We interpret the world through the lens of memory
Memory, presence, and the unseen
I am an abstract figurative painter based on California’s Central Coast. My paintings explore memory, presence, and the seen and unseen through layers of color, gesture, and form.
Memory serves as both subject and material in my work. It gathers in surfaces, figures, marks, and fragments, shaping what is revealed and what remains hidden.
As a viewer, you bring your own memories and understanding to the work, creating another layer of meaning. I invite you to spend time with the work and notice what begins to surface.
“The quality of a direct experience always eludes one,
and only in recollection could we grasp its real flavor.” — Marcel Proust
Inside the Process
A brief look inside the layered process behind the work.
“When I saw this painting, it spoke to me. The face is in half shadow and in light, representing the face we show to the world, and the hidden part of us that no one can see. Brilliant! I am a big fan of her work.” — Tom
Statement & Process
I work from memory, not as something fixed, but as something active and present. It moves through bodies, materials, and space, shaping how experience gathers and lingers, often in ways that are both seen and unseen.
Memory is not limited to personal history. I encounter it in figures, marks, structures, and surfaces that feel worn or weathered. Because memory is invisible, it needs a place to settle. Forms offer that place. Sometimes they appear as a body. Other times as land, as a field, or as repeated marks and fragments of structure. What matters is not the subject itself, but how form allows memory to take shape without being fully explained.
I stay close to what lingers: gesture, pressure, residue, and the quiet traces that remain after something has passed through. What appears is guided as much by feeling as by sight, shaped by what is revealed, what stays hidden, and the tension between the known and the unknown.
a process is a call and response. I listen, adjust, remove, and return. The work signals what needs to soften, what needs to shift, and what can remain unresolved.
What emerges is less about depiction and more about presence. Each piece holds a pause, a space where recognition and uncertainty exist together, and where memory continues to unfold.