I find painting to be constant discovery, the combination of knowledge and muscle-memory upon canvas. From the beginning, my parents enveloped me in opportunity and I benefited from countless art classes and museum visits before receiving a minor in Fine Arts from Western Kentucky University in 2007. My major was Spanish and through my travels I have been exposed to infinitely amazing sources of inspiration.
The beauty is in the details, the small moments that cause double takes and pauses. In life, it may be a glimpse of the moon while driving down the interstate. In painting, it could be a swath of mint-green paint across a forehead. I enjoy preparing my colors and sometimes spend hours hovered over my mixing board before beginning a new painting. Discovering that there is gold beneath the chin of your best friend is as exciting as finding forgotten money in a coat pocket.
The intriguing and, some may say, inconsequential happenings in life are why I paint. I am inspired not only by the complete and finished masterpiece but in the creation, as well. The muse that inspired the first stroke, and that carries the artist through the angles and shadows of the process, is crucial; just as the experience that the artist has gathered with each undertaking gives structure and wisdom to the final mark. You must first know and understand the rules before being able to manipulate them into being the perfect catalyst for the images in your head.
