my travels to unique landscapes around the world. In my paintings, you may find references to the land, water, sky and light through the lens of my fascination with color, patterns and textures.