Each flower painting explores one species. A portrait is created by capturing the unique details of this flower and by placing the flower in a composition with a particular setting, lighting, or abstract design that allows the flower(s) to shine. The intention is to bring individual, specific flowers to life.
The paper collage is a free, abstracted pattern that is not related to the rectangular shape of the inner or outer frame, thus suggesting that the viewer is seeing only part of a larger, continuous whole. As in Islamic geometric art, the pattern suggests infinity.
The color vibrations of the abstract torn paper collage hearken back to the roots of modern abstraction: the spiritual essence of nature. The realistic, representational flowers focus on the visible, concrete world we inhabit. Yet the dichotomy of style and intention weave together to build a unified image through shared colors, textures and shapes that speak to the experience of an immanent holiness.