People are so very interesting. I find myself constantly captivated during one of my favorite pastimes of people watching. We really are such amazing pieces of biological, mechanical wonder, not only with how our bodies are put together, but how we have this whole, complex, deeper side of emotions that make us all individuals. In being individuals, we have so many unique ways to communicate our thoughts and feelings through many different outlets - facial features, speech, body language and just the general vibes we can give off. At some point I became fascinated with observing this non verbal form of communication and have experimented with different ways of portraying it through my art.

I started seeing scenes of bliss through everyday activities in our urban environment and would strive to paint the world around me like how a writer would create a story through everyday characters, places and situations. I learned a lot about body language and how we can communicate many things through the tilt of a head, angles of a body or expression on a face. All of these things combine in my paintings to create a feeling, or a glimpse of a story that the viewer can recognize and maybe even identify with.

For a while, I was really caught up with one emotion, or I should say, state of being, that I felt an uncontrollable need to express.  The moment where one is so connected through creating and expressing art - that blissful moment where you let all of your thoughts, emotions and inner dialogue fall to the way side and focus on how it feels to be in that moment - To Create - to be one with that creation and frolic with it in the recesses of your right brain. Having no concept of time or place and being completely focused on the now and creating. That is what it feels like to be really plugged into the creative energy within yourself and the universe around you. I know all artists reading this have felt this before, and I’m not just talking about visual artists - movement, musical whatever form your art takes. It was my mission for a while to try and capture what that looks like for other artists. I became entranced with painting dancers and musicians while striving to achieve this concept.

Honestly, this is something that has been going on for a few years now and I don’t think I can stop any time soon. I still find myself blindly, obsessing about invoking emotions and telling stories through my dancers, musicians and then evolving into my Urban Chic Figures. The observation of the human body and we as people will never cease to amaze me and will always find a way to creep into my painting regime.