Having been trained in surface design I devoted many years to creting functionalart from art to wear to floor paintings. I painted on silk and made them into one of a kind fashion statements. I painted on primed canvas and made decorative rugs. I also dyed yarn and knitted one of a kind sweater.  The dying process along with stretching large canvasese for floor covering required a large studio. Although I loved this part of my art career, it required a large studio space and working with toxic dyes. After several years, I decided to down size and limit my use of chemicals.

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this led me to explore acrylics which were so different from using dyes and wax resist on fabric. I missed the resist process and luminous transparent color that silk offered, yet acrylics offer the option to paint over if it isn’t working (unlike dyes which cannot be erased).

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This sets the tone for the color scheme and image. Using a large brush loaded with acrylic paint I begin to intuitively choose my colors. At this stage I focus on the essence of the quote rather than what the painting looks like. I turn the canvas upside down and sideways several times while painting until a rhythm begins to emerge. Once the composition begins to gel (which the majority of the time is a surprise), I stop rotating the canvas to intentionally focus on texture, shape and color as a celebration of the intention. This brings me joy!