As an artist and art therapist , I know that art making and immersion into creative process is for everyone and supports spiritual, emotional and psychological wellbeing. I am passionate about art-making as a vehicle that expands the mind and fosters authentic original expression.

I have been heartily engaged in creative process since early childhood. Painting/art-making is born from inner excitement that emerges from the dance with uncertainty and reflects not just my own voice but brings that forth in the viewer. It is an invitation to go beyond merely liking and not liking, It is not over controlled or under controlled and most important is that it is not about one predetermined “story.” The process itself that elicits more process is extremely compelling and occurring all around us all the time, whether with art media, in nature or at the molecular level.

This is my interest regardless of whether I am creating pastel landscapes, large abstracts, odd “Judaica” or combinations. The finished piece that arrives is anti-story: not my story, not your story, nothing you can experience with any degree of definition. There is nothing to hold onto, but reveals the ability of the mind to expand into possibility. My art intention is to dive deeply into the unknowing, uncertainty and possibility that is the center of our experience before we put a face and a name on it or try to pin it down.

My inspiration has come from my early studies of artists from the 60s and 70s. In addition, Buddhist mindfulness practice and Jewish mysticism have had a profound influence. I am a synthete (which means that other senses transfer to images) and these moving colors and shapes appear in my mind in response to every sound, emotion, word, or experience. They cannot be pinned down and what arrives on the canvas changes in relationship to itself and even that cannot be held onto or repeated.