My goals and aspirations as an artist are to express the universal themes of order, harmony, growth, beauty and transcendence that under gird the art most pre-conversion religious and spiritual traditions.
These traditions frequently employed symbols, which often served as a “shorthand” way of communicating truths and teachings—the use of color, the placement, shapes, order and quantity of any given combination of objects, artifacts and ingredients was always intentional, and always meaningful. I am continually amazed to find these themes among pre-conversion European, American Indian, and African cultures, and I draw upon all of these themes in my work.
In these traditions, along with the essential purpose of contributing beauty to life, art served as a medium to connect with, and acknowledge the existence of consciousness on “both sides of the veil”. Art is the medium to explain and communicate timeless spiritual values important for living. read more…
